HTML5 Canvas Drag-and-Drop
The HTML5 canvas element creates a sketchpad area on a webpage where you can use JavaScript to draw 2D shapes, graphics, animations, render bitmap images, and even create online presentations and build dynamic browser games. In this article you'll learn how to use drag-and-drop in your canvas projects. 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 ...
Concatenating a String and Another Data Type
To concatinate a string and a number, use the styring concatination operator. This is because JavaScript converts the number to a string. To use the + operator with a number, or numbers that are in string data type requires using parseInt() or parseFloat() to convert the strings to numbers. More ...
Java Script to Get Selected Item from Select List Option Group
Since you may have identically named items in multiple optgroups, you need to a way to get the name of the optgroup as well as the name of the option. The code in this article shows you how. 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 ...
Easy Java Script Code for Sideways Slide show
Sideways sliding slide shows are very popular on the Web, especially with companies that want to display their products or feature various aspects of their business. It's not difficult to program a sideways slide show, and in this article I show you how to create one with some basic Java Script. More ...
Java Script Random Password Generator
If you're a webmaster or system administrator, you may need to create many unique passwords. In this article, you'll learn what a good password is and how to generate random passwords with a few simple lines of Java Script code. More ...
Sams Teach Yourself HTML5 in 10 Minutes
One important part of the new HTML5 specification is the new date-time picker control. In this book you create a webform that uses the new date-time picker control, and you'll also create a small PHP server-side program that displays the value you entered into the date-time picker control when you click the Submit button to show how you can extract data from the control on the server. More ...
Round a Float to 4 Digits to the Right of the Decimal Point
On the typical PC, Java Script Math object methods can return floating point numbers with up to 16 digits to the right of the decimal point. For most purposes, this kind of accuracy is not required, nor desired, and that many digits causes nothing but confusion. In this article, You'll learn how to round a floating point number to 4 digits to the right of the decimal point. More ...
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 ...
Java Script to Dynamically Add, Remove, and Change Items in a Select List
This article shows you how to use Java Script to add, remove, and change items in a select list. More ...
Regular Expression: Alternation
In this article you learn how to create an alternation regular expression that will match alternate patterns in a string. More ...
