JavaScript Resources and Tests

• ImageGallery — Simple JavaScript image gallery complete with captions. Based on code by Jeremy Keith.
• lightbox — Great photo gallery created by Lokesh Dhakar.
• <textarea> Length Counter
• Disable Context Menu for Specific Elements on a Page — Disable the context menu (or right-clicking) for an element.
• Disable Context Menu for Elements in a Specific Area — Disable the context menu for elements within a specific element.
• Drop down menus that "failing gracefully" — Demo of how some JavaScript drop down menus fail completely when JavaScript is turned off. Some drop down menus will still function, and users will still be able to reach all the information, but only if the menu is coded correctly.

JavaScript Resources

Code References and Techniques

• Event compatibility tables —"...quick overview of events browser compatibility"
• Unobtrusive Javascript — Great online course for learning best practices of JavaScript and DOM Scripting.

Tools

• JSMin, The JavaScript Minifier — Online or downloadable version of JSMin. "JSMin is a filter which removes comments and unnecessary whitespace from JavaScript files."
  • JSMin Documentation
  • Note: You many need to run your code through JSLint (link below) to get it properly formatted before running it through JSMin.
  • Note: Be careful with this!! Keep an uncompressed version somewhere!
• JSLint, The JavaScript Verifier — "JSLint is a JavaScript program that looks for problems in JavaScript programs."
  • JSLint Documentation