Tag Archives: javascript

XHR / AJAX Performance – GET or POST?

Posted on Wed 14 Jul 2010 by Joseph Scott

During the summer of 2009 I posted about XMLHttpRequest (XHR) using multiple packets for HTTP POST, but HTTP GET requests only used one (in most cases). This led to several people recommending HTTP GET requests for AJAX when possible, to … Continue reading →

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Showing Your Last Tweet With Javascript

Posted on Thu 3 Sep 2009 by Joseph Scott

Phil Windley wrote about using Kynetx (his new startup) to show your last tweet on a site. My question was: why would this be better than using plain Javascript to do the same thing? Phil then wrote a follow up … Continue reading →

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XMLHttpRequest (XHR) Uses Multiple Packets for HTTP POST?

Posted on Thu 27 Aug 2009 by Joseph Scott

A recent Think Vitamin article, The Definitive Guide to GET vs POST, mentioned something that I hadn’t seen before about XMLHttpRequest (XHR). Their Rule #4 states: When using XMLHttpRequest, browsers implement POST as a two-step process (sending the headers first … Continue reading →

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Detecting Client Side Time Zone Offset Via Javascript

Posted on Wed 5 Aug 2009 by Joseph Scott

Dealing with time zones can cause some real pains. As a result when storing a date/time in an application it is standard to store the date/time as GMT. This makes it easier on the application in comparing dates, but isn’t … Continue reading →

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Introducing jQuery Edit In Place (JEIP)

Posted on Mon 10 Nov 2008 by Joseph Scott

The first version of jQuery Edit In Place (JEIP) is ready. The UI and features basically the same as my older Prototype based edit in place code, with a few extra tidbits thrown in for good measure. It works in … Continue reading →

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