It’s pretty simple to get the profile picture of a Facebook user using Facebook’s Javascript SDK. No extra permissions or access token are required.

You can punch into the Google Analytics Core Reporting (Data Export) API, pull out some stats, and stuff them into some nice graphical charts using Google Chart Visualizations.

Google is leading developers to OAuth 2.0 for access to its API’s

Offline access for Google APIs is achieved through a refresh token that is issued when a user first visits the app and grants offline access.

The jQuery UI folks have released an autocomplete widget that is pretty slick. This example uses the json_encode function in PHP 5.

Using the jQuery autocomplete widget with ColdFusion is a snap. This example uses the serializeJSON function in ColdFusion 8.

Using one jquery autocomplete to populate another jquery autocomplete on the same page.

Two jQuery functions that allow for the submission of form are the jQuery.ajax function and the jQuery.post function.

Modal dialog box that confirms submission of a form.

Using a jquery datepicker in a jquery dialog box to select a date range is a handy, slick way of having users input dates. Date handling and validation in forms when input by the user can be tricky at best.