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Fun With Google Code Search
As programmers we've all had days that don't go well. You found out the hosting provider switched a setting that blows up a customer's website. That piece of code that you swore worked fine yesterdays in now causing you fits. Your coworker accidentally wrote...
GWT Ext 2.0 Released…and It’s Stupid! (Cool)
Version 2 of GWT Ext has been released and it's insane! The collection of form, table, and numerous other controls are absolutely memorizing. Even if you have your framework picked out or even if you don't care about JavaScript, check out the
Book Review: AJAX Security
In the interest in full disclosure, I was sent this book by Pearson Education in hopes that I would review it. I'm reviewing this book, however, in the interest of my audience.AJAX SecurityWritten ByBilly Hoffman, Bryan SullivanPublished ByAddison Wesley / Pearson EducationPublisher Summary:More and more...
9 Signs You Shouldn’t Hire THAT Web Guy
My employer specializes in creating websites for middle-sized businesses. We rarely create "Mom'n'Pops" websites and generally don't pursue contracts with major corporations. Working with mid-size business has given me the opportunity to speak with executives and "decision-makers" within each business. Our discussions eventually...
Weekend Links – Browsers of 2009, Realities of Designing Websites, CSS Tricks Videos, JavaScript Library Loading Speed, Comment Spam Blocker
The Browsers of 2009John Resig makes his predictions on what the browser market will be in the year 2009. Don't we all need Firefox to simply take over?http://css.dzone.com/news/browsers-200910 Realities of Designing Websites for ClientsA great article about designing a website for clients...
My Website Tools
For those of you who eat up my RSS feed (thank you), you may not know that I have some pretty helpful tools on my website.Alexa Rank FetcherYour Alexa rank can come into play when you try to sell advertising on your website.https://davidwalsh.name/alexa-rank-fetcher/CSS CompressorDon't make...
Yahoo SEO Domain Result Grabber
I released my PHP Google Grabber script about a month ago and it was a big hit, even spawning Python and Groovy versions. Obtaining the number of pages indexed in Google by simply providing a domain name...
CSS-Tricks — CSS & Text Selection & Highlighting
CSS-Tricks.com's Chris Coyier authored a really cool post titled Overriding The Default Text Selection Color With CSS. In the post, Chris explained: One of those cool CSS3 declarations that you can use today is
::selection
, which overrides your browser-level or system-level text highlight color...Weekend Links – JavaScript Favelets, Prototype Cheat Sheet, Reverse IP Domain Check, Resizable Images, ICANN Domain Tasting
The Power of JavaScript FaveletsI use the PHP.net favelet that prompts for a function name and takes you to the PHP.net API page. They save a lot of time and don't clutter your Firefox menu bar.http://techtracer.com/2008/01/27/the-power-of-javascript-favelets/Prototype.js Cheat Sheet PDFDownloading this PDF is...
Change Text Size On Click With JavaScript
A lot of blogs and websites that have a wide range of users tend to have buttons or images that change the text size for easier readability. This can easily be implemented with a bit of JavaScript and some HTML to attach it to. There are...