Git, GitHub and inputLabel 2.0
I decided late last year that if I wanted to get into version control, it would have to be in my own time. Armed with zero knowledge (but hungry), I went hunting for information.
I picked up Pragmatic Version Control Using Git by Travis Swicegood a month or so ago, and have been reading it carefully and slowly.
I chose Git basically because I thought GitHub looked cool, plus Kohana uses it :). I pushed my latest project to it tonight, which is a massive update to my inputLabel project.
My inputLabel jQuery plugin was a bit dodgy in that it replaced the actual value of the input elements with its label. This made a few things a nightmare, such as validating the input fields using existing libraries.
My new version (2.0) does away with these problems, or it passed all the tests I could think of at 1am. I hope to be using it in all new projects requiring the use of this functionality.
Comments
Andrew Cobby
Posted on Friday, 18th February 2011 @ 1:44pm.@Alexander
It would good if you could do that; with HTML5's current placeholder implementation, you can't use it simultaneously with the focus attribute... A quick loading page will give the element focus very quickly, removing the placeholder text so you can't see what the field is for....
Alexander Dickson
Posted on Friday, 11th February 2011 @ 2:32pm.@Andrew
Cheers, I considered that attribute, but decided against implemented it in this release.
I'm also going to see if I can stop the label from disappearing when tabbing to it, so you don't lose the label before you start typing. :)
Andrew Cobby
Posted on Friday, 11th February 2011 @ 12:45pm.Good to see you getting on the Git band-wagon too! I've been using it for a few months and I'm getting the hang of it, wayy better than SVN.
Also, have you considered a version of your inputLabel that sources from the HTML5 placeholder attribute? (to provide backwards compatibility for non-HTML5 browsers)
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