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50 Fresh JavaScript Tools That Will Improve Your Workflow

JavaScript is an integral part of the RIA revolution. JavaScript allows developers to create rich and interactive web interfaces and establish asynchronous communication with servers for constantly up-to-date data without a page refresh.

Many things that were once accomplished using Flash objects can now be built using JavaScript - with the added benefit that it is free, typically more web and mobile accessible under most circumstances using best practices for development techniques, and without the need to use proprietary software for development.

Though JavaScript has been around for a while, new tools, techniques, and information are constantly being pumped out to continually push the technology into greater heights. In this article, we wish to share with you a huge list of fresh and new tools and resources that JavaScript developers will find useful and informative.

Here are a few other posts that you might find interesting:

• 50 Useful JavaScript Tools
• 40 Useful JavaScript Libraries
• jQuery and JavaScript Coding

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Ask SM: How Do I Create A Colorful Sitemap With jQuery?

We like to experiment with new ideas and concepts. We like to challenge ourselves and provide our readers with new formats. This post is the first in our "Ask Smashing Magazine" series, in which well-known developers from the web design community answer our readers' questions and suggest solutions to common problems.

Today, we are glad to welcome Chris Coyier, who you may know from his articles on CSS-Tricks, to our Smashing Magazine Editorial Team. From now on, Chris will regularly answer your CSS- and jQuery-related questions and present answers to the most interesting, useful and original ones in his articles on Smashing Magazine. Welcome, Chris!

Of course, you can send any CSS- and jQuery-related question you want. To ask a question, you can do any of the following:

1. Send an email to Chris at ask [at] smashingmagazine [dot] com with your question,
2. Post your question in our forum, putting "[Ask SM]" in the thread title (yes, the forum is not officially launched yet, but it is running!),
3. Or, if you have a quick question, just tweet us @smashingmag or @chriscoyier with the tag "[Ask SM]."

Please note: Chris will do what he can to answer most questions, but he will certainly not be able to answer all of them. However, we hope that our forum may help you to solve your problem in case Chris couldn't help you out.

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45+ New jQuery Techniques For Good User Experience

JavaScipt libraries have made huge leaps and bounds in helping developers write code and develop products more quickly. jQuery is one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks, with powerful tools that improve the user’s interaction with Web applications. jQuery has an additional advantage in that it allows developers to select elements on a page using CSS-like syntax.

To help you take it up a notch, we share below some methods that can help you give visitors to your website an amazing user experience. Here are over 45 impressive jQuery plug-ins and techniques that have been recently created and that could make the development of your next website an easier and more interesting experience than the last.

You may want to take a look at the following related posts:

• jQuery and JavaScript Coding: Examples and Best Practices
• 75 (Really) Useful JavaScript Techniques
• 80+ AJAX-Solutions For Professional Coding
• 60 More AJAX- and Javascript Solutions For Professional Coding

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jQuery and JavaScript Coding: Examples and Best Practices

When used correctly, jQuery can help you make your website more interactive, interesting and exciting. This article will share some best practices and examples for using the popular Javascript framework to create unobtrusive, accessible DOM scripting effects.

The article will explore what constitutes best practices with regard to Javascript and, furthermore, why jQuery is a good choice of a framework to implement best practices.

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