Twitter API + jQuery JSONP

Here i will show you how easily fetch non authenticated Twitter API methods using ajax json callback functions with jQuery framework, I use user_timeline method as an example but you can use this sampel to fire other twitter api method as long as its needless authorization.

The TwitterAPI Class

TwitterAPI = {
	Statuses: {
		user_timeline:function(screen_name, count, callback){
			jQuery.getJSON("http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/" + screen_name + ".json?count="+count+"&b="+Math.random()+"&callback=?", 
			callback);
		}
	}
};

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jQuery Mobile Announced : Touch-Optimized Web Framework for Smartphones & Tablets

Really interesting post from Dion at Ajaxian i read today explain about the new jQuery mobile project as announced by Jhon resig himself the founding father of jQuery. The jQuery Mobile project is supported by Palm with their webOS platform, Mozilla with Mobile Firefox and Filament group the creator of EnhanceJS

jQuery Mobile: Touch-Optimized Web Framework for Smartphones & Tablets. A unified user interface system across all popular mobile device platforms, built on the rock-solid jQuery and jQuery UI foundation. Its lightweight code is built with progressive enhancement, and has a flexible, easily themeable design.

Great move and cant hardly wait to test it when it become available

Scripty2 the successor of script.aculo.us

Thomas Fuchs has announced the alpha release of scripty2, the successor of well known, powerful and flexible javascript library script.aculo.us. scripty2 is designed to help you write your own delicious visual effects & user interfaces.

Check out the demo to see the possibilities scripty2 can do, however as it is still in alpha version which means there will be tweaking and rewrite into the library and it is not yet recommended for production use.

jQuery validation engine, jquery inline form validation

jQuery validation engine, yet another nice form validation plugin for jquery javascript framework, comes with language localization supported and many predefined validation rules:

• optional: Special: Only validate when the field is not empty
• required: Field is required
• length[0,100] : Between x and x characters allowed
• minCheckbox[7] : Set the maximum checkbox autorized for a group
• confirm[fieldID] : Match the other field (ie:confirm password)
• telephone : Match telephone regEx rule.
• email : Match email regEx rule.
• onlyNumber : Numbers only
• noSpecialCaracters : No special characters allowed
• onlyLetter : Letters only
• date : Invalid date, must be in YYYY-MM-DD format

but you also could define a custom validation rule i.e:

"telephone":{
"regex":"/^[0-9-()]+$/",
"alertText":"* Invalid phone number"},

Has been tested in Internet Exploder 6 & 7, Firefox 3+, Safari 4, Chrome 1+

Download and Demos

Js.Class Ruby style javascript

JS.Class is a library designed to facilitate object-oriented development in JavaScript. It implements Ruby’s core object, module and class system and some of its metaprogramming facilities, giving you a powerful base to build well-structured OOP.

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