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CIO — The uber-popular JavaScript library known as jQuery makes everything from eye-catching menus to advanced effects much simpler than ever before. It’s being used by some of the biggest and smallest names on the Web alike—Google, Dell, Netflix and NBC, to name a few, use jQuery to create some pretty amazing content. Why, you may ask? Well, it’s free, it’s open source and it lets developers do more in less time. Those seem like some pretty compelling reasons. But wait. There’s more.
Based on the manipulation of the HTML Document Object Model (DOM) and designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML, jQuery incorporates parts of HTML and CSS. Thousands of companies are on the jQuery bandwagon—and your company should be, too.
Let’s look at why jQuery is making such an impact on the enterprise level.
Developers find jQuery intuitive and easy to learn—this library is built on shorter, simpler code, after all. With simple syntax and open coding standards, developers can shorten the time it takes to deploy an application or site.
In addition, developers don’t have to be experts in programming or Web design to create great styles for your site. Any developer who has spent hours coding and testing CSS files will surely appreciate the simple implementation that jQuery brings to the table. There’s also a set of robustjQuery UI components that developers can plug into their websites.
If Adobe Flash isn’t installed on any given browser, certain parts of the page may render incorrectly, if they render at all. This is not only unpleasant for the user; it forces developers to spend extra time “coding” for the browsers that lack the Flash plug-in, which adds to development time.
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Not so with jQuery. Manipulating the HTML DOM has become the most widely accepted practice of manipulating a Web page so content will be rendered even if JavaScript is disabled in the browser. Since the HTML DOM is always present, there’s no more worrying about browser settings either.
Furthermore, developing using jQuery can reduce instances of HelpDesk tickets. Your helpdesk will appreciate that your developers are coding proactively to avoid dreaded “browser crashes.”
NuGet is a Visual Studio extension that makes it easy to add, remove and update libraries and tools in Visual Studio projects that use the .NET Framework. NuGet has been around for years, and it’s a trusted source for developers to exchange and develop packages for Microsoft Visual Studio.
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess named Dewi Shinta, the daughter of King Janaka of the Kingdom of Mantili. One day the king held a contest to find a prince for his only daughter. The contest eventually was won by the heir of the kingdom of Ayodhya, Prince Rama Wijaya. Princess Dewi Shinta and Prince Rama Widjaya then got married and lived happily together, but not for too long! King Rahwana of the kingdom of Alengkadiraja also wanted to marry Princess Dewi Shinta, because he believed Dewi Shinta was the incarnation of a Goddess Widowati. And the story goes on …
The story above was a short introduction of an Indonesian epic called “Ramayana”. Ramayana is a Hinduism epic that originated from India. The story then was brought to Indonesia and it was adjusted to local Indonesian beliefs. Since then, Ramayana became an Indonesian epic and was told from generation to generation.
Recently Google Chrome Experience launched their own animated version of Ramayana, where they tell the love story of Rama and Shinta in a very interactive way, using HTML 5 and pop-up windows. To potray the Ramayana story, Google uses its products throughout the whole animation, such as Google Maps, Google Talk, Google Search, Google Products, Gmail, Blogger, Google Weather, Google Chrome Incognito mode, and Omnibox. So Google takes the basic plot of Ramayana story and show the viewers how these characters would act if they live in today’s internet era; such as communicating with friends using Google Talk or finding the location of enemies using Google Maps.
Too bad the story is only available in Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language); which also makes me wonder why they created this animation specifically for Indonesian audiences? I assume Google sees Indonesia as a big potential market, so they try to market their products in Indonesia through local stories.
However, there is one feature missing in this storytelling: Google Translate! The story would be much better if Google would kindly make the English version of the story, so that foreigners can also follow the story of Ramayana; though I appreciate Google’s effort to help Indonesia preserving Indonesian local stories and culture!
The Google’s Ramayana Epic is available at ramaya.na.
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