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Get a Python Package Version
Part of maintaining a Django-based application like MDN's kuma is ensuring Python packages are up to date. I was recently testing an upgrade on a remote system and needed to ensure that a given Python package was at the version number it should be.
Create a 3D Animating Sidebar
Mozilla's Christian Heilmann is an evangelist that knows how to walk the walk as well as talk the talk. You'll often see him creating sweet demos on his blog or the awesome Mozilla Hacks blog. One of my favorite pieces...
$100 SenchaCon Discount Code
SenchaCon is fast approaching and it promises to be epic. A few highlights attendees can expect: Held at Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Get insider and bleeding edge information on Sencha's technologies Sponsored by mobile development and production leaders Full Day hackathon Meet other mobile /...
Tuts+ Interview with David Walsh
Rey Bango recently made the mistake of asking to interview me. After I made him hear my analysis of Arsenal and Tottenham, and shared with him my experience as a young fast food worker, we eventually got around...
3 UX Lessons from Pinterest
Pinterest has exploded in recent years from obscure project to global phenomenon. Why? And how can Pinterest's user experience inform developers and designers of all sorts? Let's learn from some of Pinterest's bleeding edge design decisions. Search vs. Browsing: How Do...
Scraping iTunes Charts Using Scrapy Python
Hacking is more fun when you have some data to play with, but from where do you get data when you are just hacking for fun? I use web scraping to make my hacks interesting and cool and have learned a lot in the process. In...
Serving Fonts from CDN
For maximum performance, we all know we must put our assets on CDN (another domain). Along with those assets are custom web fonts. Unfortunately custom web fonts via CDN (or any cross-domain font request) don't work in Firefox or Internet Explorer (correctly so, by spec) though...
Using CSS attr and content for Tooltips
I've found myself in love with CSS
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; I've recently written about how you can use the property and expression on a basic level, how you can implement CSS counters, and use for the sake of localization. I wanted to share...How to Design Responsively
Introduction In this article I want to share my thoughts regarding responsive design. I made several talks on this subject and this post is some kind of summary. The article presents concepts like mobile first and design in the browser. What is responsive web design Scott Kellum...
JavaScript Debugging Tip: Objects
Every so often I want to view what an object looks like at various points of an execution cycle. Many people like to use breakpoint debugging but I find it a bit annoying and tedious -- it's simply not for me. The problem comes when I...