AJAX

• The AJAX cheatsheet
• Getting non-unicode encoded foreign characters to load via AJAX/XHR/XmlHttpRequest
• Dynodes and Bi-Dynodes

  Methods to enable cross-domain communication / scripting via the <SCRIPT> tag.

Javascript

• Creating Javascript objects

  Creating a Javascript object is VERY DIFFERENT from the way it is done in languages like C++ or Java. This very approachable introductory tutorial illustrates the very dynamic - and startling to the uninitiated - syntax for creating Javascript objects. A MUST READ to avoid confusion.

• "Douglas Crockford teaches Javascript" videos - Metafilter

  Douglas Crockford, leading JavaScript Architect for Yahoo!, has been teaching a series of classes on JavaScript programming for other Yahoo! employees. Above are the videos.

Web Development

• FastCGI - The forgotten treasure

  Explains the advantages of FastCGI

• Stop using the <EMBED> tag already!
  

  It's 2007 and you're still using Netscape 4 era hacks?!? This page shows you how to use pure <OBJECT> tags that'll work cross-browser. The Right Way™.

• Now, extend the technique above to transparently fall back to non-Flash content...

Adobe Flex / ActionScript 3.0 / Flash

• Selecting a Flex ComboBox item on value/data instead of index

  One major Flex annoyance is the inability to select a ComboBox item by specifying a value to look for, rather you have to know the index number of the item and assign it to ComboBox.SelectedIndex. This is not always a feasible approach. Ben Forta offers a fix to this by extending the ComboBox component. However, this ability should really be part of the standard ComboBox component.

• Giving the Flex ComboBox a "dataField" attribute

  Another convenience that the stock Flex ComboBox sorely lacks is that while it lets you specify the field name which contains the value for the ComboBox labels via the "labelField" attribute, it doesn't let you specify the field name for the value/data via a "dataField" attribute. Tristan Hauser further enhances Ben Forta's extension to let you do just this.

• Getting Flex's trace() to output to a log file (for viewing from command prompt)

  As far as I know, Flex's trace() will not output to stdout or the command prompt. However you can have it output to a log file in real time. This means you can use the Unix tail command to achieve the equivalent.

• Flash and Math An awesome site featuring ActionScript 3.0 tutorials that interactively illustrate mathematics concepts and ideas.