What's the best, crossplatform way to perform blackbox tests on AJAX web applications? Ideally, the solution should have the following attributes: Able to integrate into a continuous integration build loop Cross platform so I you can run it on Windows laptops and Linux continuous integration servers Easy way to script the interactions...
We want to try Ext JS on new project. Is there any well-known best practice for integrating Ext JS with server side Java (Spring/Hibernate/JS) application? Is DWR a good choice for that? ...
Which JavaScript framework is best for web development? ...
for example this code var html = "<p>This text is <a href=#> good</a></p>"; var newNode = Builder.node('div',{className: 'test'},[html]); $('placeholder').update(newNode); casues the p and a tags to be shown, how do I prevent them from being escaped? ...
I am using <input type="file" id="fileUpload" runat="server"> to upload a file in an ASP.NET application. I would like to limit the file type of the upload (example: limit to .xls or .xlsx file extensions). Both JavaScript or server-side validation are OK (as long as the server side validation would take place before the files are bein...
I'm trying to modify my GreaseMonkey script from firing on window.onload to window.DOMContentLoaded, but this event never fires. I'm using FireFox 2.0.0.16 / GreaseMonkey 0.8.20080609 This is the full script that I'm trying to modify, changing: window.addEventListener ("load", doStuff, false); to window.addEventListener ("DOMConten...
I am just starting to learn javascript, so I don't have the skills to figure out what I assume is a trivial problem. I'm working with a Wordpress blog that serves as a FAQ for our community and I am trying to pull together some tools to make managing the comments easier. Internet Duct Tape's Greasemonkey tools, like Comment Ninja, are ...
Is it possible to launch a new window in JavaScript using the window.Open function, then set the focus to that tab? Here's what I'm doing today: var winRef = window.open(outUrl,wName,'left='+ wX +',top=' + wY + ',height=' + wH + ',width=' + wW + args); try { // Not all window types support the focus() property. ...
Hello, I am trying to program a small server+client in Javascript on Firefox, using XPCOM. To get the HTTP message in Javascript, I am using the nsIScriptableInputStream interface. This f**ing component through the read() method randomly cut the message and I cannot make it reliable. Is anybody know a solution to get reliably the info...
I have an ExtJS grid on a web page and I'd like to save some of its state information back to the server when the users leaves the page. Can I do this with an Ajax request onUnload? If not, what's a better solution? ...
If you have a JSF (which uses the onclick event of an to submit the current form), how do you execute Javascript (such as asking for delete confirmation) prior to the action being performed? ...
In IE, the dropdown-list takes the same width as the dropbox (i hope i am making sense) whereas in Firefox the dropdown-list's width varies according to the content. This basically means that i have to make sure that the dropbox has to be wide enough to display the longest selection possible. this makes my page look very ugly :( Is th...
As the title states, using Javascript, how can I valid two given dates to ensure that they are a valid range? For example, if you have the date 1 January 2010 and the date 6 January 2010, what is the best way to check to see if 6 January 2010 is within seven days of 1 January 2010. ...
I'm looking for a lightweight javascript framework whose primary purpose is to abstract out browser differences. I are primarily using it to create new UI elements, and I don't need much other than something that gives me a platform independent language and DOM. Thanks in advance. ...
I have an ext combobox which uses a store to suggest values to a user as they type. An example of which can be found here: combobox example Is there a way of making it so the suggested text list is rendered to an element in the DOM. Please note I do not mean the "applyTo" config option, as this would render the whole control, includin...
I'm doing a website for a family member's wedding. A feature they requested was a photo section where all the guests could go after the wedding and upload their snaps. I said this was a stellar idea and I went off to build it. Well there's just the one problem: logistics. Upload speeds are slow and photos from modern cameras are huge (2...
Google created protocol buffers as a replacement for the bulky XML method of data transition. Faster XML processing was just not good enough. Most of the web has grown up as a hodge podge of different technologies that have been integrated to work within the browser or to generate html. JavaScript is separate from HTML. Flash and Sil...
I find myself using Javascript day to day without a solid understanding of the language. There are some great writeups out there about using specific features of the language, but I'd like a distilled, printed book reference about the language itself. Please list good books that discuss the JavaScript language; not frameworks, usage an...
How do I have two effects in jQuery run in sequence, not simultaneously? Take this piece of code for example: $("#show-projects").click(function() { $(".page:visible").fadeOut("normal"); $("#projects").fadeIn("normal"); }); The fadeOut and the fadeIn run simultaneously, how do I make them run one after the other? ...
Here's a very simple Prototype example. All it does is, on window load, an ajax call which sticks some html into a div. <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="scriptaculous/lib/prototype.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> Event.observe(window, 'load', function(){ new...