Posted by Rasti | Apr 17th, 2009
Prototype is a JavaScript Framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications.
Featuring a unique, easy-to-use toolkit for class-driven development and the nicest Ajax library around, Prototype is quickly becoming the codebase of choice for web application developers everywhere.
Prototype framework enables you to deal with Ajax calls in a very easy and fun way that is also safe (cross-browser)....
Posted by Rasti | Apr 16th, 2009
MooTools is a compact, modular, Object-Oriented JavaScript framework designed for the intermediate to advanced JavaScript developer. It allows you to write powerful, flexible, and cross-browser code with its elegant, well documented, and coherent API.
MooTools code respects strict standards and doesn’t throw any warnings. It’s extensively documented and has meaningful variable names: a joy to browse...
Posted by Rasti | Apr 15th, 2009
Everybody starts sometimes. Nobody was born wise and experienced. Maybe, some of you would like to know how to begin with web development. And those of you this short post is for. You’ll find here some suggestions, tips and navigation which way to go to become a web developer from scratch.
Posted by Rasti | Apr 14th, 2009
PEAR is a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components. PEAR is short for “PHP Extension and Application Repository” and is pronounced just like the fruit.
The purpose of PEAR is to provide:
A structured library of open-source code for PHP users
A system for code distribution and package maintenance
A standard style for code written in PHP, specified here
The PHP Extension Community...
Posted by Rasti | Apr 13th, 2009
Smarty is a template engine for PHP. More specifically, it facilitates a manageable way to separate application logic and content from its presentation. This is best described in a situation where the application programmer and the template designer play different roles, or in most cases are not the same person.
One of the unique aspects about Smarty is the template compiling. This means Smarty reads the template...
Posted by Rasti | Apr 12th, 2009
jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript.
jQuery offers a mechanism for adding in methods and functionality, bundled as jQuery plugins. Most of the methods and functions included in the default download are written using the...
Posted by Rasti | Apr 11th, 2009
The DOM Test Suites (DOM TS) will consist of a number of tests for each level of the DOM specification. The tests will be represented in an XML grammar which ensures that tests can easily be ported from the description format to a number of specific language bindings. This grammar will be specified in XML Schema and DTD form. The grammar will be automatically generated from the DOM specifications themselves,...
Posted by Rasti | Apr 10th, 2009
DOM is an abbreviation for Document Object Model, a platform and language neutral interface that allows programs and scripts to dynamically access and update the content and structure of documents.
The Document Object Model provides a standard set of objects for representing HTML and XML documents, a standard model of how these objects can be combined, and a standard interface for accessing and manipulating...
Posted by Rasti | Apr 9th, 2009
ECMAScript is a scripting language, standardized by ECMA (European Computer Manufacturers Association) International in the ECMA-262 specification. The language is widely used on the web, and is often confused with JavaScript or JScript, the two major dialects from which ECMAScript was standardized.
As previously said, the ECMA Standard is based on several originating technologies, the most well known being...
Posted by Rasti | Apr 8th, 2009
Extending the art & spirit of PHP, Zend Framework is based on simplicity, object-oriented best practices, corporate friendly licensing, and a rigorously tested agile codebase. Zend Framework is focused on building more secure, reliable, and modern Web 2.0 applications & web services, and consuming widely available APIs from leading vendors like Google, Amazon, Yahoo!, Flickr, as well as API providers...