WebMantras

Was looking for a JavaScript table datagrid that worked with Prototype or jQuery libraries and found these worth mentioning:

1. Ext JS – Client-side JavaScript framework for building web applications
2. tablesorter – tablesorter is a jQuery plugin
3. Ingrid – jQuery component that adds datagrid behaviors
4. Reorganizable DataGrid – built on Ajax / Smarty / Prototype / Scriptaculous

Am still looking for a datagrid with search.

Came across this via the Coldfusion Weekly Podcast – Version 2.26 (The “Using YSlow” Edition with Guest Host Kurt Wiersma)

The Exceptional Performance group at Yahoo! has come up with 14 ways you can increase the front-end performance of your web site. The group found that 80+% of the time is spent dealing with what’s in the HTML document, namely, the front-end. That’s why the key to faster web sites is to focus on improving front-end performance.

The 14 techniques discussed in the article are:

1. Make Fewer HTTP Requests
2. Use a Content Delivery Network
3. Add an Expires Header
4. Gzip Components
5. Put Stylesheets at the Top
6. Put Scripts at the Bottom
7. Avoid CSS Expressions
8. Make JavaScript and CSS External
9. Reduce DNS Lookups
10. Minify JavaScript
11. Avoid Redirects
12. Remove Duplicate Scripts
13. Configure ETags
14. Make Ajax Cacheable

Definetly a very informative article and highly recommend it to anyone involved with web site development.

Here are a few posts I found helpful on creating valid XHTML compliant code:

1. 9 most important requirements to make your pages XHTML compliant
2. Including Valid External Javascript in XHTML
3. Creating XHTML Compliant Code
4. Updating a JavaScript to be XHTML compliant
5. XHTML explained

Came across these very cool Date Pickers via the Ajaxian blog.

1. Datejs – an open-source JavaScript Date Library (released under the MIT License)
2. Sliding Date Picker – script is based on Prototype/Scriptaculous, but now combined with the DateJs library

Adobe Systems has created a Facebook page.

Jim Priest has written an excellent article on using CFEclipse for ColdFusion Development at IBM Developer Works. Excellent read.