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![Accomplishing Common Tasks Using MooTools, jQuery, and Dojo]()
Accomplishing Common Tasks Using MooTools, jQuery, and Dojo
I've been dabbling with Dojo quite a bit lately. I feel great about my MooTools and jQuery skills but I'm a bit still raw when it comes to Dojo. What's important that I keep in mind, however, is that the tasks I'm trying to...
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Quick Dojo Setup Snippet for MooTools Developers
We're all used to aliasing methods within our favorite JavaScript frameworks. For example, you'll see the following pattern within jQuery: You may also see the following pattern within MooTools code: Within the Dojo community I frequently see the following pattern: I love that pattern but I've created my...
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4 Ways JavaScript Has Changed the Way I Code
The plot: I started teach myself web programming ten years ago; about three years ago I became infatuated with JavaScript and its practices. The bad news: in teaching myself I developed my own bad habits. The good news: my time with...
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Confessions of a Web Developer VII
It's been quite a while since I've gotten a few things off of my chest and since I'm always full of peeves and annoyances I thought it was time to unleash: Ryan Florence said something recently that I realized I completely agreed with: ...
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Create Bit.ly Short URLs Using PHP: API Version 3
Bit.ly is a great URL shortening service. I love their reliability, shortness of the URL, and the information they provide about a given URL. Recently Bit.ly updated their API to version 3 so I thought I'd update my original Bit.ly post.
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Create a Trailing Mouse Cursor Effect Using MooTools
Remember the old days of DHTML and effects that were an achievement to create but had absolutely no value? Well, a trailing mouse cursor script is sorta like that. And I'm sorta the type of guy that creates effects just because I can.
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iPad Detection Using JavaScript or PHP
The hottest device out there right now seems to be the iPad. iPad this, iPad that, iPod your mom. I'm underwhelmed with the device but that doesn't mean I shouldn't try to account for such devices on the websites I create. In Apple's...
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Automatically Generate a Photo Gallery from a Directory of Images: Updated
Two years ago Chris Coyier wrote an outstanding tutorial detailing how you can generate a photo gallery based on the images within two directories: a thumbnails directory and an originals directory. I've decided to take his tutorial a step further by...
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Prototype’s Element.on with MooTools
Prototype 1.7RC1 was released on Monday. While the big news with this release appears to be the implementation of John Resig's Sizzle selector engine, what caught my eye was the new on method. This new Element.on method is very similar to Prototype's...
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Smooth Scrolling with MooTools Fx.SmoothScroll
I get quite a few support requests for my previous MooTools SmoothScroll article and the issue usually boils down to the fact that SmoothScroll has become Fx.SmoothScroll. Here's a simple usage of Fx.SmoothScroll. The HTML The only HTML requirement for Fx.SmoothScroll is that all named...
