Product Development Blog

Optimizing for loop in javascript

Sunil Lukose — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:58:21 +0000

We normally don't pay much attention when it comes to writing simple loops and assigning variables.

Here I would like to show two ways of writing a simple code that alerts an array's value. 

var arr = new array("red","green","blue");
var len = arr.length;
for(var i=0; i	var value = arr[i];
	alert(value);
}

You could write the same script in a more optimized way

var arr = new array("red","green","blue");
for(var i=0,len=arr.length; value=arr[i], i



New Products to Improve the Customer Experience!
gregory.davis — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:10:01 +0000
This afternoon, Solid Cactus introduced three new products from the Product Development team.  We’re looking forward to seeing the success of these latest products as our clients take advantage of the new or enhanced functionality they bring to e-commerce.
 - The Interactive Site Content and Item Page:
Enhance your ability to provide frequently asked questions. You can  customize your answers and expand or contract them as needed. It’s easy to  populate and SEO friendly. 
 - Click to Enlarge v3.5:
This updated application features improved functionality to enhance  the shopping experience. We’ve expanded capabilities making it easier than ever  for customers to get a closer look at your products. Click to Enlarge v3.5 is  easy to upgrade or install.
 - Send to Friend v2.0:
Hosted by Solid Cactus, Send to Friend v2.0 features greatly  expanded capabilities which can directly affect your bottom line. You can now  include cross sell items where applicable, and they can be set locally or  globally depending on your target market. Additionally, a recipient’s email  preferences are automatically detected, ensuring the proper email format is  received.




Boot Camp Gets First Dibs
gregory.davis — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:59:55 +0000
This morning the Marketing and Product Development team unveiled new products for the Yahoo! Store.  There were several great questions in the session and even some new ideas for products, which we greatly appreciated.  It’s important to hear from our customers on what will make their lives easier and more importantly, make their business more profitable.
We’ll be releasing these great new products next week to the public and we were happy to offer our Boot Camp attendees a first glance.
We realize not everyone can attend Boot Camp and are appreciative of those that do.  It’s nice to offer a little extra bonus for making the trip.



Cool Javascript based site
Sunil Lukose — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:56:06 +0000
Recently I came across a site that was programmed fully using JavaScript. The whole site is single page and with the help of JavaScript you scroll around the site. It’s pretty well done and you should check it out.
Link to the site



Product Development
John Dawe — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:08:29 +0000
Product Development is the newest department at Solid Cactus.  Since the company was founded, Solid Cactus has been the number one developer of new features for the Yahoo! Merchant Solutions/Store platform.  This blog will take a look inside the process and minds of those responsible for the latest and greatest products from Solid Cactus.