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Recent Blog Comments By Thomas Messier

• CorMVC - My jQuery-Powered Model-View-Controller (MVC) Framework

  Posted on Dec 21, 2009 at 10:44 AM

  Well done on the framework, I really like how things are structured. I actually picked it up from your presentation and use a modified version on a small project. In my case, I didn't really felt it necessary to use models and views on the client side, I preferred to just use my server model and... read more »

• jQuery Live() Method And Event Bubbling

  Posted on Nov 9, 2009 at 10:19 PM

  Have you seen the livequery() plugin? It's similar, but its internals are a bit different, allowing it to do certain things that live() cannot. For example, live() won't work with events like blur, focus, change, etc., whereas livequery does (or at least it does with focus and blur, the two I've... read more »

• Building Single-Page Applications Using jQuery And ColdFusion With Ben Nadel (Video Presentation)

  Posted on Oct 10, 2009 at 12:33 PM

  Great presentation! I'm really blown away by the amount of work you obviously put into this. It's clear, well organized, the explanations are thorough, and perhaps most important, the content is practical and useful. Next time I need to build a desktop style web app, I may actually use this as a... read more »

• Learning ColdFusion 9: CFScript Updates For ColdFusion Components

  Posted on Jul 23, 2009 at 4:13 PM

  I also agree that putting stuff in comments that affects the code seems wrong. If anything, I just don't like this 2 different ways to do the same thing, seems like it'll be more confusing than anything. Pick one. Preferably the one not in comments!... read more »

• An Intensive Exploration Of jQuery With Ben Nadel (Video Presentation)

  Posted on Feb 11, 2009 at 2:22 PM

  @Ben, You're kinda making my point there. hehehe What feels right/more natural to some feels wrong/awkward to others. I personally don't like jQuery as much. I like Prototype and Ext better. And so nobody can say I'm set in my ways, I started with Prototype, then tried jQuery and didn't li... read more »

• An Intensive Exploration Of jQuery With Ben Nadel (Video Presentation)

  Posted on Feb 11, 2009 at 1:59 PM

  Good job Ben, I think it's indispensable to get the CF community more in touch with javascript. It's worth noting that most js frameworks are capable of the things you describe in your preso, and as such I always invite people to have a look at several frameworks (jQuery, Ext, Prototype, Dojo, Mo... read more »