Software Blog: Javascript

As I suggested in part 1 of this series, I recently discovered the wonderful world of jQuery, the "write less, do more javascript library". And sure enough, this is one tool that really lives up to its name! Not only can you do all sorts of neat (even useful!) javascript effects and events, but they are suprisingly easy to do! I had put learning this on the backburner a while back, but after publishing my Banner Rotator, I figured it was about time to bring that sucker front and center and start cooking!

The banner rotator script I ...

These days, a feature that city websites should never be without is the banner rotator, that is, an image up at the top of the site that cycles through various featured photos. The City of McAllen naturally was no exception, as you can see for yourself. The problem was that, being relatively inexperienced in Javascript, I've never made my own 'slideshow' type application before. Usually I will either download an existing script (or [[shudder]] a FLASH object...) and modify it to fit my needs.

In my search to find the perfect rotator, I went through dozens, including the Teleirk ...