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Read PostOn this last week's episode of DiggNation, Alex and Kevin discussed my article, 9 Signs You Shouldn't Hire THAT Web Guy. Kevin agrees with all of my assertions — sweet! The segment about my article starts at about the 20 minute mark.
Read PostI started using ternary operator logic about six months ago and notice myself using shorthand if/else logic all the time. It shortens my code, the time to write it, and makes me look smarter to the mustaches.
Read PostYou probably know most of these tips, but there are a few snippets that you may be surprised to find.
Read PostI've not had the pleasure to go to South by South West but I've heard it's a great time for those in the tech industry. A few of the more popular names in the JavaScript community, representing prominent JavaScript libraries (Dojo, jQuery, and Prototype/script.aculo.us), recently presented at SXSW. The topic, of course, was JavaScript and centered around the secrets of JavaScript used in each library.
Read PostMany pages, most often pages with forms or pages that serve personal information, require the need to be served over a secure connection. Even recreational internet users have gotten accustomed to looking for "lock" icon within their browser before inputting data into a web form. For the benefit of the business and its website visitors, it's important to ensure that a form page be secured.
Read PostIf you're a hardcore Web Developer like me, you're probably well aware of the excellent Firefox plugin known as Firebug. Firebug's built in tools for monitoring and debugging CSS, HTML, and JavaScript/AJAX can improve development time efficiency exponentially.
Read PostA customer recently brought to me a unique challenge. My customer wants information request form data to be collected in a database. Nothing new, right? Well, there's a hurdle — the information isn't going to be saved on the localhost database — it needs to be stored in a remote database that I cannot connect directly to.
Read PostTabular data can oftentimes be boring, but it doesn't need to look that way! With a small MooTools class, I can make tabular data extremely easy to read by implementing "zebra" tables — tables with alternating row background colors.
Read Post View DemoThe only problem I have with Firefox is that it's a memory hog and gets slow after you've opened multiple tabs. This article discusses improvement in Firefox's engine — sweet!
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