HTML glow effects

Found some cool glow effects. Couldn’t actually get them to work in my context, but it’s the thought that counts.

Get element or tag name with jQuery

Posted on 2014-08-18 [Monday] by jj5

To get the element/tag name with jQuery:

 $( '.selector' ).get( 0 ).tagName

Posted on 2014-08-18 [Monday] by jj5

Found this which said:

$('<div/>').text('This is fun & stuff').html();

Posted on 2014-06-02 [Monday] by jj5

I’m always forgetting the syntax for the jQuery ‘document ready’ event. Which is an embarrassment because it’s so simple:

$( document ).ready( handler )
$().ready( handler ) (this is not recommended)
$( handler )

I used to use the $( document ).ready( handler ) syntax, but starting today I use the $( handler ) syntax.

Posted on 2013-07-26 [Friday] by jj5

Using the jQuery Validation Plugin to validate my web forms… handy!

Posted on 2013-07-26 [Friday] by jj5

Found this article today which had a method for preserving white space in jQuery’s .val() function.

$.valHooks.textarea = {
  get: function( elem ) {
      return elem.value.replace( /\r?\n/g, "\r\n" );
}};

Posted on 2012-11-20 [Tuesday] by jj5

Today I heard from John Resig on StackOverflow about how to clone objects using jQuery:


// Shallow copy
var newObject = jQuery.extend({}, oldObject);

// Deep copy
var newObject = jQuery.extend(true, {}, oldObject);

Posted on 2012-10-26 [Friday] by jj5

Today I learned about the jQuery Templating Plugin. Looks like something I’ll want to learn about!

Posted on 2012-03-30 [Friday] by jj5

I used the jQuery.browser interface for the first time today to put in an IE hack.