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i have a object, which is getting passed in many different functions inside a function. these functions may or may not change the value of the object, but if they do change it, then i would like to get the latest changes on object.  following is wh...

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Best reference sites for HTML and JavaScript programming:   W3C WebEd Wiki (this site has a self-teaching curriculum as well as reference material): HTML, CSS W3C Specifications: HTML4, HTML5 (working draft), CSS 2.1, DOM Tech Reports: levels 1-3 EC...

Sometimes you have strings that must fit within a certain pixel width. This function attempts to do so efficiently. Please post your suggestions or refactorings below :)  function fitStringToSize(str,len) {     var shortStr = str;     var f = documen...

How to get reference count for an object   Is it possible to determine if a javascript object has multiple references to it?  Or if it has references besides the one I'm accessing it with?  Or even just to get the reference count itself? Can I fi...

I tried to search for a JavaScript reference, but there's none available. The best two suggested sources are MDN (Mozilla Developer Network) and W3Schools.  Why?...

I understand that in javascript, primitives are passed by value and objects are passed by reference.  I'm interested in creating a workaround of some kind that would let me get a reference to an object property containing a primitive. For example...

I have a prototype object in Javascript, when I initialise a new instance of the prototype and update properties in the prototype, it updates for all elements. I understand that arrays and objects are passed by reference and was wondering of a soluti...

var a = {     "example" : true };  var x = [a], y = [a];  delete x[0];  console.log(y);   In the above code, would it be possible to have a deleted, not just the reference in x ?...