Category Archives: Javascript

Translate easily with JavaScript and the Google language API

wow, google recently released an API for their translation services called Google language API. Thats a good news but it even gets better! The api is really easy to use and applications can be boosted within minutes. The reference can be found here Here is a quick example of how to translate something… javascript < […]

Library with extensions for prototypejs and script.

Today i have found which is an awesome resource for prototype and scriptaculous extensions. It offers one of the best extensions around on a very clear and web2ish site. Currently they offer 88 extensions which include javascript calendars, password strength meters, reflection generators, image croppers, faders, …. Go to and look yourself what […]

Want to show your source code to someone else?

Today i stumbled across a nice tool called Pastie. Pastie helps you if you want to show some bits of your source code to someone else. e.g. you need some help, advice (or you just want to show off with your code). You paste an excerpt of your code and pastie saves it for under […]

ajaxed: Calling server side VBScript procedures from client side (equivalent to PHP xajax)

My last post (about an ASP RSS component) included a demonstration which made use of a cool ajax technique simply called “ajaxed”. See the demonstration here again. If you play around you will recognize that there is no conventional postback and AJAX is up in here I have developed a small “library” which easily allows […]

lazy stars within regular expressions

Today i stumbled across something really funny which is called “lazy star” and is used as a term within regular expressions. I did work on an expression and could not get it to work till i found the lazy “guy” which was the solution for the problem.