Archive for April 2009

Call for JavaScript authors

JSMag is always looking for article contributions from the talented JavaScript community.  Want to share a new technique you’ve developed or learned?  Want an excuse to explore some of your favorite tools more deeply than you normally get to?  Write an article for JSMag!
Email your ideas to editor@jsmag.com and we’ll get the ball rolling.  FYI: [...]

JSMag @ JSConf

JSMag is here at the JSConf conference in Washington DC.  We’ll be looking to get some of the speakers to contribute article versions of their cutting-edge work for upcoming JSMag editions.  If you’ve got any questions for the best and brightest in the JavaScript world, post them here or email editor@jsmag.com.

Book drawing contest winner

We held a drawing for a copy of the new book “JavaScript for Programmers” (Deitel & Deitel, from Prentice Hall) from all users registered to JSMag (no purchase necessary).  By the power of rand(), the selected winner is Alvin Ashcraft!  Congrats Alvin!  Alvin can also be found working over at Dzone’s .NET zone in some [...]

Cover art contest

JSMag is holding a contest to find a cover photo for its next issue.  The selected winner will receive a gift certificate to BN.com or Amazon.com (winner’s choice) and a free subscription to JSMag.
Submitted photos need to be black and white, and at a resolution for printing, but other than those requirements, the subject matter [...]

JSMag now supports Google Checkout

We’ve had Google Checkout support on GroovyMag for a couple months now, but had not enabled it for JSMag until today.  As with everything, there may be a hiccup, but initial tests on our end showed it to be working.  Some users had notified us that they couldn’t purchase using PayPal, but Google Checkout should [...]

JSMag April 2009 available

Visit http://www.jsmag.com/latest to learn more or purchase.

The Object Literal pattern
Rebecca Murphey demonstrates a technique to help organize your JavaScript code.
Profiling your JavaScript
Tom Hughes-Croucher shows you how to profile your JavaScript code using both Firebug and YUI’s Profiling tool, while illustrating that some optimizations aren’t always what they seem.
Interview with IBM’s Dojo team
JSMag sat down with [...]

Book giveaway

JSMag will be holding a drawing for a free copy of the new book “JavaScript for Programmers” from InformIT.com.   To enter, simply register an account as JSMag.com by April 20, 2009.  A winner will be selected at random and notified, and the book will be shipped to the winner.  No purchase necessary.




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