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jQuery 1.2.6 out and it's even faster
1.2.6 is now out and the events handling functionality is 103% faster: CSS Selectors are 13% faster .offset() is 21% faster The DImensions plugin is now part of the core toggle() can now accept more functions attr() has had an ov
Aptana Jaxer: server-side Ajax
Aptana released Jaxer: the first ever Ajax server... you got that right, server-side Ajax ... the concept is pretty interesting, a server-side API that wraps for client-side Ajax app to better optimize it and allows you to interface with the file sys
Speaking at the NYCFUG
I will be speaking at the New York ColdFusion User Group this Wednesday, April 16, with the topic of "AJAXify Your ColdFusion Applications". I promise it will be fun, a good learning experience, and perhaps we may even go out afterwards and
ColdFusion 8.0.1 Ajax Improvements
Adobe ColdFusion 8 Update 1 (8.0.1) was released April 3rd (most of you knew already). The good and safe news is that it seems to work fine... nothing broke with the update.What was updated? You can get the full list here, but I will concentrate only
ColdExt: Another ColdFusion wrapper for EXT
After blogging about Dan's great EXT cf wrapper, I ran across another one today: ColdExt. It looks great as well, so how about Dan and Justin join efforts instead of doubling work...?
Ext 2.0 Beta 1
People, listen up ... Ext 2.0 Beta 1 was released today ... for those of you still not familiar with Ext, it is what powers the ColdFusion 8 Ajax UI: Windows, Menus, Grids, Trees, etc. With the 2.0 release you have an amazing power to build desktop-l
ColdFusion is not dead (or even dying)
It's not dead (or even dying), it's just...Not dead, just ... stealthyNot dead, just ... getting the AJAX treatmentNot dead, just ... in an upgrade cycleRead more at a new ComputerWorld rectifying story.
jQuery UI released
jQuery UI is a set of themable widgets and interactions, built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library, that you can use to build highly interactive web applications. The core of the library revolves around different mouse interactions,
jQuery v1.2: Major new release, sneak peak at jQuery UI
[From Rey Bango's Blog] Hot on the heels of the jQuery v1.1.4 release, John Resig and the jQuery team put the pedal to the metal and announced their newest release, jQuery v1.2. This is a massive new release of jQuery that's been a long time in the
AjaxCFC Source Control Repo Moved
Since I just moved AjaxCFC to its own homepage, I moved the SVN repository from RIAForge and created a Trac project. If you had RIAForge's SVN mapped, please update your records: ajaxcfc.com/svn . I maintained the same structure and history, though I
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