Always declare your variables and functions:
Variables which are not declared will be global. This can result in many bugs hard to detect.
Always declare your variables in top of your block:
JavaScript does not have block scope, and it is better to always declare all variables at the top of each function.
Because the web is a changing and ever evolving organism, it’s important to build sites that can grow with it and easily ride the current instead of drowning when a new wave approaches.
Clean markup and building with web standards not only helps you do this, but will save you both time and money in the long run.
Sometimes we need to insert a 100% Flash into a page. This little snippet shows you how you can achieve it without breaking the normal browser behavior (scrollbars etc) for users viewing the retro HTML fall back.
Prerequisites: jQuery and swfobject 2.
Here’s a central resource for WCAG 2.0 with lots of practical examples. Techniques for WCAG 2.0
The Javascript Way is a new site, set up by Tore Darell , Christian Johansen and August Lilleaas. Inspired by The Rails Way, The JavaScript Way aims to share best practises in JavaScript code, design and structure.
The first submission talks about namespacing and encapsulation.