My favorite JavaScript tricks
- The DHTML/JavaScript Calendar - Shows a pop-up or embedded calendar to help users fill out dates in your forms. (The less-than-obvious download link is in the lower right under “Current Version.”)
Drag & Drop Sortable Lists with JavaScript and CSS - If you are at least intermediate with JavaScript and CSS, you should be able to figure out how to do some cool stuff with this knowledge. I recommed adding some sort of “Drag” affordance like 37signals uses in their products (pictured).- JSMX - The Universal Ajax API for ColdFusion, PHP, .NET, or your language of choice - Quick, simple way to add AJAX functionality to your web app.
- TinyMCE JavaScript WYSIWYG Editor - This browser-based HTML editor is more intuitive to use than FCKEditor. The image uploader module is quite a bit more intuitive than FCKEditor’s, which makes me forget the fact that it isn’t free. The rest of the editor is free though.
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