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Book Review: Wicked Cool PHP
In the interest in full disclosure, I was sent this book by a fellow DZone Zone Leader in hopes that I would review it. I'm reviewing this book, however, in the interest of my audience.
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I’ve Penetrated DiggNation!
On 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.
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Learning Ternary Operators — Tips & Tricks
I 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.
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Weekend Links – Premium CSS Tips, MooTools 1.2 Clientside, Google Sky, JavaScript Typing, PHP Image Resizer
You probably know most of these tips, but there are a few snippets that you may be surprised to find.
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SXSW: Secrets of JavaScript Libraries
I'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.
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Force A Secure Page Using PHP
Many 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.
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How to Sniff & Disable Firebug
If 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.
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Execute a HTTP POST Using PHP CURL
A 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.
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MooTools Zebra Tables Plugin
Tabular 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.
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Weekend Links – Firefox 3 Performance, Internet Explorer 8 JavaScript, Google / Microsoft Buying Digg, Social Bookmarking Icons, Referrer Spam
The 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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