The PhoneGap window.device Object PRO
The PhoneGap JavaScript library adds new properties to the window global object. One of them is the device property. The device property holds a reference for an object that describes the device. The following code sample shows how simple it is to use this object in order to get detailed information about the device. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> […]
The PhoneGap deviceready Event PRO
When using the PhoneGap JavaScript library we must make sure the device is ready before we start calling the various PhoneGap functions. In order to verify the device is ready we should hook up with the ‘deviceready’ event. The following code sample shows how simple it is to hook up with this event. If you […]
Java 8 Lambda Expressions PRO
When dealing with an interface that includes one method only and the sole purpose of that interface is to allow us passing over functionality to another part of our program we can use the lambda expression as an alternative for the anonymous inner class. The lambda expression includes a comma separated list of formal parameters enclosed […]
PHP 5.5 New Features PRO
PHP 5.5 adds many new improvements. Most of them don’t have any impact on code that was written in according with PHP 5.4. We can now get the fully qualifies name of a class by appending its name with the ::class keyword. This new feature is especially relevant when using namespaces. <?php namespace com\lifemichael\samples; class […]
The zxcvbn.js JavaScript Library PRO
The zxcvbn.js JavaScript open source library provides us with a simple easy to use function for evaluating the strength of a password the user enters. Using this library we can provide our user with an immediate feedback. The following code sample shows how simple it is to use this JavaScript open source library. You can […]
Google WebFonts Jump Start PRO
Google WebFonts API provides us with hundreds of open source fonts we can use in our web page. We can easily search through the web fonts collection and select the ones we want to use. The following code sample shows how simple it is to use these fonts in our web page by adding a […]
Sugar.js Jump Start PRO
Just as it sounds. Using Sugar.js is kind of adding some sugar to our code. Sugar.js isn’t a framework for creating magnificent user interface, one page web application or manipulating the DOM. Sugar.js is a simple libray that provides us with lots of useful functions we can use in order to write shorter code. The […]
WebSockets API using Apache Tomcat Jump Start PRO
Java EE supports the HTML5 WebSockets API. We can easily get a WebSockets server up and running by developing a servlet that extends WebSocketServlet class. The following code sample includes two files. The following is the HTML file that includes code in JavaScript for using HTML5 Web Sockets API. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Simple WebSockets […]
Lo-Dash Jump Start PRO
The Lo-Dash JavaScript library provides us with a huge range of utility functions we can use in our code. Most functions will look familiar if you already have experience using functional programming languages. If you are already familiar with Underscore.js you will find this library very easy to learn. The following code sample shows how […]
The Underscore.js Framework PRO
The underscore.js JavaScript library provides us with a huge set of functions we usually find in functional programming languages. The following code sample shows how simple it is to use this library. If you try to run this code on your end make sure you update the link for the underscore-min.js file. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> […]