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    HTML5:  Wrap Block-Level Elements with A’s

    HTML5 presents a simpler line of thought with HTML than XHTML.  And quite honestly, it's a much needed simplification.  One of those simplifications is the ability to wrap block-level elements like DIVs, H-tags, and P's with basic A elements.  You read that correctly:  wrap block-level elements...

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    Build HTML Tables From MySQL Tables with PHP

    I was recently completing a project which required that I build a series of HTML tables which would represent all of the tables within a MySQL database.  I didn't have anything created but after a few minutes I had exactly what I needed. Hopefully this helps...

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    Multiple File Upload Input

    More often than not, I find myself wanting to upload more than one file at a time.  Having to use multiple "file" INPUT elements is annoying, slow, and inefficient.  And if I hate them, I can't imagine how annoyed my users would be.  Luckily Safari, Chrome...

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    Using SCRIPT’s defer Attribute

    One of the seldom used attributes within the HTML tag library is the defer attribute on SCRIPT elements.  As you can probably tell by the name of the attribute, defer instructs the contents of the script tag to not execute until the page has loaded.  Take...

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    Sexy Link Transformations with CSS

    I was recently visiting MooTools Developer Christoph Pojer's website and noticed a sexy link hover effect:  when you hover the link, the the link animates and tilts to the left or the right.  To enhance the effect, the background color of the link is...

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    Dive Into Dojo Series:  Dijit and Charting

    I just wanted to give you all a heads up that I've started a Dive Into Dojo series over on the SitePen blog.  The series will aim to cover the basics of jumping into the world of the Dojo Toolkit.  The first two posts...

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    HTML5 classList API

    Having thrust myself into the world of JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries, I've often wondered: When are browser vendors going to see the helper methods/libraries created by the JavaScript toolkits and implement these functionalities natively within the browser? I realize that standards are important and browser...

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    ServerSide JavaScript with MooTools and Node.js

    This blog post is intended to provide a starting point for ServerSide JavaScript (SSJS) development with MooTools. It is focused on Node.js (http://nodejs.org) and tries to explain the main concepts and differences from client side development. It is solely based on my current experience...

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    GET OVER IT!  6 Things Web Developers Need to Get Over

    One of the downsides of being around developers of varying skill levels, from noob to Open Source legend, is that everyone has an opinion...and they're all wrong.  Every one of them.  Of course, me being a developer, I'm wrong too.  There are a few things, however...

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    HTML5 Link Prefetching

    One effort shared by both browsers and developers is making the web browsing experience faster.  There are many common-known ways to keep your websites fast:  using CSS sprites and image optimization, using .htaccess to set file headers for longer caching, javascript file compression...