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Questions tagged [client-side]

The term "client-side" refers to that portion of a web application which runs in the user's browser. Client-side code is most commonly written in Javascript, HTML and CSS. The counterpart of "client-side" is "server-side", i.e., the part of a web application running at the web server.

There are other many client-side techniques, in addition to used in the user's browser such as:

See also:

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How to create a file in memory for user to download, but not through server?

Is there a way to create a text file on the client side and prompt the user to download it without any interaction with the server? I know I can't write directly to their machine (security and all), but can I create the file and prompt them to save…
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How to export JavaScript array info to csv (on client side)?

I know there are lot of questions of this nature but I need to do this using JavaScript. I am using Dojo 1.8 and have all the attribute info in array, which looks like this: [["name1", "city_name1", ...]["name2", "city_name2", ...]] Any idea how I…
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What is the difference between client-side and server-side programming?

I have this code: Why does this not write "bar" into my text file,…
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Pass request headers in a jQuery AJAX GET call

I am trying to pass request headers in an AJAX GET using jQuery. In the following block, "data" automatically passes the values in the querystring. Is there a way to pass that data in the request header instead ? $.ajax({ url:…
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Catch all JavaScript errors and send them to server

I wondered if anyone had experience in handling JavaScript errors globally and send them from the client browser to a server. I think my point is quite clear, I want to know every exception, error, compilation error, etc. that happens on the client…
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Single Page Application: advantages and disadvantages

I've read about SPA and it advantages. I find most of them unconvincing. There are 3 advantages that arouse my doubts. Question: Can you act as advocate of SPA and prove that I am wrong about first three statements? ===…
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Is it worth hashing passwords on the client side

When I want to put a login system in place, I always compare the MD5 of the given password with its value in the users table on the server side. However, a friend of mine told me that a "clear" password could be sniffed by a network software. So my…
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Image resizing client-side with JavaScript before upload to the server

I am looking for a way to resize an image client-side with JavaScript (really resize, not just change width and height). I know it's possible to do it in Flash but I would like to avoid it if possible. Is there any open source algorithm somewhere…
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AngularJS: Understanding design pattern

In the context of this post by Igor Minar, lead of AngularJS: MVC vs MVVM vs MVP. What a controversial topic that many developers can spend hours and hours debating and arguing about. For several years AngularJS was closer to MVC (or rather one…
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Getting query parameters from react-router hash fragment

I'm using react and react-router for my application on the client side. I can't seem to figure out how to get the following query parameters from a url like: http://xmen.database/search#/?status=APPROVED&page=1&limit=20 My routes look like this…
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Best practice for localization and globalization of strings and labels

I'm a member of a team with more than 20 developers. Each developer works on a separate module (something near 10 modules). In each module we might have at least 50 CRUD forms, which means that we currently have near 500 add buttons, save buttons,…
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Removing elements with Array.map in JavaScript

I would like to filter an array of items by using the map() function. Here is a code snippet: var filteredItems = items.map(function(item) { if( ...some condition... ) { return item; } }); The problem is that filtered out items…
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Sending emails with Javascript

This is a little confusing to explain, so bear with me here... I want to set up a system where a user can send templated emails via my website, except it's not actually sent using my server - it instead just opens up their own local mail client with…
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Getting the text from a drop-down box

This gets the value of whatever is selected in my dropdown menu. document.getElementById('newSkill').value I cannot however find out what property to go after for the text that's currently displayed by the drop down menu. I tried "text" then looked…
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Why does page not update after refresh when .cshtml changes

I am trying out Blazor and i do not understand why when changing a component after refreshing the browser page it does not update ? Shouldn't the client update itself similar to how angular does? It only refreshes when i restart the blazor…
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