Learnosity are looking for a Web Ninja at a Mid to Senior level

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:03:00 --1000

4 December 2009, Learnosity are looking for a Web Ninja at a Mid to Senior level.

About Learnosity

Learnosity develop cutting edge tools for teachers and educators. Our flagship product Learnosity Voice uses the telephone to enable language students and teachers to interact on a one to one level. Our service:

Makes it practical for students to practice Oral and Aural skills
Is efficient and effective for teachers, as they can listen to each student individually at a time to suit them
Can be used for homework assignments or “High Stakes Assessments”

We are continuing to grow our core development team and we need another great developer to help us keep up with demand.

We need someone who can:

Use Javascript or Actionscript to create great user interfaces
Develop highly scalable web applications
Cut code with the best in the world

You will also need to be:

energetic with a butt kicking attitude
ready to create cutting edge web 2.0 apps
keen to continue learning new technologies
able to have a conversation with non technical people

You'll need:

3 or more years of programming experience
Expert in at least on Client side language (Actionscript or AJAX)
Expert in at least one Server side language (eg PHP, Java, ColdFusion, etc)
Understanding of Object Oriented design
Understanding of XHTML and CSS

It would be good if you have:

A degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar.
been working with open source tools
been playing around with iPhone/Android applications
experience with some of Linux/VOIP/SIP/Asterisk/Jabber/XMPP

This is a full time role and you will be working in a casual workplace with flexible hours in the Sydney CBD. If this sounds like the job for you, email a covering letter explaining why you'll be great and your resume to mark@learnosity.com - no agencies please.

Evaluating Script blocks loaded from AJAX with Prototype

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:48:00 --1000

I'm working with protoype at the moment and here's a little gotcha I found when loading html snippets via ajax which contain script blocks. For example loading:

By default, prototype will not evaluate the script block so when you load this via an Update or Request call, clicking the button will result in a error. To resolve this you need to do two things:

Add the 'evalScripts:true' parameter to the update request
Change the format of the functions as shown below

evalScripts : true


new Ajax.Updater('targetid',
	'http://www.example.com/myurl',
	{ method: 'get', evalScripts: true });

Change the format of the functions:

The way this get evaluated will make the functions exist correctly so that they can be called. Many thanks to Sergio Pereira for this article on prototype that explained the problem. Cheers, Mark

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