Ajax using JQuery

Using JQuery, we can simply make Ajax call. JQuery provides us simple methods to make Ajax call using GET or POST. We can use any of these HTTP methods to make Ajax request using JQuery.
1. $.get() : Load a remote page using an HTTP GET request.
Syntax: $.get(String url, Map params, Function callback) returns XMLHttpRequest
Example 1: [...]

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JQuery script to change the alt attribute of all images

This is a small script, which change the alt attribute of all img (images) tags on the page:
$(document).ready(function() {
$(“img”).each(function(i) {
this.alt = ‘your new alt text’;
} );
})
Another complex script, which change the alt attribute of all img (images) tags on the page, to the title of the page, if the alt attribute is not [...]

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Joke | Current situation of s/w professionals | Girl looking for groom

Vidhya: hey! what is the matter you have called up all of a sudden?
Nithya : do u remember that my parents gave my horoscope, to search for a suitable match, to many people? So many horoscopes of the groom has come.. in that 4-5 seems to match.. I don’t [...]

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Why Jquery ?

There have been a whole bunch of posts on this blog about the differences in code size between jQuery and Prototype. The basic premise of those posts (which I agree with) is that because of the way jQuery code is structured, all sorts of typical Javascript design patterns are rendered shorter and simpler in the [...]

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Interesting behavior of Umlaut characters

I found an interesting behavior with umlaut characters (ö,ü …). When we calculate the length of a string having umlaut characters (using string length function), different language compilers gives the different results.
I did some testing in some programming & scripting languages, and got some interesting results. Have a look
Java 5:
“ü”.length(); //output [...]

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