TextExt is a plugin for jQuery which is designed to provide functionality such as tag input and autocomplete and ultimate provides modularity and extensibility for enhancing text field functionality.
Can’t remember the pros and cons of all those frameworks like Spine, Sammy, Sproutcore, Backbone, and the rest? Gordon L. Hempton runs through 12 of the most popular, lists their pros and cons, and picks Ember.js as his ultimate winner
HTML5 Please
A cool bunch of folks just launched HTML5 Please, which is aiming at answering those questions and providing advice and recommendations on the best way to handle the implementation and fallback scenario.
Reg Braithwaite demonstrates the power of using JavaScript’s first order functions, factoring expressions into functions, and using functions as building blocks in larger processes. A must read. I might call it ‘how functional ideas can make JavaScript rock’ perhaps ;-)
Steve Souders on JavaScript Performance
Steve Souders, Googler and general Web performance optimization guru, recently gave a talk at SFJS about the performance of asynchronous JavaScript loading in the browser. Here are the slides which, luckily, can mostly stand on their own.