Even more jQuery plugins

Accessible slider:
http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/...


Coda Popup Bubbles:
http://jqueryfordesigners.com/coda-popup-bubbles/



Charts using canvas and jQuery:
http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/...



Flexgrid:
http://webplicity.net/flexigrid/

10 things IT needs to know about Ajax

The introduction of any new Web technology will affect a network's infrastructure in ways that range from inconsequential to earth shattering. Ajax is one of the more disruptive new Web technologies traveling across networks today. To help you minimize future surprises on your network, we've outlined the 10 things you should take to heart about Ajax.

Link:
http://www.networkworld.com/...

10 AJAX Effects to Boost Your Website’s Fanciness Factor

Here’s a collection of 10 powerful – yet easy-to-implement — AJAX effects to supplement your web page’s interface. These were picked using a “bang for your buck” methodology; meaning that these effects were chosen specifically because they provide high-impact effects with very little effort in installing and using them.

Link:
http://sixrevisions.com/rapid-development/...

Masked Input plugin for jQuery

This is a masked input plugin for the jQuery javascript library. It allows a user to more easily enter fixed width input where you would like them to enter the data in a certain format (dates,phone numbers, etc). It has been tested on Internet Explorer 6/7, Firefox 1.5/2, Safari, and Opera.

A mask is defined by a format made up of mask and placeholder characters. Any character not in the placeholder character list below is considered a mask character. Mask characters will be automatically entered for the user as they type and will not be able to be removed by the user.

Had it working in less than 5min and it works like a charm. jQuery just keeps getting better for me and has a promising future for Veign's Web Development.

Link:

jQuery API

A compact and well presented site of the jQuery API. Not only do they provide the function description, but offer more samples of usage over the jQuery website.

Don't forget to check out the jQuery plugins website for some very cool things:
http://plugins.jquery.com/

API:
http://remysharp.com/jquery-api/

JotForm v2.0 is a huge improvement

Remember JotForm? Well, JotForm has released another major version and things are looking up, way up.

Whats new in JotForm 2.0:

• Payment Integration: Use JotForm to sell digital goods, sell products, collect payments for your online service, collect subscription payments or receive micropayments for your content. JotForm integrates with PayPal, Google Checkout, WorldPay, 2CheckOut, ClickBank and OneBip payment gateways, so you can collect payments from your users.
• Starter Forms: Save time and choose from many starter forms when you create a new form.
• Styles: Make great looking forms by applying CSS styles.
• Form Validations: You can now check if a form field is a proper E-mail, Alphanumeric, Numeric, Alphabetic.
• Spam Protection: Each form now has seamless spam checks. JotForm can check if the form is submitted by a real browser. We also now support CAPTCHA verification on the forms.
• Share Submissions: You can now make your form submissions public and even integrate it into your web site easily. You can share your submission in your site using a Web Grid, DHTML Calendar, Microsoft Excel or RSS.
• SSL Forms: Protect your form submissions with 256 bit High-Grade SSL encryption.
• PDF Forms: JotForm can turn your form into a PDF file. You can now use JotForm to create your paper forms.
• Power Tools: JotForm introduces new form fields to make your forms cooler. Such as StarRating, FormCollapse, AutoComplete, BirthDatePicker, HTML and Image includes.
• Source Code Options: It is now easier to include your forms in your site.

Plus so much more. Check this out...

Link:
http://www.jotform.com/

AJAX Framework review

AJAX frameworks can make software development easier. The hard part is selecting the right framework for the job at hand.

Whats been reviewed:

• Dojo 0.3.1 (dojotoolkit.org).
• Prototype and Scriptaculous 1.4 (www.prototypejs.org and script.aculo.us).
• Direct Web Reporting 1.0 (getahead.org/dwr).
• Yahoo! User Interface Library 0.11.1 (developer.yahoo.com/yui).
• Google Web Toolkit 1.0 (code.google.com/webtoolkit).

Link:
http://www.ddj.com/...

Picnik, another online image editor.

With Picnik you can quickly edit all your online photos from one place. It's the easiest way on the Web to fix underexposed photos, remove red-eye, or apply effects to your photos.

Unlike others, I gave Picnik a shot since I heard some good things about it. A clean, Flash design makes this one very simple and intuitive to use. Plus its fast. Faster than the other all inclusive online image editors I've reviewed, probably because of the use of Flash.

Link:
http://www.picnik.com

Also, check out my online image applications:
http://www.whatsitscolor.com/
http://quickthumbnail.com/

Four more AJAX / JavaScript frameworks and code

SimpleJS: A javascript library simple and light proposing functions ready with the use to facilitate the exploitation of ajax.

Script.aculo.us: provides you with easy-to-use, cross-browser user interface JavaScript libraries to make your web sites and web applications fly.

Prototype: Is a JavaScrip framwork that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications. Featuring a unique, easy-to-use toolkit for class-driven development and the nicest Ajax library around, Prototype is quickly becoming the codebase of choice for web application developers everywhere.

ASP.NET AJAX: A free framework for quickly creating a new generation of more efficient, more interactive and highly-personalized Web experiences that work across all the most popular browsers.

Also, don't forget to check out what the big guys like Yahoo! and Google offer.

Can Jotform compete with Wufoo

That sounds like a mouthfull.

So what it Jotform? JotForm is the first web based WYSIWYG form builder kinda like Wufoo. I like the interface and usability of Wufoo better but if Jotform can steer things in a different direction maybe they can compete.

What do I mean by that? Well, if your going to design something to be exactly the same as something else then you have to do it better, a lot better and Jotform comes up a bit short.

But wait! There is room. The thing as I see, as a developer for both desktop applications and web applications, is a need for the forms creator to spit out code. How about when I am done with the form I have a way to hook-it to a database (provide me with a table / field editor) or through a common email script (like MailEnable or Jmail). Also, let me download the code in different languages: ASP, ASP.NET, PHP would be a great start.

If Jotform can do this they will be where nobody has gone yet.

Good luck and lets see if Jotform or Wufoo can tap into this.