Comments on: Power User Toolbox: JavaScript for SharePoint – Pt1

By: German Blogs

German Blogs — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:29:59 +0000

SharePoint Kaffeetasse #98…

Tools und Addons Custom Content Editor Web Part for SharePoint jQuery http://jquery.com/ jQuery is a…

By: Michael Greth MVP SharePoint Blog

Michael Greth MVP SharePoint Blog — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:57:53 +0000

SharePoint Kaffeetasse #98…

Tools und Addons Custom Content Editor Web Part for SharePoint jQuery http://jquery.com/ jQuery is a…

By: EndUserSharePoint

EndUserSharePoint — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:47:56 +0000

Oskar – Done. Thanks for the heads up. — Mark

By: Oskar Austegard

Oskar Austegard — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:28:48 +0000

(You need to add the JavaScript tag/category to this post so that it shows up with the others…)

By: Power User Toolbox: JavaScript for SharePoint - Pt3 : End User SharePoint

Power User Toolbox: JavaScript for SharePoint - Pt3 : End User SharePoint — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:40:37 +0000

[...] of JavaScript problem-solving. Your approach will depend on some of the factors we discussed in part 1. If we agree that JavaScript is a hammer (a very useful tool in many but not all situations), we [...]

By: EndUserSharePoint

EndUserSharePoint — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:30:18 +0000

Mike,

Waldek is writing an article on JQuery implementation in SharePoint this week. Keep an eye on the site.

Mark

By: AutoSponge

AutoSponge — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:08:28 +0000

@Christophe,

You are completely correct. I did not convey my message clearly. I meant to say that JavaScript is a hammer. While a hammer is a useful tool in many situations, it’s not a screwdriver and using it as such can do more harm than good.

By: Mike H

Mike H — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:41:53 +0000

There have always been differences in the JavaScript language and I don’t suppose they ever bothered to fix it. Netscape used to have a BLINK function didn’t they that I don’t think everyone implemented?

JQuery is intended to help you get around many of these browser differences and at around 50KB it’s not bad. That said, I regularly evaluate Sharepoint page weights (using the Firefox Web developer Toolbar) at 400 to 600 KB compressed which is hefty enough and will diminish the UX on a slow Internet connection. JQuery will add 10% or more to this. On top of that you will also add your own script.

On the topic of mobile web, the W3 recommends that pages be around 10KB in size and recommend against using script for anything non-trivial and we’re meant to design with W3’s recommendations in mind. If Sharepoint mobile views don’t support JavaScript then I think that’s so much the better as it’ll help to keep developers (like me) honest!

By: Christophe

Christophe — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:06:18 +0000

Agree with Robert’s comments. I think some of your examples are not about Javascript being a poor tool, but rather about the tool being misused.

Christophe

By: SharePoint Daily for November 7, 2008 - SharePoint Daily

SharePoint Daily for November 7, 2008 - SharePoint Daily — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:55:17 +0000

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