Modern web designers simply adore dynamic page elements. Dropdown menus, carousels, tabbed links and accordion menus are just a few examples. All of these effects can be recreated using free jQuery plugins without much code. The toughest part is finding the perfect jQuery plugin to fit with your current project. In this gallery you’ll find […]
When To Use JavaScript vs. CSS3 for Animation
Animated web content has been around for years in the form of GIFs and Flash content. But as those older methods fall to the wayside newer techniques have grown in their place. Back in the early 2000s JavaScript was widely-regarded as the best solution for animated web content. Then an update to CSS created the […]
26 Open Source JavaScript Libraries & Frameworks
As a longtime JavaScript developer there are still dozens of libraries I have never touched before. Many concepts are out in the wild that I can’t even wrap my head around! Prototypical JS templating is one, and full MVC control is another. But these libraries are seriously powerful and beneficial to those who understand them. […]
33 Open Source jQuery Plugins for Gathering User Input
I can remember the long structured blocks of JavaScript before jQuery was even an option. Nowadays this library has expanded to include hundreds(if not thousands) of free open source plugins. You can find a particular bit of functionality related to almost any page element on your website. Specifically I’ve collected a list of 33 plugins […]
How To Build a Custom Ad Banner Rotator Script with jQuery
There are so many reasons why you may consider using JavaScript as a random banner generator instead of a backend server language. But the primary reason is when using a caching system, as the banner advertisement itself will only randomize once for the cache. Then it stays the same on every pageview. However with JavaScript […]
Building Internal Content Scrollbars using jQuery
Mobile web applications and some more advanced layouts are commonly seen using internal scroll bars. These are custom-made scroll features which are nested inside another container on the page. I feel these have become more popular since the rise of dynamic content and the popularity of jQuery plugins. Keep in mind that most webpages still […]
