Category Archives: Javascript

Javascript sucks at sorting integers

In general, I heart Javascript. It’s one of the most misunderstood languages, but it has definitely made a comeback in a big way, not just with sweet client-side frameworks like Prototype and jQuery, but also on the server-side with CouchDB, MongoDB and Node.js.
But in its current form (Javascript 1.5), it sucks at sorting integers:
js> [...]

Getting Involved with SproutCore

So after reading about how thick client web applications via SproutCore are in Apple’s future, particularly with the upcoming MobileMe web service, I decided to renew my once-torrid love affair with javascript and see what all the hubbub was about.
SproutCore is a javascript framework that aims to bring desktop gui programming paradigms to the web [...]