notes to self

Tag: javascript

  • JavaScript: Creating an XMLHttpRequest object.

    This function returns an XMLHttpRequest() object after evaluating the browser’s capabilities. I’m sure there is a way to clean this up a bit as well, but it seems to work thus far. Suggestions are welcome. function createRequest() { try { var r = new XMLHttpRequest(); } catch (trymicrosoft) { try { r = new ActiveXObject(“Msxml2.XMLHTTP”);…

  • JavaScript: Cookie functions.

    Tuck this in your belt. Not the most elegant group of functions, but we’ll work on that as we go. function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) { var curCookie = name + “=” + escape(value) + ((expires) ? “; expires=” + expires.toGMTString() : “”) + ((path) ? “; path=” + path : “”) +…