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javascript: get function caller

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Stoimen

Who calls me? If that’s the question a JavaScript function is asking for, and respectively you are, there is one simple way to find the answer. Why would I need this? Well let assume I’ve one function called func1, called … Continue reading →

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jQuery datepicker persist defaultDate

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Stoimen

Datepicker from jQuery You know how the jQuery UI extensions give a useful functionality for the javascript developers. The datepicker is a useful calendar tool that comes with variaty of functions. How to setup the selected / defaultDate It’s as … Continue reading →

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ExternalInterface from JavaScript to IE/Firefox

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Stoimen

ExternalInterface communication with JavaScript The most simple way to describe the case is as if you have the ExternalInterface addCallback in the Flex application like that: flex.mxml ExternalInterface.addCallback(“jsFunc”, flexFunc); public flexFunc() : void { … } and in the javascript … Continue reading →

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jQuery check for element visibility

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Stoimen

What if the element exists in the DOM That was described in my recent post and it describes the case when you have a particular element in the DOM tree, or if that element does not exists. example: <div id="holder"> … Continue reading →

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JavaScript closures in brief

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Stoimen

What’s a closure Well every javascript programer knows that a variable defined in javascript file with the var declaration is global into all javascript code. var a = 12; console.log(a); that code prints 12 into the console. Note: console object … Continue reading →

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