Sebastian Rittau

Tag: Javascript

  • JavaScript Includes Revisited

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    I’ve given in in the JavaScript and Modules matter. I’m doing now what all the cool kids are doing: Using XMLHttpRequest synchronously to load external JavaScript files. This has the advantage that it works synchronously, a very important thing for includes. Therefore I don’t need callback and moduleLoadedhackery anymore. Also I have sensible error checking, i.e. I can notice…

  • Porting JavaScript to Internet Explorer

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    While porting a small AJAX application I wrote to Internet Explorer, I encountered a few problems: IE doesn’t like <script> tags without a matching closing tag. This is especially a problem if you use the src attribute and try to use an XHTML-like closing tag like this: <script src=”…”/> In this case IE doesn’t draw anything at all, since…

  • Loading Modules in JavaScript

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    One of the weaknesses of the JavaScript language is that it does not have the concept of “importing” or “including” other source files or modules. In client-side JavaScript as used in web browsers you have to include all JavaScript files you intend to use in the main HTML file like this: <html> <head> <title>…</title> <script…