Using the XMLHttpRequest object in synchronous mode causes the entire browser to lock until the remote call completes. This is usually not a desirable behavior. The jQuery BlockUI Plugin lets you simulate synchronous behavior when using AJAX, without locking the browser. When activated, it will prevent user activity with the page (or part of the page) until it is deactivated. BlockUI is useful for creating...

Ext JS is a cross-browser JavaScript library for building rich, dynamic and interactive desktop-style user interfaces for your data-driven web applications. Ext JS includes a diverse set of GUI-based form controls (widgets) for use within web applications. Ext JS DOM selector class allows operations to be performed on elements within the page or data stores that can be used to manage data. Another classes offer...

Growl is basically a notification bubble/popup that appears in the top right of your desktop, well known from Mac OS X. Gritter is let’s say the implementation of Growl notifications in web design. Practically, it’s something like the alert() function in JavaScript, but it’s not a modal, looks much better, has more functionality and is fully customizable by parameter settings. Growl Types of Notifications Regular...

DHTMLX Toolkit is a comprehensive set of AJAX-based DHTML UI (User Interface) components. These libraries allow you to bring desktop-like functionality to the web. Dynamical loading and other special techniques allow the components to load and update data on page seamlessly without delay. As the components are written entirely in JavaScript, they can be easily integrated with any server-side technology (samples...

Would you like to add some effects to your titles, headings or any other group of letters? Wouldn’t be excellent to have a headline shadowed and then dynamically mirrored, but without images? Yes, WITHOUT IMAGES! Sounds almost unbelievable, but this possibility already exists! Alessandro Uliana created jQuery FontEffect plugin which is capable to manipulate fonts and add effects to them, without need to...

Are you experienced PHP programmer and would like to use favorite PHP functions in JavaScript too? Sounds interesting, doesn’t it? You wouldn’t have to learn new JavaScript objects and functions, get used to new syntax, just write what you already know and have tested. Put PHP directly into JavaScript code and don’t care! Well, but how? Thank God and the group of PHP.JS developers the answer...

The Dojo Toolkit is an open-source JavaScript toolkit useful for building impressive web applications. It shortens the time between idea and implementation by providing an exceptionally well conceived API and set of tools for assisting and fixing the issues experienced in everyday web development. The Dojo Toolkit is scalable, fast, robust, and supplies a solid set of tools for DOM manipulation, animations,...

960 Gridder is an excellent tool for any web developer/designer that wants to easily align, match and/or layout websites. 960 Gridder is mainly developed with focus on initial layout or fine tuning of a website. 960 Gridder is cross-browser compliant and works well in Internet Explorer 6/7/8, Firefox 2/3 and Chrome. Safari 4 Beta and Opera 9 is also working as expected and it should work in Safari 2.x-3.x also. 960...

The 960 Grid System is an effort to streamline web development workflow by providing commonly used dimensions, based on a width of 960 pixels. There are two variants: 12 and 16 columns, which can be used separately or in tandem. The 12 column grid is divided into portions that are 60 pixels wide. The 16 column grid consists of 40 pixel increments. Each column has 10 pixels of margin on the left and right, which...

The foundational YUI Grids CSS offers four preset page widths, six preset templates, and the ability to stack and nest subdivided regions of two, three, or four columns. The 4kb file provides over 1000 page layout combinations. Other features include: Supports fluid-width (100%) layouts as well as preset fixed-width layouts. Supports easy customization of the width for fixed-width layouts. Flexible in response...