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11. Jobs for developers in JavaScript Professionals Directory

Posted on: 2011-04-20

The JavaScript Professionals Directory was just opened. Any JavaScript developer can join for free to receive job offers from companies looking for JavaScript professionals.

Along with this, the JavaScript jobs board of the JSClasses is also taking open for publishing job offers to developers that joined the JavaScript professionals directory. Job posting is also free.

This article explains in more detail how the JavaScript Professionals directory and the jobs board works.

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10. Developing JavaScript Applications using PHP functions - Lately in JavaScript podcast - Episode 5

Posted on: 2011-03-28

PHP.js is a JavaScript library that provides the same functions as the PHP language in JavaScript. Manuel Lemos and Michael Kimsal interview Brett Zamir, one of the main developers of the PHP.JS project, to tell us more about it on episode 5 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.

On this episode they also discuss the JavaScript related improvements of the latest releases of Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 4, Chrome 10 and Opera 11.

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9. Featured articles about your objects

Posted on: 2011-03-04

The JSClasses site now provides a feature that lets authors post featured articles about their JavaScript objects which can become featured in the JSClasses site main blog.

This way those JavaScript objects can become more popular by getting more exposure and feedback about their work.

This is a brief article that explains how this feature works.

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2. Load Page Content Faster by the Right Order

Posted on: 2011-03-01
Blog: Fast Page Content Loader package blog
Package: Fast Page Content Loader

Now that that the Fast Page Content Loader object works well in all browsers, it is time to address another problem, which is to give priority to content that needs to load first, regardless of its position in the page.

This post explains how to set the loading order of different content elements giving priority to more important elements that need to load first.

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8. Chrome OS, WebOS 2, jQuery 1.5 - Lately in JavaScript podcast - Episode 4

Posted on: 2011-02-15

On episode 4 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast, Manuel Lemos and Michael Kimsal discuss the relevance of Google Chrome OS for Web developers in general and the opportunities to developer better Web applications using special Chrome features like the Native Client interface.

They also comment on the announcement of HP Palm WebOS 2.0 and its use of JavaScript, and the release of jQuery 1.5.

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7. Why Google Chrome OS matters for Web application developers

Posted on: 2011-01-25

A lot has been said about what Google Chrome OS is or will be, but while Google does not clarify many of the doubts that have been raised by the developers and users in general, many wonder if it will succeed based on supposed limitations that in reality Chrome OS does not have.

This article aims to clarify many of those doubts about Chrome OS really is and how alleged limitations will be overcome.

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6. AJAX 2, Microsoft SunSpider cheating? - Lately in JavaScript podcast - Episode 3

Posted on: 2010-11-29

On episode 3 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast, Manuel Lemos and Michael Kimsal discuss the enhancements of the XMLHttpRequest Level 2 specification.

They also discuss the allegation that Microsoft could be cheating by making IE 9 perform much better than other browsers on specific tests of the SunSpider benchmark.

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5. AJAX 2: What is coming with XMLHttpRequest Level 2?

Posted on: 2010-11-23

XMLHttpRequest, often referred as AJAX, is going to get a new and improved specification version named Level 2.

This article gives an overview of what is planned for XMLHttpRequest Level 2 and how it can be used to improve Web applications usability.

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4. JavaScript performance optimization tricks - Lately in JavaScript podcast - Episode 2

Posted on: 2010-10-28

In this episode of the Lately in JavaScript podcast, Manuel Lemos and Michael Kimsal discuss an unusual technique to accelerate the load of slow pages which have content retrieved from external sites using JavaScript.

They also discuss the techniques of optimizing JavaScript code presented in the High Performance JavaScript book.

Also on this episode it is discussed the launch of the jQuery Mobile project and the new Node.js screencasts site.

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3. Is NodeJS going to be the PHP of JavaScript - Lately in JavaScript podcast episode 1

Posted on: 2010-09-29

In the first episode of the Lately in JavaScript podcast, Manuel Lemos and Michael Kimsal have Mário Valente as guest to discuss interesting topics of the current JavaScript scene, like progress of NodeJS to become a server side Web development solution similar to PHP but in JavaScript.

They also discuss matters such as why JavaScript is much better than Flash, the convinience of implementing JavaScript components and objects in the Object Oriented way, and getting seed funding for startup companies oriented to JavaScript and other Web technologies.

Also covered are the latest objects published in the JSClasses site and the latest interesting articles published in the JSMag magazine.

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