Wordpress 2.5 – The Upgrade Resources

Wordpress 2.5 Release Candidate 2 has been released and There are a lot of new features included within. Let me list down some of them:

The New Looks:

1. New customizable dashboard.. yeah it’s more slick and organized now..
2. Built in Image Gallery system, one click multi files uploader.. Check out the screencast by matt
3. Categories in Editor interface also improved with multi-level and most used categories options.
   
4. Changes in Editor interface, it’s possible to have full screen editor, a toolbar button to create a gallery

   

5. The Manage screens have been redesigned and unified so that now, managing your pages, posts, media, and comments all use similar, consistent interfaces.
   
6. Navigation bars has been improved for professionals and novices alike.
7. The base code has been optimized for much more stable better performance.

Now you might be excited and obviously worried about the upgrade process on the road to wordpress 2.5 but it’s not a prime time to upgrade it.. Just take your time, download it, do the testing on your local server (you can use EasyPHP, XAMPP or WAMP for testing), test out your themes and check which plugins are not working. Here is a link roll to shorten your research about upgrading: (more…)

Best of the JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks

Here is the roundup of popular javascript libraries and frameworks. Feel free to comment, suggest and share your thoughts.

Prototype

Prototype is a JavaScript Framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications.

Featuring a unique, easy-to-use toolkit for class-driven development and the nicest Ajax library around, Prototype is quickly becoming the codebase of choice for web application developers everywhere. Get it Here. 

ExtJS

The driving force behind Ext JS is Jack Slocum, who is a respected JavaScript developer. The Ext JS project sprouted from a desire to extend functionality offered by the Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) Library.

A key aspect of the YUI Library is the cross-browser support, which you’ll also find in Ext JS. This allows you to build Web applications without worrying about the target browser.

Ext JS boasts excellent performance. The framework is fully object-oriented and extensible. Along with its excellent presentation, Ext JS’ features are ready to use once you download and install it.

Features
Ext JS includes various controls such as a message box, combo box, data grid and toolbars. In addition, layout managers allow you to specify how elements are presented on a page. More features are available for working with forms and windows. Adobe has introduced a new platform, AIR, for deploying HTML/JavaScript applications to the desktop. One of their feature applications is Fresh, an RSS feed reader built with Ext.

Mike Chambers, Senior Product Manager at Adobe says: “Basically, if you want to build Apollo applications using HTML / JavaScript, then this is the library you should start with. Not only does it provide lower level JavaScript functionality, it also provides a complete UI component toolkit, and effect library.”.

Downloads and Samples

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