David’s Web Development Blog

John Resig: “The DOM Is a Mess” @ Yahoo! Video

John Resig, who will constantly be younger than me yet much smarter than I’ll ever be, gave a talk at Yahoo last week regarding various issues relating to Javascript development and the DOM.  He had some interesting things to say about how jQuery goes about testing and resolving issues.

These days you should be in good company with a variety of Javascript frameworks to choose from, so us developers have to deal with these browser issues less and less now, but this is still good to know.  It’s fun to know what’s going on under the hood of your favorite framework.

Or if you’re looking at doing DOM manipulation without a framework, this is a good video to show you the landscape and show you what you’re up against.  Always check to see how other people have solved these issues.  Don’t reinvent the wheel!