Episode 11: Top 10 JavaScript Functions Review
Now with better audio equipment, in this episode I paid a revisit to my Top Ten JavaScript Functions of all time entry from November of 2005 and did a complete analysis explaining the pros and cons of each function and what could be improved, and if, perhaps, there are better functions today as an alternative. Regardless, the functions were good for their time, but with JavaScript at the forefront of development, new ones are being reborn every day and are simply replacing the old.
In the News
Nothing really that special. Basically I’m going to London for the @media 2006 conference so I hope to see you there. And the other piece of news I discussed is the recent release of the latest YUI JavaScript frameworks, which by the way, now includes a CSS framework that allows you to create over 100 different page layouts with just one 1.8k css file. Pretty dope eh?
Noteables from this episode
- John Resig was the winner of the winner of the addEvent recoding contest (since I couldn’t remember his name while recording)
- Lest we forget Dean’s cssQuery library
- Simon Willison… yea, I think I mentioned him.
- I’m pretty sure I mentioned Nate Koechley as well
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May 10th, 2006 at 2:09 am
Ha, I loved the beginning sound effects :P Added some spice. :)
Another great episode Dustin. Nice to have a follow on to that highly publisized, yet seemingly controversial list.
Looking forward to the next episodes.
May 10th, 2006 at 7:44 am
javaScript is cool - I wish I had time to really get into it properly (I yearn to work on a team which has more knowledge than I do!!)
Hope to see you at @media; I live within walking distance which is going to rock!
May 10th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
You’re going to @media? <napoleon dynamite>luckyy</napoleon dynamite>
The advantages of working for Y!, no doubt?
‘Course I get a student discount for Webvisions, but still…Both SXSW and @media? lucky.
May 10th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
[…] So yesterday I published a post defending frameworks, saying that if they helped you out: use them. Well that was before Dustin mentioned that Yahoo’s created a CSS Framework. I checked it out…and after having done so, I now take back some of what I said yesterday. […]
May 11th, 2006 at 12:58 am
10 functions
15 minutes
=> 1.5 minutes (90 seconds) per function!
;)
May 11th, 2006 at 12:03 pm
Howdy Dustin!
I’ve listened to all your podcasts since I love listening to talk while I work, I’m on a “music-free” trip theese weeks it seems. But you asked for feedback so I’ll give you some feedback.
First off, you new microphone works like a charm, those money were well spendt.
Also, I love beer aswell as you, and I don’t mind the occational burp here and there, but you should try having some sort of script to go by while talking since you have a huge tendency to talk about much and nothing, especially in this episode.
I jumped into listening to some possible interesting remarks on theese javascript functions, instead it ended with you telling me that you would tell me about the functions only to realize your time was running out so you started speed-commenting the functions and I fell off that episode and write this comment instead.
I like your other shows, but this one was a step back in my opinion, to much ahhh, well, ohhh, yeah, mmmm, burp! (You did give the podcast a name, and it didn’t quite follow up…).
Keep up the great work Dustin!
May 11th, 2006 at 1:17 pm
Kim, I have to admit, the shows just aren’t as great IMO when I’m doing them by myself. The reason for the more ums and ahs is because i don’t have time to sit there and let someone else talk. In essense, I always have to be thinking of something to say while not letting long waves of silence go by.
Overall, I agree with you on this. However the show must go on with or without a guest. My main priority is “shipping” with a regular stream of content and it had been too long since the last one.
May 11th, 2006 at 6:46 pm
Hey DD, your sound effect in the beginning almost got me into trouble. My roommate heard that and I had to go out there to tell her “It’s NOT what you think it is”. Anyway I am saving this podcast to my portable MP3 player so that I can listen to it when Im on the bus/in my car. Can you like give us a little more info abt your new setup? Prolly the links to the Amazon.com pages as well?
Cheers
Roy
May 11th, 2006 at 7:04 pm
@Roy, LOL! That’s awesome man. It never occurred to me that it would get someone in trouble. Sooner or later I’ll talk more about my setup when I get a qualified professional to tell me what I’ve done right and wrong. Most of my purchases were made from decisions by either a book or what my professional counterpart has told me about.
May 18th, 2006 at 1:25 am
Hey Dustin, thanks for improving the sound quality. The background music is “unobtrusive” like the javascript, and the new mic setup really lends a timbre to your occasional burp. It’s tough listening to all the beer reference while at work - makes my mouth water for one.
The intro made me chuckle. Was that you getting the six pack out of the fridge?
Cheers
Barry
May 31st, 2006 at 5:36 am
Your new equipments are really doing wonders. There is really some noticeable difference in sound quality.
June 3rd, 2006 at 3:04 pm
man, your burp really disgusted me. not because of the burp itself. but at that point, i realized you were not saying anything for the last 10 minutes, and you were just burping to fill an empty hole.
I am ok with people farting, burping and jawning and stretching, it is just hat from the first 45 seconds of our podcasts, it was just about “oh yeah, yeah” and it was followed by “uhmms” and “ahhhs” and “beer”…
As stated above:
“you have a huge tendency to talk about much and nothing,”
it happens to be that i only listened to the 1st episode and this one.
i will make an effort and listen to some others.. but only because i see other people saying “keep up the good work”.
you can always post edit your podcasts..
~chicano
June 8th, 2006 at 9:29 pm
Regarding your intro, certain acitivites should remain private if you know what I mean. o_~
July 4th, 2006 at 10:28 pm
Hi,
Is there something wrong with the download for eps 11? I keep getting time-out’s when I try to download it.
–JB
July 5th, 2006 at 9:16 am
Hi JoeB,
I haven’t had any issues downloading it - it was probably just some shortage on the server temporarily. All I can say is to try again.
August 11th, 2006 at 1:51 am
I have the same problem downloading the file.