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  • A handful of presentations on JavaScript and jQuery

    John Resig (creator of jQuery) recently posted a bunch of his presentations online, focused on JavaScript and jQuery. Check 'em out. I'm fast becoming a huge fan of jQuery, and we're now using it a lot more within Dovetail Agent. Not only is the library itself cool - but the plethora of available plugins really make it rock.
    Posted to Gary Sherman (Weblog) by gsherman on June 24, 2008
  • Hierarchical drop-downs in Dovetail Agent

    Many customers use hierarchical (multi-level) drop-down lists in their Clarify/Dovetail implementations. So, when one level of a select list changes, the down-level lists change as well. Clarify allows up 5 levels for a list. As an example, in baseline Clarify, there's a list titled CR_DESC that is a three level list for CPU, Operating System, ...
    Posted to Gary Sherman (Weblog) by gsherman on December 10, 2007
  • Using modern JavaScript libraries to create a better user experience in fcClient

    Over the last couple of years, a number of very useful JavaScript libraries and frameworks have been introduced that make it tremendously easier to build rich web applications. A few of the more popular ones: Prototype Script.aculo.us MooTools These frameworks allow developers to easily write very rich, cross-browser web applications. I've ...
    Posted to Gary Sherman (Weblog) by gsherman on September 26, 2007