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Prevent Directory Listings With .htaccess
Preventing a directory listing for your website is essential these days. If a hacker knows your website structure you can be left open for a world of hurt. Did you know that you can prevent directory listings for every directory in your website by...
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PHP Function – Calculating Days In A Month
All developers keep a tool box of useful functions and classes that they pick up or write along the way and this PHP came to me while I was writing an event calendar page for a customer.I should mention that PHP does offer a
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8 Considerations For Choosing Your JavaScript Framework
Picking your JavaScript framework is a difficult decision. There are many considerations that need to be made when choosing which JavaScript framework is best for you. These are the considerations I judge each JavaScript framework by before committing to it for a project (or...
![Weekend Links – PHP / CSS Graphs, Ext 2.0 Preview, YUI Image Loader, Firefox, and Goodbye Netscape]()
Weekend Links – PHP / CSS Graphs, Ext 2.0 Preview, YUI Image Loader, Firefox, and Goodbye Netscape
It was a pretty exciting week in the coding world.Vertical Bar Graph Using PHP and CSSThis is an impressive system of building 3D graphs using simple CSS and PHP.http://www.terrill.ca/design/vertical_bar_graphs/Ext 2.0: A PreviewVersion 2 of the Ext JavaScript framework looks very impressive.
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Quick & Easy JavaScript Mouseover Images Without Using MooTools
Not everyone uses the MooTools framework or any framework for that matter so my article, MooTools Image MouseOvers - Cleaner JavaScript Code, Less Hassle, wouldn't apply to everyone. I do know, however, that most everyone has a need for a quick and simple JavaScript...
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6 Reasons To Use JavaScript Libraries & Frameworks
I've seen many articles around the internet from JavaScript fundamentalists that advocate writing your own JavaScript code instead of using JavaScript frameworks like MooTools, Prototype / Scriptaculous, jQuery, MochiKit,
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5 Simple Ways Programmers and Designers Should Give Back
The best online occupation-related community is no doubt the programming / design community. Our community works endlessly to help others through programming issues, create open source software for all to use freely, and foundations are created to keep pushing the web forward.One issue I see in...
![Weekend Links II – Why Your Code Sucks, JavaScript’s Name, Stupid Programmer Tricks, Solitaire]()
Weekend Links II – Why Your Code Sucks, JavaScript’s Name, Stupid Programmer Tricks, Solitaire
Labor Day is a link day, right?Why Your Code SucksBold phrase for someone who doesn't know your code? This article discusses the situations in which your code may, in fact, suck.http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=71730Javascript Needs A New NameJavascript is a pretty inaccurate name for a...
![Weekend Links – CSS Fonts, YAML CSS Framework, CompressorRater, PHP Image Cloud, Who’s Online]()
Weekend Links – CSS Fonts, YAML CSS Framework, CompressorRater, PHP Image Cloud, Who’s Online
Back to school links!CSS @ Ten: The Next Big ThingWhat? There's more than just Verdana? Håkon Wium Lie discusses the use of TrueType fonts in CSS.http://alistapart.com/articles/cssattenYAML The CSS FrameworkYAML is a CSS framework to help programmers and designers to create multicolumn layouts.
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PHP Optimization – Using A Timer To Benchmark Code And Increase Speed
One of the best parts about being a programmer is that there's seemingly always a better way to do things. A simple code tweak can drastically improve the execution time of your web application. The faster your application executes the quicker you release precious server resources.The...
