Here’s a rundown of what we’ve got lined up for you in this issue.
Cross-Domain AJAX with Pure JavaScript – Frank Zammetti shows you just how it’s done.
Events, the Marco-Polo of JavaScript – Join Shea Frederick as he takes a closer look at event
handling in JavaScript and just what it’s good for.
The Yahoo! Query Language and [...]

JSMag had a chance to catch up with W Jason Gilmore, author of “Effective Google Maps Marker Management” from the July 2009 issue of JSMag.
JSMag: When did you first get in to web development? How long have you been using JavaScript?
Gilmore: I’ve been a professional Web developer for more than a decade, having started using [...]

The primary goal of JSMag has been to bring you interesting and useful information to help improve your use of JavaScript.  The secondary goal has been to expose new voices and ideas that you might not otherwise have stumbled across.  While I think we’ve been successful thus far, some of the feedback received has led [...]

I did a couple podcast interviews at JSConf a few weeks back and put them on WebDevRadio.
The three podcasts are:

Kyle Simpson on SWFObject
Jan Lenhardt and Chris Anderson on CouchDB
YUI3 with Satyen Desai

Thanks to Jan, Chris, Satyen and Kyle for letting me interview or record them. 

The May 2009 JSMag is now available. This month:

Mashups from the Ground Up (Josh Holmes)
Flex/AJAX Bridge Gotchas (Michael Pelz-Sherman)
Demystifying Custom Events in jQuery (Rebecca Murphey)
Web Testing with Windmill (Adam Christian)
RIA Revolution (Leon Gersing)
Book excerpt from “JavaScript for Programmers” (Deitel, Deitel)
Community News (Matt Henry)

More info can be found at http://www.jsmag.com/latest

JSMag is running a book excerpt from the new “JavaScript for Programmers” (Deitel and Deitel) from Pearson Education.  Check out our May 2009 edition for a section on variable scoping rules. 
If you’re interested in purchasing the book, InformIT.com is offering a 35% discount for JSMag readers, as well as including free shipping for customers [...]

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 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.

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 [...]

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 [...]