Archive for the ‘Javascript’ Category

Automatically Resize Large Images with Javascript

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

When you allow users to submit content, and allow that content to include images, there’s always a chance that some user will submit a really large image that will break your layout. One way to solve that is to check the content for large images and resize them using a server-side program. However, sometimes, that is simply not possible. In those cases, we use what’s left- Javascript. (more…)

Ruby Style Blocks in Javascript

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Javascript is a really great language when it comes to flexibility. It is possible to pass code to a function the way you can do with Ruby, albeit a bit more verbose. This is made possible by the fact that javascript allows you to pass a function as one of the parameters of a function. (more…)