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Apply Method Plus
- Topic: core/interm.Posted: 08/19/2008By: Cody Lindley
There are a couple of identified patterns for invoking a function. One of which is to use the function method apply() or call() to invoke a function as if it were a method of some other object. This is typically why we might use these methods. However, the apply() method has another handy use. Unlike the call() method ...
Var and Named Functions Lie!
- Topic: core/beg.
- Posted: 08/19/2008
- By: Cody Lindley
Before any JavaScript is executed, the browser creates a formal default object in which all client-side code is contained. This object is known by many names which include: window object, head object, and global object. This might be news to you, it might not be. More importantly, ...
Chaining Your JavaScript Methods
- Topic: core/adv.
- Posted: 05/20/2008
- Comments: 2
- By: Brian Reindel
In a previous post on JavaScript Ant I reviewed some techniques from JavaScript libraries that could prove to be useful in your own scripts. A final technique that I gave a brief mention of, but did not cover in depth, was (object) method chaining. This technique was made popular in several ...
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Recent Comments
- Posted To: Get With This
I like this article, and it is useful for me. Could you give me any insight how I can access the javascript variables/functions of a page from outside? Given, the page is currently open in the browser (thus window.content.document is its DOM).
- Posted To: Chaining Your JavaScript Methods
Excellent article – a nice alternative to the way I usually create chainable methods. Feed us more JavaScript goodness!
- Posted To: Chaining Your JavaScript Methods
Interesting… How can the model be extended to allow for jquery-style plugins?
- Posted To: JavaScript Library Techniques, Tips and Tricks
thanks for this valuable post…
- Posted To: JavaScript Libraries By Comparison
@Pragma: Great point on the lack of attention for accessibility. However, it’s up to the developer to implement progressive enhancement, and maintain accessible content and behavior, and it is possible with some of these JS libraries. For example, with jQuery, the AJAX behavior re-uses the “normal” server calls (such as …
Recent Javascript Elsewhere
- JavaScript Event Delegation is Easier than You Think
- Posted: 07/26/2008 Topic: core
- What's the Fastest Way to Code a Loop in JavaScript?
- Posted: 07/26/2008 Topic: core
- Functional JavaScript
- Posted: 07/01/2008 Topic: core
- Mascara: ECMAScript 4 → Classic Javascript translator
- Posted: 06/10/2008 Topic: tools
- Finally, the alternative fix for IE6's memory leak is available
- Posted: 06/10/2008 Topic: client
- String Performance: Getting Good Performance from Internet Explorer
- Posted: 06/10/2008 Topic: core
- Spyjax - Your browser history is not private!
- Posted: 06/03/2008 Topic: client
- The ultimate getElementsByClassName, anno 2008
- Posted: 05/27/2008 Topic: client
- Reserved Words in JavaScript
- Posted: 05/27/2008 Topic: core
- Scoping anonymous functions
- Posted: 05/09/2008 Topic: core