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Bigger is not always better!

I just changed Bakerracingtech.com to use 3 files ( besides CSS,images,javascript). 6,641 bytes total.
Aren’t Dynamic pages + cruft-free URL’s the best?

Syndicated 2008-06-28 15:01:21 from Baker Designz

Prototype JS

So after doing a little bit of exploration in javascript frameworks yesterday, I found out how easy prototype makes it.

Ajax is easy as could be, and you address element id’s with $(id) as compaired to document.getElementById(’id’).

I wish I was smart enough to make my own framework, I’ve got some learning to do, but I think I got the idea.

I haven’t figured out how to extend the DOM so that you can use $( instead of document.getElementById, but I’m working on it!

Any Ideas?
Update: June 26,2008
Kangax pointed out to me this:

  
function $(id) {
return document.getElementById(id);
}

I feel really stupid now for not seeing this earlier.

-Justin B

Syndicated 2008-06-26 12:59:41 from Baker Designz

After what's been done in the last 5 years, I have one question. What will happen in the next 5 years? The sky is the limit for the future. It's like this analogy: When you were 10 you thought you were mature, when you turned 15 you thought you were more mature and realized you weren't mature when you were 10, and so on and so on.

I can't even begin to fathom what the web will be like in 5 years.