Javascript is a programming or scripting language primarily used for client-sided programming in web browsers. It can also be used as a server-side programming language but this is generally used less often. Javascript was originally created by Netscape for their browser Netscape Navigator, and is now an implementation of the ECMAScript standard. It is typically used in web browsers for form validation, floating navigation, AJAX and other nifty things to make web pages more interactive.
Google recently released updated tracking code for Google Analytics which allows for asynchronous tracking. This means the analytics tracking can be done at the same time as rendering other content and therefore won’t delay other page content from rendering. This results in what appears to be faster rendering pages.
My last jQuery post looked at how to count the number of options in a select and then clear all options from the select. This post looks at how…
This post looks at how to get the number of options that are in a select drop down box with jQuery, and also how to remove all current options from the drop down box. My next jQuery post will look at how to add new options to the select.
A few months ago I posted how to loop through key value pairs from an associative array with Javascript. I do a lot of work with jQuery these days so in this post look at how to do the same but using jQuery’s each function.
Today’s jQuery post is a quick tip for writing more concise code, which is to specify multiple selectors using commas if the same function should be applied to multiple elements.
If an HTML table row contains only one <a> link it can be useful to make the entire row clickable and make it activate that link. This post shows how to make the entire row clickable with jQuery so that clicking anywhere in the row is the same as clicking that link.