Tag: JavaScript

jQuery 3.0 Alpha release

Just a few weeks after we’ve started using jQuery 2, the news come in of the new major release of jQuery being not too far away:

It’s been a long time since we did a major release, and you certainly deserve one. So we’re glad to announce the first alpha of jQuery 3.0!

Despite the 3.0 version number, we anticipate that these releases shouldn’t be too much trouble when it comes to upgrading existing code. Yes, there are a few breaking changes that justified the major version bump, but we’re hopeful these breakages don’t actually affect that many people. The jQuery Migrate plugin can help you to identify compatibility issues in your code as well. Your feedback on the changes in this alpha will help us greatly, so please try it out on your existing code and plugins!

There are actually two releases here. First is jQuery 3.0, which supports modern browsers and environments from IE9 forward. Second is jQuery Compat 3.0, which includes support for IE8. As an added bonus, both jQuery and jQuery Compat will include support for Yandex.Browser, a freeware browser released in 2012. You can get the files from the jQuery CDN, or link to them directly

Google releases Polymer 1.0, production ready

At a recent Google I/O 2015 conference, a production ready version 1.0 of Polymer library was announced.  If you are not familiar with this tool, and a brief description like:

The Polymer library is designed to make it easier and faster for developers to create great, reusable components for the modern web.

doesn’t help much, then you should definitely check the Get Started section.  You’ll love it!  Once you know what it does and how it works, check the current Catalog of the elements.

Via The Next Web.

The worlds collide: jsphp and php.js

I guess we can consider the overlapping between PHP and JavaScript worlds complete.  Just within the last couple of days I separately and independently came across two different projects:

  • jsphp, which is a pseudo-implementation of the ECMA 262 standard (JavaScript 8.5.1) for PHP 5.3+
  • php.js, which is a resource that offers community-built JavaScript alternatives to PHP functions

So now you can use JavaScript-like stuff in PHP, and PHP-like stuff in JavaScript.  Boom!