A general rule I follow when using KnockoutJS is that there should be no DOM manipulation in the viewModel. The viewModel should be completely independent of any markup, while any changes to the DOM (via jQuery or otherwise) should be handled in the binding handler. This makes your viewModels much more portable and testable. As […]
KnockoutJS: multiple jquery actions in one binding handler
5th August, 2016 - Posted by david
Homepage takeover with existing skyscraper ads
14th February, 2015 - Posted by david
UPDATE: Originally I was using Javascript to position the 2 banner divs along the main content, but have since figured out how to do this with just CSS alone. I’ve left the article as it was for posterity; there should be enough here to still figure out what you need to do! Anyways, to achieve […]
jQuery Mobile and Dynamic Data
23rd May, 2011 - Posted by david
UPDATE: I’ve recently been asked by entertainment.ie to stop scraping thier licensed data, to which I’ve duly agreed. Thus, the app is no longer live. However, the lessons learned below are still valid. END Haven’t posted for a while, mainly because I’ve been busy trying to teach myself Ruby on Rails, so haven’t created anything […]
Google Maps Zoom Control missing in Internet Explorer (IE): a solution
23rd February, 2011 - Posted by david
When I was working on rebuilding daft.ie’s mapping system for the modern web, it involved writing alot of Javascript (JS) code and loading this via a couple of JS source files, one external one from Google (i.e. the core Google Maps JS) and another from our own web-servers. It all worked fine in most browsers, […]
Google Maps API V3 Overview Control
9th October, 2010 - Posted by david
In mid-2009, Google launched version 3 of their fantastic Google Maps API. This new version was a complete overhaul of the existing system, moving to an MVC-based architecture, with the primary focus on speeding up the code so it would work better on mobile devices. It has now taken over from Maps API v2 as […]