The node.js Public Modules Repository PRO
The node.js NPM (Node Package Manager) allows us to manage the packages installed on our computer. NPM provides us with an online public registry service that contains all of the packages developed by programmers who chose to publish them using NPM. NPM provides us with a tool we can use for downloading, installing the managing those […]
Using node.js with MySQL PRO
Developing a web application using the node.js framework we can easily write code that connects with a MySQL database. The mysql module provides us with everything we need. The following code sample shows how simple it is to use this module. var mysql = require(‘mysql’); var connection = mysql.createConnection({ host: ‘server.zindell.com’, user: ‘nodejsdemo’, password: ‘lifemichael’, […]
Iterators in JavaScript PRO
JavaScript allows us to use iterators for going over the properties of a specific object or for going over the elements of a specific array. The following code sample shows how simple it is to use iterators in JavaScript. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>The Iterator Function</title> </head> <body> <script type=”text/javascript”> var student = { name: […]
Math.js Jump Start PRO
Math.js is a lightweight open source JavaScript library that provides us with an extensive collection of mathematical useful functions. You can easily download the Math.js library code browsing in GitHub at https://github.com/josdejong/mathjs. The following code sample shows how simple it is to use this library. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>math.js demo</title> <script type=”text/javascript” src=”math.min.js”></script> </head> […]
String.js Jump Start PRO
String.js is a lightweight open source JavaScript library that provides us with useful functions for working with strings. You can easily download the String.js library code browsing in GitHub at https://github.com/jprichardson/string.js. The string.js library adds the S property to the window global object. The following code sample shows how simple it is to use this […]
Google Web Font Loader Jump Start PRO
Google Web Fonts Loader is a JavaScript library developed by Google that allows you to dynamically load any of the free web fonts developed by Google. Using the Google Web Fonts Loader library we can use multiple different web font providers. The documentation and source code of the Web Font Loader JavaScript library is available as […]
Turn.js Digital Publishing PRO
Turn.js is a JavaScript library that allows us to create digital books the user can flip through their pages. Although the library is available as an open source project on GitHub there are some restrictions on using it. Make sure you check the license terms before you choose to use it. The following code sample […]
Google Charts Jump Start PRO
The Google Charts JavaScript library provides us with the capability to create various types of charts. The Google Charts library is available online hosted on Google servers. The following code sample shows how we can create a simple pie chart using the Google Charts JavaScript library. <html> <head> <script type=”text/javascript” src=”https://www.google.com/jsapi”></script> <script type=”text/javascript”> google.load(“visualization”, “1”, […]
UAParser.js Jump Start PRO
There are many cases in which we need to get exact information about the client on which the code we wrote in JavaScript is running. Getting the information we need out of the user-agent is not straight forward. Using the UAParser.js lightweight JavaScript library it becomes much simpler. The following demo shows how simple it […]
Microtext.js Jump Start PRO
The Microtext.js open source JavaScript library provides us with useful functions for working with texts. Using this library is fairly simple. It doesn’t require any other library. The following code sample shows how simple it is to use the functions this library provides us with. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>microtext.js demo</title> <script type=”text/javascript” src=”microtext.min.js”></script> </head> […]