My JavaScript Blog

• The Bad Parts of JavaScript 8 February, 2010
  JavaScript includes a number of constructs that have either been superseded by something better or which seemed like a good idea to those who created JavaScript in the first place but which have turned out to be more trouble than they are worth. Here are some of the JavaScript constructs you should avoid as well as some that can be problematic if not used pr […]
• Back References 7 February, 2010
  The fifteenth tutorial on Regular Expressions introduces Back References - this is a way to refer back to a previous section of the string that you have already matched to the pattern. Any section of the string that is matched by a group is automatically added to an array of back references. Back ReferencesBack References originally appeared on About.com Foc […]
• JavaScript and Emails 6 February, 2010
  Email programs are very different to Web Browsers regarding JavaScript. One format that most email programs support to send emails in is HTML. Just because you can use HTML in emails though doesn't mean that you can also use JavaScript as well. Yes some email programs do support JavaScript but there are some very good reasons why you should disable Java […]
• Javascript and XHTML 5 February, 2010
  XHTML treats embedded Javascript code slightly differently from the way HTML does. You need a small piece of extra code to get them working together properly. Of course you will not have to worry about this if you keep the JavaScript in a separate file. JavaScript and XHTMLJavascript and XHTML originally appeared on About.com Focus on JavaScript on Friday, F […]
• Unobtrusive Random Images 4 February, 2010
  One of the first things most old books on JavaScript used to teach was selecting a random image to display in a set spot in your web page. Such scripts are easy to write, easy to explain in a book or tutorial, and very hard to alter when you want to make changes to the way it works. An unobtrusive script to do the same thing is slightly harder to write since […]