More on Javascript, jsFiddle

I came across a reference to a site called jsFiddle today. jsFiddle is an online tool to test out small pieces of Javascript, HTML and CSS. You get a panel for each of the three and a fourth panel to display the result. There's also a dropdown where you can pick which framework you'd like to include, be it Mootools, jQuery, YUI, Prototype or any other framework out there.

The neat thing about it is that you can save the contents of all the panels and get a link that you can share. Perfect when you want to send someone a code example or similar!

Javascript and me feeling like a tourist without a map

I'm no hard core Javscript developer but I've done small Javascript projects here and there. Nothing fancy, only small stuff, maybe with a bit of jQuery sprinkled in here and there. Since I don't do JS coding on a day to day basis I always feel like a tourist who doesn't really know my way around town. There always seems to be a new framework or two that I should use and if I do pick a framework or utility library I can bet my ass that there is something better that I'm not aware of. This frustrates the hell out of me and it becomes a mental threshold every time I'm about to do something in Javascript. For instance: is Require.js something worth looking in to? What about Backbone.js? Or Underscore.js?

Javascript Magic - The JS1K compo

I really dig coding competitions, especially when the rules of a competition give limitations on the contestants and their competition entries. The limitations could be things like thematic (write a shoot 'em up game), input limitations (write a one button game), time limited (within 24 hours), language limited (Javascript only) or size limited (number of characters).

In the roguelike world we have the 7DRL annual competition. Write a roguelike game in 7 days. There has also been 1K competitions with really good roguelike entries.

The most recent competition I came across was the JS1K competition where you have 1KB of Javacode to do something really cool with (minified and all ofcourse). Some of the stuff is truly amazing (there is so much to link to... this one is nice as well, and this and this and this, oh I better stop). There is also at least one roguelike entry, Yellow vs Red.