Tag Archives: JavaScript

JSON vs XML

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Many of you have probably wondered which format is better or which should be used. You might have even participated in a full blown nerd rage war on the matter.

Both formats are good when you want to describe a hierarchical structure.

Differences

  • XML is a markup language and is good for documents description or text documents with formatting information.
  • JSON syntax is light. It’s much easier to parse from JavaScript and that’s why it’s preferred for browser-based and Phonegap mobile applications.

So when should you use each one of them?
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Applying CSS Styles Before Printing with AngularJS

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In a world full of fancy shining jQuery plugins one can’t simply print.

Often you’ll be using a grid JavaScript plugin or another heavy visualization component. One of the pitfalls you might experience with those components is that they don’t look nice when you try to print them. Sometimes this can’t be solved by with the dark side of the force a.k.a pure CSS.

So, what are our options?

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JavaScript .Net like String formatting function

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Just a simple extend to the JavaScript String prototype which makes things much more readable 🙂

String.prototype.beginsWith = function(str) {return (this.match("^"+str)==str)}
String.prototype.endsWith = function(str) {return (this.match(str+"$")==str)}
String.prototype.format = function() {
    var s = this,
        i = arguments.length;

    while (i--) {
        s = s.replace(new RegExp('\{' + i + '\}', 'gm'), arguments[i]);
    }
    return s;
};

Example:

var str = 'Just a {0} test to {1} if things works. Really {0}, isn't it?';
alert(str.format('simple', 'see');