Title and summary	Date/time
1	Comparing the Evolution of Java and JavaScript Java: Java is the most used language in the known universe. It is also a very simple* language. Some people believe that there is some scope in enabling Java to accommodate more programming styles (e.g. functional programming via closures). Others bel...	17-Dec-2007
2	How to Protect a JSON or Javascript Service There have been lots of explanations recently of the dangers of JSON or JavaScript remoting. This post is about what you can do to protect your scripts. The Problem The issues have been explained before, so I'm going to assume some knowledge of the p...	04-Apr-2007
3	Operator overloading in Javascript 2 and a potential monster CSRF hole I noticed that Javascript 2 might include operator overloading, including (at least) the ability to overload the and operators. Operator overloading is really useful if you want to write a Complex number class, and really annoying when someone else ...	22-Mar-2007
4	Killing Blog Spam without Captcha There are a few alternatives to Captcha - there is a nice trick that Damien Katz recently blogged about. It's ultimately doomed, because a spammer can easily adapt, but it is neat and it's working for now. I've been mulling over a couple...	18-Jan-2007
5	The 4 States of Ajax Adoption So the 4 states of Ajax adoption are as follows ... 1. Denial Usually accompanied with an explanation like "Java Applets are better", or "Javascript makes your website inaccessible to blind people". (Generally I don't buy either argument although I ca...	20-Sep-2006
6	$ There is a problem brewing for people that wish to use more than one Ajax library in the same page. It ought to be easy, but it's not... Javascript has a problem - lack of language level namespacing / packaging. So if I write a web page that uses Java...	16-May-2006
7	The case of James Gosling and the missing Javascript Debuggers James Gosling recently claimed that: "None of the browsers has decent debugging hooks". I've got a list of of Javascript debuggers that might be interesting. I think they must use the debugging hooks in Firefox and IE. Venkman for Firefox Firebug fo...	21-Apr-2006
8	Javascript Debugger Updated (v0.9.86) I've updated Venkman, the Javascript debugger for Firefox. The changes include: Now works on Firefox 1.5.0.1 Fixed the multiple load bug - previously if you started Venkman, and then closed it, you couldn't get it back until you re-started Firefox....	02-Feb-2006
9	A new home for my Venkman patch The Firefox Javascript debugger has been looking a bit unloved and quite a few people have been using my patch, so I've created a new home for the patch. The new page is a much better place to link to than the old blog entry. The new page has the ad...	04-Nov-2005
10	Javascript Debugger (Venkman) Update: I've created a new permanent page for my Venkman patch: Venkman for Firefox 1.5 Old blog content: Firefox 1.5 beta 2 is ready for download. See also the release notes and the list of new features. This is the last planned beta before th...	07-Oct-2005
11	Debugging Javascript under Firefox 1.5 Update: I've created a new permanent page for my Venkman patch: Venkman for Firefox 1.5 Old blog content: Currently you can't CAN!. See below for update. Previously Venkman (the Javascript debugger) would not install, and if you tried to hack it b...	29-Sep-2005
12	The best Javascript editor so far I'm always looking out for better Javascript editors, and I now have a new favorite: JSEclipse. Check this out: JSEditor appears to have an ESP layer that I've not worked out yet. This ESP layer enables it to give you completions that ought not to be ...	27-Sep-2005
13	Javascript - Who wants a compression utility? When it comes to Ajax apps you can quickly discover that your Javascript code is the major part of your application. For example my current project is heavily Ajax'ed and contains 4500 lines of Javascript for a tiny 100 lines of HTML and 200 lines ...	22-Jul-2005