In the first part of an Introduction to JavaScript, we looked at basic syntax, variables, comments, and displaying information to the user. Now we are going to expand upon that base to look to the next options. Making Decisions Almost every program will need to only run certain sections of the code. This means skipping…
It is not uncommon for us to need to find out how long it takes for an application to run when written in C#. Luckily, there is an easy way to find out how long sections of your code are taking. If you want, there is a YouTube video of this short tutorial below. We…
This is an introduction/overview of JavaScript. It is written for web designers, not necessarily programmers – so some things will be treated at a higher level. JavaScript is an interpreted language meaning that it stays in the plain text format, and lets the browser run it each time it encounters it. It means it is…
Things to consider jQuery Mobile takes your (properly formatted) HTML5 document, and makes it work well on a mobile device. However, there are some things you must consider to have a well running mobile website. No library will dynamically re-size, and display, images based upon how big your site is. (at least not yet –…
HTML 5 is still a work in progress. So changes are being made to both the specification, and even more so, how browsers support/interpret the specification. Key Features HTML5 adds some new features to HTML. This is because computers, and therefore browsers, can do more than the original HTML specification was designed to do. Here…
Preloaders are used when the user will need to wait more than a few seconds to see the Flash content. This lets them know that something is coming and that there are no problems. Of course this is not an excuse for making bad, overweight (large file size) flash projects. Types of Preloaders While all…
Setting up the Script for our Preloader – Part II This is part two of a two part tutorial. Here is a link to part one of Creating a Preloader in Adobe Flash with Actionscript 3 Displaying the percentage loaded as a number To display your percent variable as a percentage, instead of a decimal…
In this simple example, we are going to look at how to create a simple filter in Excel. A filter, in case you didn’t know, is a way to remove (or filter) out information from what you see in Excel. Let’s say you have a customer database, but you only want to look at customers…
