A JavaScript Function That Returns a Function
Its a fad now in JavaScript to code functions that return functions in order to avoid declaring global variables but the procedure is inefficient and unnecessary. More ...
Easy Code to Add Mouse Trails to Your Webpage
Mouse trails cause the mouse pointer to be followed by a trail of small images when the user moves it. This makes it easier for the user to locate the mouse pointer on the screen. In this article, I give you Java Script code that will cause mouse trails on your webpage. More ...
Easy Java Script Code to Fill Array With Random Numbers
The code I present here might not be the fewest lines possible to fill an array With random numbers, but it is the easiest to understand. More ...
Easy Slide Show Code with Mouseover Pause
This article provides easy-to-use cut-and paste code for a Web page slide show, except this example has the extra feature that when the visitor moves their mouse pointer over the image, the slide show image will not change again until they move their mouse pointer off the image. More ...
Four Ways to Use Java Script Event Handlers
Almost everything on a webpage is an "object". Almost all objects can respond to an event. You can control what an object does in response to an event by creating an event handler. In this article, you'll learn four different ways to connect an event handler to an event. More ...
A Brief Introduction to HTML for JavaScript Programmers
Although JavaScript is a neat programming language, the basic foundation of the web is HTML. JavaScript gives you the ability to control and modify the HTML. More ...
Easy JavaScript Form Design
A form is an html element that allows users to enter information. To experiment with forms in JavaScript, replace the method and action attributes in the form opening tag with onSubmit='javascript return false;'
to prevent the form from being submitted to the server. More ...
Prevent Automated Form Submissions With Java Script
Spammers have robots that search the Web for such forms and when they find one, they use automated programs to submit thousands of spam. Webmasters have developed a method to prevent such abuse. In this article, I show you three different examples of using Java Script to implement this method for your own web form. More ...
Easy Code to Sort a Table by Column
A Table is a powerful way to present information. You can make your table even more powerful by giving users the ability to sort it by different columns. In this article, I give you some simple Java Script code that you can use to make almost any table sortable by different columns. More ...
JavaScript Variable Scope
Understanding variable scope is very important, because if you don't use scope properly, you could end up with unexpected results and a very confusing bug. The scope of a variable refers to the parts of the code from which it's visible. More ...
Convert Mixed Number to Decimal
Wouldn't it be convenient if the user was allowed to enter mixed numbers into a form rather than having to mentally convert them decimals? This code is designed to accept both decimal and mixed number input. More ...
Debugging JavaScript : Coercions
JavaScript is not a tightly typed language. Sometimes this comes in handy, but other times it can cause problems. More ...
