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• By David WalshDecember 24, 2012

  4 Creative Ways to Recruit Web Developers

  For jobs other than technology jobs, applying for a job and creating a resume hasn't changed much in the past decade;  if you're a tech person, however, recruiting developers certainly has changed.  Some prospective employers advertise on LinkedIn or typical job recruitment sites.  I've recently spotted...

• By Eugene LazutkinDecember 19, 2012

  Introduction to dcl

  dcl is a minimalistic yet complete JavaScript package for node.js and modern browsers. It implements OOP with mixins + AOP at both "class" and object level, and works in strict and non-strict modes. The simplest way to learn something is to dive right in. Let's implement a...

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• By David WalshDecember 17, 2012

  CSS calc

  CSS is a complete conundrum; we all appreciate CSS because of its simplicity but always yearn for the language to do just a bit more. CSS has evolved to accommodate placeholders, animations, and even click events. One problem we always thought...

• By David WalshDecember 13, 2012

  Placeholders and Overflow

  Oftentimes our search boxes and other form fields get drastically shortened on mobile devices.  Unfortunately in some circumstances the INPUT element's placeholder text doesn't fit within the length of the element, thus displaying an ugly "cut off."  To prevent this ugly display, you can use

• By David WalshDecember 11, 2012

  pointer Media Query

  As more devices emerge and differences in device interaction are implemented, the more important good CSS code will become.  In order to write good CSS, we need some indicator about device capabilities.  We've used CSS media queries thus far, with checks for max-width and pixel ratios.

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• By David WalshDecember 10, 2012

  How to Create a Twitter Card

  One of my favorite social APIs was the Open Graph API adopted by Facebook.  Adding just a few META tags to each page allowed links to my article to be styled and presented the way I wanted them to, giving me a bit of control...

• By David WalshDecember 6, 2012

  Vibration API

  Many of the new APIs provided to us by browser vendors are more targeted toward the mobile user than the desktop user.  One of those simple APIs the Vibration API.  The Vibration API allows developers to direct the device, using JavaScript, to vibrate in...

• By David WalshDecember 5, 2012

  Disable Autocomplete, Autocapitalize, and Autocorrect

  Mobile and desktop browser vendors do their best to help us not look like idiots by providing us autocomplete, autocorrect, and autocapitalize features.  Unfortunately these features can sometimes get in the way;  we don't always want or need the help they provide.  Luckily most browsers allow...

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• By David WalshDecember 5, 2012

  spellcheck Attribute

  Many useful attributes have been provided to web developers recently:  download, placeholder, autofocus, and more.  One helpful older attribute is the spellcheck attribute which allows developers to  control an elements ability to be spell checked or subject to grammar checks.  Simple enough, right?

• By David WalshDecember 5, 2012

  Telephone Link Protocol

  We've always been able to create links with protocols other than the usual HTTP, like mailto, skype, irc ,and more;  they're an excellent convenience to visitors.  With mobile phone browsers having become infinitely more usable, we can now extend that convenience to phone numbers: The tel...