JavaScript Jobs
While I'm not, currently, looking for any extra work (a full-time job and writing a book will slow you down a bit) I'm frequently forwarded job openings that I would like to pass on to others.
Generally speaking, these jobs fall into a couple areas: 1) Are JavaScript-related (either jQuery or general Ajax). 2) Are within the New York/New England area or are remote contract jobs. If you have a job posting that you'd like me to relay, feel free to contact meand I'll try to push it on.
jQuery Contract Position
Dave Merwin (dmerwin at orcasinc.com) says that he needs some help with "a small but cool project that I want to do in jQuery." Contact him if you're interested.
Boston Interface Design - JavaScript, jQuery, Python
Mark Soper (mark at alluviallabs.com) says:
Alluvial Labsis building Alluvio, a web application for collaborative investment research. The main need is for someone who knows how to make a professional and usable interface aesthetic. We also have lots of opportunity for the work to evolve into development: javascript/jquery, python, etc.
jQuery Plugin Development
Ryan Graf (ryanjgraf at gmail.com) says that:
I'm looking for an experienced developer with jQuery that can help with some work on a plugin (edit-in-place stuff). We've been working on an existing plugin provided by another contributor and have basically re-written the entire plugin to add a lot of extra functionality. We're now facing some interesting cross browser issues with IE6/Safari that have been difficult to debug.
JavaScript/Ajax Writer
Scott Delap (scott at clientjava.com) says:
InfoQ.com(which I'm the lead RIA/JavaScript editor of) is looking for a couple news writers to cover JavaScript and Ajax (for things like say ... JQuery). We'd want them to cover JavaScript and Ajax in general of course in a not too biased manner. Time commitment starts at around 1 post (30/45 minutes a week) and is paying at a competitive rate per post. Here are a few examples of the types of coverage we shoot for: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
NYC - Senior JavaScript Engineer
Brian Vinay (brian.vinay at talentbridge.net) is looking to fill a position with Heavy.com. He provides more details:
Heavy’s engineers develop the next-generation technologies for discovering, delivering, and monetizing premium video for millions of consumers. We’re looking for outstanding front-end engineers who want to define the next generation of user interfaces for internet-based video and advertising.
We are hiring senior JavaScript / HTML / CSS software engineers to write cross-browser code for these web applications, for both internal and external use. We are looking for well-rounded developers who know how to create beautiful, lightning-fast interfaces that work at Internet scale… but who can also develop prototypes quickly. You should have a good understanding of, and practical experience with, creative web design using open standards.
Requirements:
* BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or equivalent.
* Strong JavaScript skills and object oriented design experience, including working knowledge of jQuery, Prototype, Scriptaculous
* Good artistic taste. You will be relentless about elegant CSS layout, tight JavaScript code, all with strict and clean HTML
* Significant experience implementing user interfaces for consumer web services
* Experience with PHP, MySQL and ActionScript is a plus
* Knowledge of user interface design, XML web services and agile development methodologies desired.
* Ideally, you truly love what you do and have a web site to showcase your favorite work.
Ajax Freelance
Brandon Mullins (brandon at bookmesh.com) is looking for someone to help finish the Ajax of Book Mesh:
All of our AJAX images are designed, and the site is 95% completed. However, we are in need of locating a very talented and responsible AJAX pro to work as a direct consultant and freelancer to the BookMesh team, to begin with immediately fixing the kinks in our AJAX functionality (doesn’t work in IE at all, needs to be centered and tidied-up in Firefox & Safari). This same person will be able to stay on board as a freelancer after this small initial task for any and all client-side scripts that we will need, including various Javascript-based feature implementations.
These initial AJAX needs will not take much time at all (~ 7-10 hours), and there may be lots more work in the coming future for the selected freelancer.
Boston - Web Designer
Aaron White (wyrmwood at gmail.com) is looking for a web designer and includes a full description of the position.
NYC - jQuery Developer
Matthew Greenhouse (mgreenhouse at colspace.com) is looking for "any developers that are familiar with jquery and looking for work, ideally in NYC."
Portsmouth, NH - Web Designer
Jeff Leombruno (leombruno at gmail.com) is looking for:
...a high end developer/scripter type person. If you know anyone who might fit that role and would be interested in working in Portsmouth, NH, please feel free to pass along my email address. We're looking for someone with experience who can jump right into developing complex UI's using xhtml/css/js or flash/actionscript/flex type technologies. We do use jQuery here, of course, as well as YUI for some of our more complex interfaces.
Los Angeles - Senior UI Developer
Danny Archambault (darchambault at concorde-inc.com) is looking to fill a senior UI developer position:
Skills: Ajax CSS Photoshop JSP HTML sony Job description: UI Developer / Specialist: A minimum of 5 years of experience working in a team on a complex-phased new technology medium sized web projects. Responsible for developing the user interface for a complex web application with a lot of data entry screens, workflows, views and reports.
Deliverables will include:
* Low-tech mockups using Photoshop, Illustrator, Excel or Visio
* HTML Prototypes with functioning Javascript and data interactions
* Flex application development to support the back-end development
Seattle - User Experience Developer
David Golightly (davidgo at zillow.com) points to a a job posting at Zillow:
We have an opening in Seattle at Zillow.comfor a User Experience Developer, eg. JavaScript + HTML template ownership, that we've been looking to fill for over 6 months with no luck. We've interviewed dozens of candidates, but we can't seem to find people in Seattle who have a JavaScript focus. Considering your large fan base, it would be great if you could put a word in for us, as this would be a golden opportunity for the right kind of person - that is, someone who can play a browser like a violin. While we use YUI here, I have great admiration for the principles of jQuery and would love it if we could find someone with a jQuery background. We've got some large, fun, JavaScript-intensive projects coming up over the next year+, now if only we could find a JS fanatic to build them!
NYC - Senior-level Web Developer
Mauvis Ledford (mauvis atkickapps.com) wrote to mention a job at KickApps:
KickApps the premiere white-label social networking company is looking for a Senior-level Web Developer with a core interest in JavaScript / CSS / HTML. We use jQuery here. Must be able to work or relocate to our Manhattan office. Great pay, generous benefits. See our website for more information.
Let me know if this post is, at all, useful to those reading it. If it's not the case then I probably won't attempt it again, but it is nice to pass these on, at least (especially to those looking or some extra JavaScript or jQuery work).
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Just by adding this small JavaScript module to the end of your web pages, you get your form's submissions intercepted and, instead of sending request to the server in the usual way, they are done asynchronously and in an AJAX-style smooth way.
As long as it is a client-side library it will work with any server technology: ASP.NET, PHP, JSP, Classic ASP... and even with local HTM files.
I've included extensibility so that you can add easily your own progress indicators (several included) and show error messages the way you prefer (by default it shows an alert).
It's transparent to your server code and could be used to add AJAX capabilities to some applications without writting a single line of code.
Documentation is included.
Features summary
• No-code AJAXification of web apps
• Supports any server technology, including ASP.NET, JSP, PHP, ASP 3.0...
• In ASP.NET it supports all kinds of postbacks: direct and by code.
• Works in any modern browser that supports AJAX.
• Supports cross-posting of forms, that is, you can send the information to any web page in the same domain. If all your web pages have AJAXInterceptor included (for example, you include it in your master page or template) you can hace
• Respects your custom onsumit event handlers.
• Supports browser history so that your users can hit the previous button and get the last rendered page.
• Two versions of the module:
- AJAXInterceptor.js: full commented one. Useful for debugging purposes.
- AJAXINterceptor_r.js: reduced-size version. It downloads faster as it only is 2.6 kB in size. It's better to use this on production apps.
• Automatically show/hide custom progress indicators.
• Support for cancelling operations.
• Support for custom message displaying.
• Supports any form in your page
Obviously this is not substitute at all of full-fledged APIs like Microsoft's ASP.NET AJAX, PHPLiveX or AJAX.NET, but will let you add AJAX support to your apps in a few seconds and without writing any code. Just give it a try!
In the ZIP you will find teh module, a working sample with ASP.NET and a PDF with the help documentation.
This project is just for fun :-)
I will be very glad if you drop me a line in case you use AJAXInterceptor in any real-world application or if you enhance it with new features.
Visit my .NET blog (Spanish) at http://www.jasoft.organd my e-mail marketing blog (English) at http://www.theemailingexperience.com
JSJaC is a jabber/XMPP client library written in JavaScript to ease implementation of web based jabber/XMPP clients. For communication with a jabber server it needs to support either HTTP Pollingor XMPP Over BOSH(formerly known as HTTP Binding). JSJaC has an object oriented design which should be quite easy to use. Communication is done by using the XML HTTP Request objectalso refered to as AJAX technology. Your browser must support this.
Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is an open source Java software development framework that makes writing AJAX applications like Google Mapsand Gmaileasy for developers who don't speak browser quirks as a second language. Writing dynamic web applications today is a tedious and error-prone process; you spend 90% of your time working around subtle incompatibilities between web browsers and platforms, and JavaScript's lack of modularity makes sharing, testing, and reusing AJAX components difficult and fragile.
GWT lets you avoid many of these headaches while offering your users the same dynamic, standards-compliant experience. You write your front end in the Javaprogramming language, and the GWT compiler converts your Java classes to browser-compliant JavaScript and HTML.
This JavaScript client library allows you to make Facebook API calls from any web site and makes it easy to create Ajax Facebook applications. Since the library does not require any server-side code on your server, you can now create a Facebook application that can be hosted on any web site that serves static HTML. An application that uses this client library should be registered as an iframe type. This applies to either iframe Facebook apps that users access through the Facebook web site or apps that users access directly on the app’s own web sites. Almost all Facebook APIs are supported.
- No plugins like Flash or Java required.
- Popup blockers are no problem. The content expands within the active browser window.
- Single click. After opening the image or HTML popup, the user can scroll further down or leave the page without closing it.
- Compatibility and safe fallback. If the user has disabled JavaScript or is using an old browser, the browser redirects directly to the image itself or to a fallback HTML page.
A simple command-line tool to create the folders and helper files for a new JavaScript project/library. As a bonus, you can quickly create a website to promote your project.
When you start a new JavaScript library, how do you layout the source files, the tests, the distribution files? Do you have support scripts to generate distributions from source files? Run your JavaScript unit tests? Generators to create new unit test HTMLfiles?
