Category Archives: Event-Driven Programming

Event-driven programming (EDP) or event-based programming is a programming paradigm in which the flow of the program is determined by events ( Wikipedia )

Javascript Function Overload Primer Tutorial

Today’s blog posting, long in the making, is about Javascript’s function override (or overload) capabilities. We’ve spoken about this before in relation to C++ or Java with these tutorials. So let’s do a simple example first. Take the Javascript global … Continue reading

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Canvas Image Email Attachment External Javascript Tutorial

Rome wasn’t built in a day … just read “SPQR A History of Ancient Rome” by Mary Beard, to confirm that. And software takes time, and often revisits and rethinks, in between, running it past people, perhaps. So it is … Continue reading

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Canvas Image Email Attachment Primer Tutorial

Maybe you remember the series of blog postings that we last visited with HTML5 Canvas Map Clickaround Onresize Tutorial some time ago? We’ve been, over the last couple of days, working out how to … take an HTML canvas element’s … Continue reading

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Javascript Eval Functional Calls Primer Tutorial

As with “associative array” usage in Javascript which we last discussed with Javascript Associative Array Mobile Friendly Tutorial where “names” take precedence over “number” (indexes) … transparency over obfuscation, if you like … and Javascript’s eval() method becomes so important, … Continue reading

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Mobile Friendly Meta Viewport Tag Primer Tutorial

A couple of days ago we cautioned against thinking the HTML meta tag was a “cure all” to make a web application mobile friendly. Well, lately we’ve had a web application where it made ALL the difference, and so, today, … Continue reading

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Intelligent Hashtagging Primer Tutorial

The HTML hashtagging navigation technique off an HTML a tag like … <a href=’#page3′ title=’Go to page 3 via hashtagging’>Go to page 3 via hashtagging navigation</a> … does not involve a rerun of the Javascript DOM document.body’s onload event, and … Continue reading

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Google Translate English Phrasal Verbs and Idioms Tutorial

A couple of our recent ESL tutorials regarding Phrasal Verbs (English Phrasal Verb Game Primer Tutorial) and English Expressions and Idioms (as with English Expressions and Idioms Game Primer Tutorial below) have a lot in common, especially their capacity to … Continue reading

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Javascript Associative Array Mobile Friendly Tutorial

A couple of days ago we last talked about our Javascript Associated Array thoughts when we presented Javascript Associative Array Primer Tutorial as shown below. Today we turn our attention to some weaknesses this web application had with regard to … Continue reading

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