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GromJS server-side JavaScript interpreter
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GromJS is server-side JavaScript implementation of Mozilla SpiderMonkey
interpreter for unix-like operating systems.

The module pattern has been discussed many times and has shown how
ECMAScript has the ability to encapsulate data as "private" variables
by using closures.
Today, in a comment on my blog, a reader, haysmark, points out that

What's the possible disadvantage of including JavaScript files within
a JavaScript file? Why I needed it? For the sake of easy management,
perhaps? Any load speed disadvantage? Example below:
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="'+libraryName+'"><

Hi ...
          Is it possible to drag a file from Client Desktop into the
Browser Form File Element(input type='file') instead of File Browse?
          I know that,  File drag is possible in the Mozilla Firefox

I know if the frames/windows can't access properties inside another
frame/window  that comes from a different domain. But could this call
violate the security
window.parent

I'm testing the embedding of a PDF in a page
<embed
  src="test.pdf"
  style="position:absolute; left:10px; top:10px; width:290px;

Hi all;
I am using 'sack' to update a div on my page with some HTML code that
also include a javascript alert.
I can get the content of the div to change with my HTML code, but my

Do these two give a different result?
function positive() { return true; }
var positive = function() { return true; }

When I looked at ExtJS source code, I found something strange.
could anyone here explain to me?
In ext-base.js file
they wrap the all code inside:

I am trying to make a regex for a 12 hour clock, and I can't seem to
get it just right.
What I have now is
 var regexmatch = /(1[012]:[0-5][0-9]|[1-9]:[0-5][0-9])\s((a\.m\.)|(p

Thanks in advance for any comment and suggestion...
On one of my web pages, I use javascript to pop up a context menu box
when the right-mouse button is clicked on a link. It works fine in
Firefox 2.

var a = 'what goes in here to get a single quote?';

We can add a caret in textarea, but when I inspect FCkEditor with
firebug, I don't find a textarea tag,  but still there is a caret
there. I wonder how Fckeditor do that? Anyone know that?

I have a very simple javascript slideshow.
It is extremely basic (see small sample below):
        <script language="JavaScript1.1">
<!--

I am lerning HTML/CSS/JavaScript. I created HTML page with
table "property_fields" containing 24 rows ('tr' elements). I want to
remove last 23 rows:
       var table = document.getElementById("property_fields");