As mentioned in a thread last week (?) the DHTML Utopia book is well worth a read, and kudos to the author and publisher for making it. However you should also check out the unobtrusive javascript site at http://www.onlinetools.org/articles/unobtrusivejavascript/ (and the others found at http://www.google.com/search?q=unobtrusive+javascript are worth a look, too).
Seeing as there are now loads of tools being offered to "simplify" Ajax development - Microsoft offered a new one today - it would be best for us standardistas to get in on the act and make sure that things are done properly before it gets too late. The last thing we want is for the entire web community to start doing things the bad old way, it would be like DHTML-Hell all over again... Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Denholm-Price Sent: 29 June 2005 13:12 To: [email protected] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] javascript/DOM resources Hi Ted & [EMAIL PROTECTED], Just trawling through list emails & this seems to have had no replies so my 2p: I'm sure I remember Jeremy Keith (http://adactio.com/) proposing a central archive of modern JS scripts but can't quite find it right now ... try starting from e.g. http://adactio.com/journal/search.php?query=dom+scripting (he told the @media audience that "DOM Scripting" is the way to throw off the DHTML bad vibes...) A few JS gurus met up after @media & PPK's site seems to be a good starting point for ensuing discussion: http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2005/06/you_shouldve_be_1.html Googling for "ajax dom scripting" throws up loads, including: http://www.andybudd.com/links/javascript_and_the_dom/index.php and a mention of the Sitepoint book "DHTML Utopia: Modern Web Design Using JavaScript & DOM". HTH, James On 5/3/05, Drake, Ted C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All > I'm in the middle of a site reconstruction. The backbone is ready, the > style sheets are ready, what's next? The javascript. We are still > using a cookie script copyright 1996. > > I know there are tons of free javascript archives, but they are > equally filled with scripts that live in the old days of tag soup. > > Is there a resource for javascripts that are designed for > standards-compliant web sites. An archive of scripts that work with > DOM and degrade well in non-javascript enabled browsers? > > I would love to approach the scripting team and say, can we replace > this with this all-new javascript that will make our lives sooo much better? > > Thanks > > > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
