20 decembrie 2012

Simple Book Inventory List with jQuery on my Android Phone

This is the practical part of this story.

Basically, it's just a simple HTML page that I copied to my Android phone, so, because I'm carrying my phone with me all the time, I have access to my book list everywhere I'm going, ready to check if I already have a book in collection, to avoid buying duplicates.

Keeping Track of Books with a HTML Page on Android - Book Inventory with JavaScript

I just want to keep track of my book collection. Recently I've started a new book collection of very old books, the collection is famous in Romania (where I live) and it's called "Biblioteca pentru toti" ("Library for all", literally). There are thousands and thousands of books (lucky me, because they are old, I can find them at very cheap prices, practically, the cheapest items from an antique store, but the cultural value is enormous, all the books are top-known world-wide! I believe that this is a treasure that's worth adventuring for it.

18 decembrie 2012

Sortable and Editable To-do List using HTML5′s localStorage

Great article on localStorage right here: Sortable and Editable To-do List using HTML5′s localStorage.

30 Incredibly Useful & Fun HTML5 Mobile Apps

30 Incredibly Useful & Fun HTML5 Mobile Apps
Let's have some fun. Please do not try to check for code. Just play with the apps.

PhoneGap - a Bridge from JavaScript to Native Apps

Oh, yeah. You probably heard of PhoneGap but not really know what is it. Well... explained for idiots: write HTML+CSS+JavaScript and then hit Enter and magically turns in a native app. The app can be even submitted to the respective app store.

Currently, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Palm, Symbian and Windows Mobile are supported. I mean, everything.

 Learn more on PhoneGap dot com.

I believe this is the first childish try (like every first tries) for JavaScript to take over the world. But... soon. There will be more versions of PhoneGap and many more such services, there will be probably even on-line service for converting HTML page to native app. And the phones, tablets and other devices and gadgets producers and inventors will take count of JavaScript.

What do you say?

8 decembrie 2012

JavaScript as Desk Apps

JavaScript on the Desktop!
One step closer to the future imagined by me: all around JavaScript.

5 decembrie 2012

Why JavaScript is a toy language

Here is an article on why JavaScript is not really a solid language.

Understanding not only the pros, but also the cons of this language will offer you a different and larger perspective.

If  you worried too much: most of the cons are related to security and code exposure. I only want to say that this doesn't crumble my future world imagined with houses full of glass screens (or holograms, whateva) that would put you in the middle of the informational world with web apps run on JavaScript. Because in that world code stealing and thievery whouldn't exist.