MooTools pattern fun: Class Implements + Extends at the same time
Update: Thanks to @CarstenSchwede, who pointed out that the MooTools Class Constructor expects the Extends mutator __before__ the Implements one, meaning you don’t need to worry about any of the stuff...
View ArticleLazyloading multiple sequential javascript dependencies in MooTools
We all know and love Asset.js from MooTools-more. It affords you lazyloading by providing Asset.javascript, Asset.image, Asset.images and Asset.css. However, sometimes you need more precision when...
View ArticleWorking with dynamic Class names in MooTools
This is somewhat trivial but is also useful and is a common question that a lot of people ask. The problem is in 2 parts: How to instantiate a Class based upon a dynamic name/variable and how to...
View ArticlemooPlaceholder revisited: a flexible placeholder input solution for IE and...
Creating some javascript that can mimic the HTML5 behavior of a placeholder= attribute on an input element can be simple. Unfortunately, getting a single solution you can work with that fits all...
View ArticleUsing MooTools class mutators to log method calls
When you are debugging a huge web app, comprised of many classes and many methods, it can be really tedious and difficult. Having to go and edit code and add `console.log` calls all over the place is...
View ArticleNew mootools plugins released on github/forge
Time to wrap up the year, I think. I released 2 more small plugins of mine on github and the MooTools forge. mooTagify GitGub project page: https://github.com/DimitarChristoff/mooTagify Forge link:...
View ArticlesubstitutePath – a string method that recursively replaces values from an object
Originally, this was meant to be released as something for String.Extras in mootools-more as an idea by Oskar, coined by myself with input from csuwldcat – but it seems that the pull request is not...
View ArticleA larger MooTools logo
I had to look around and find an up-to date mootools logo of a decent size and I couldn’t find one. Hence, I took an old and small AI file and updated it to the current colours, ending up with the logo...
View ArticleMooTools in a distant future: how to write to better survive the changes
You may have already heard this, or maybe not. But this won’t change the fact that javascript is changing and the way people write it and specifically, how they write the libraries, modules and widgets...
View ArticleUsing overloadSetter / overloadGetter to make flexible functions in mootools
This is a really helpful feature of MooTools that a few people know and use. Basically, there is a pair of 2 Function prototypes called ‘overloadGetter‘ and ‘overloadSetter‘. They are very simple in...
View ArticleManage lazy-loading handlebars / mustache / other templates via MooTools
I have started using Backbone.js but with handlebars templates (like in Ember.js) that I parse through Underscore.js. Anyway, to cut a long story short – I did not want to have a bunch of flat script...
View ArticleMooTools Request.Spy – monitor all requests through the Request class prototype
An interesting question on StackOverflow prompted me to look into creating a universal spy/logger for all Requests that MooTools. The objective is: being able to log / spy on all XHR requests w/o...
View ArticleMooTools plugins round-up
Time for a round-up of interesting / quality plugins on the MooTools forge or github. Again. First off, my favourite find over the last month has to be the MooTools Router. What it does is handle...
View ArticleStrongPass: A password strength helper class
Good news, everyone (I miss Futurama). Three years ago I wrote a mootools plugin for password strength checking, based upon a stack overflow jquery post. I just had cause to revisit this for work at...
View Articlenew mootools github repos for handy little tools
Right then. If you don’t follow me on github, this will be news to you. Storage. https://github.com/DimitarChristoff/Storage – it’s a class that allows you to API localStorage or sessionStorage, when...
View ArticleEpitome: an example MooTools model / MVC tutorial
I have been a little busy at work but we recently built a small Model class to support our question set and I turned it into a tutorial on how to build your own MV* framework on top of MooTools. It is...
View ArticleSo you want delayed events in your mootools class?
I recently found that in the context of Class, .fireEvent() accepts a 3-rd argument, delay. Firing deferred events can be useful but you need to understand the full difference between the patterns...
View ArticleEpitome goes CI via buster.js and Travis CI
Just a quick note – the MooTools MV* framework I wrote for QMetric called ‘Epitome‘ is now covered by Travis CI automated testing. Read more about how to implement this in your javascript projects in...
View ArticleEpitome does todo
Just a quick update, my MooTools MVP library Epitome now has its own Epitome-todo repository as a submodule, an implementation of the popular TodoMVC demo. You can see it live here. If you checkout...
View ArticleSpying unobtrusively on Class instance events in MooTools
Ever needed to debug how your Class instances fire Events? It can be frustrating and messy, especially if you do not have access to the original Class prototype source. But, you can hack your way...
View ArticleExtend Slick pseudo selector to find data-attributes
This is a relatively simple idea. Select elements with data-attributes that match a pattern, for example, div[data-media-*]. The problem is, CSS selectors don;t allow you to wildcard attributes...
View ArticleHiding enumerables after MooTools changes prototypes
One of the most common complaints of people when using 3-rd party code that breaks on MooTools pages is when somebody incorrectly tries to iterate through an Array with the for (var in) operator and...
View ArticleEpitome now available as npm and under CommonJS
Just a quick update, Epitome now supports nodejs. Here’s an example creating a server via express and socket.io with a collection and a model that can be shared on the client as well: #!/usr/bin/env...
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primish. It’s like mootools prime but for the intarnets
We waited for ages for MooTools prime to come out and to get adopted and for web builds to show up and to become more MooTools-y. And then, we thought (me and the Grookedge who’s also a MooTools...
View ArticleHacking MooTools Elements and Storage / UIDs
Any element that has either being created or is passed on through a selector, gets assigned a property uid, which is incremental and unique. Since MooTools 1.4.2, this is only readable via...
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