jQuery.click() vs onClick

Using $(‘#myDiv’).click(function(){ is better as it follows standard event registration model. (jQuery internally uses addEventListener and attachEvent). Basically registering an event in modern way is the unobtrusive way of handling events. Also to register more than one event listener for the target you can call addEventListener() for the same target. http://jsfiddle.net/aj55x/1/ Why use addEventListener? (From MDN) addEventListener is the way to register an event listener as specified in W3C DOM. Its … Read more

How can you encode a string to Base64 in JavaScript?

You can use btoa() and atob() to convert to and from base64 encoding. There appears to be some confusion in the comments regarding what these functions accept/return, so… btoa() accepts a “string” where each character represents an 8-bit byte – if you pass a string containing characters that can’t be represented in 8 bits, it will probably break. This isn’t a … Read more

How can I scroll to an element using jQuery?

JavaScript answer If you would like to scroll to an element smoothly with “pure JavaScript” you could do something like this: More information is here: Element.scrollIntoView() NOTE: Please see Can I use… Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc. for the latest browser support… jQuery answer If you would like to scroll to an element smoothly using jQuery then … Read more

What is the way of declaring an array in JavaScript?

The preferred way is to always use the literal syntax with square brackets; its behaviour is predictable for any number of items, unlike Array‘s. What’s more, Array is not a keyword, and although it is not a realistic situation, someone could easily overwrite it: However, the larger issue is that of consistency. Someone refactoring code could come across … Read more

How to deal with net::ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR?

This is not a javascript problem, it’s an ssl probem. You can’t get a file through an insecure connection (http) from a html page served through a secure connection (https). If you’re going to use https (and you SHOULD!) then you need to get the script through a secure connection. To get the file, you … Read more