- JavaScript Optimization: Eliminate Nested Functions
- Learn how nested or inner functions affect the speed of your JavaScript. SPOILER: They hurt it.
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- Webcomic Wednesday: Learned 2 Play
- This Webcomic Wednesday is brought to you by Nerf NOW!
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- The New Yahoo Mail - Inside Out
- An inside look at the new Yahoo Mail public beta from a developer on the project.
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- Webcomic Wednesday: Working at Home
- Copyright 2010 Matthew Inman of http://theoatmeal.com/
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- Review: YUI 2.8 Learning the Library
- Book review for the new Packt Publishing book by Daniel Barreiro and Dan Wellman.
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- Recursive Find-in-Files on Linux or Unix
- Quickly find in files on Linux or UNIX operating systems using this one-liner.
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- Unselectable Text Using CSS and JavaScript
- How can you stop someone from selecting text in an HTML element? Here are two cross-browser methods using CSS and JavaScript.
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- My First Week at Yahoo!
- A look at my first week (actually two weeks) as a Tech Yahoo!
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- Importing Blog Comments to Disqus
- Want Disqus on your custom blog? Don't lose your existing comments, import them using the Disqus API.
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- Running Apache and Node.JS Together
- Transparently pass individual paths to Node.JS without changing your URLs or the way your existing content is served.
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- Mysql_fetch_all: PHP's Missing Function
- Need to fetch ALL rows from a MySQL result? Why isn't that built into PHP? No idea, but here's a quick solution.
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- Convert ZIP code to a Yahoo! WOEID
- Want to use Yahoo's Weather API, but only have a ZIP code? Here's how to convert that ZIP code to a Yahoo! WOEID.
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- Multiple cURL Requests with PHP
- Learn how to make more than one cURL request at a time in PHP.
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- Webcomic Wednesday: Google Buzz Trick
- This Webcomic Wednesday is brought to you by thedoghousediaries.
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- Easy CSS Minification on Client and Server
- Learn how to easily minify your CSS stylesheets. Examples in JavaScript and PHP for client and server.
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- JavaScript Design Patterns: Lazy Initialization
- Improve JavaScript performance by using the "lazy initialization" design pattern family.
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- Quick Tip Regarding Google Chrome Frame
- When switching on Google Chrome Frame for your IE visitors, make sure you have the right syntax.
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- Webcomic Wednesday: Design Hell
- This one's a biggie, but a goodie. Copyright 2009 Matthew Inman of http://theoatmeal.com/
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- Soudersize the Web
- Did Steve Souders moving from Yahoo to Google spark Google's "speed up the web" push?
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- Digital Signage Application Launch
- It has been a big month at work. Today we launch the next major version of this digital signage application.
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- Basic Server Authentication with PHP
- Quick and easy way to secure individual webpages with a username and password. Use HTTP's built in authentication.
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- Quick Query String Parsing with JavaScript
- Used to PHP's $_GET variables? Here's a simple method to add that functionality to JavaScript.
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- The Three Cs of Fast CSS and JavaScript
- Drastically speed up your website by using PHP to combine and compress your CSS and JavaScript files on the fly, then automatically cache the result.
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- Adobe AIR vs Appcelerator Titanium: Round Two
- How Appcelerator Titanium 0.6.2 compares with Adobe AIR 1.5.2 for building desktop and kiosk applications.
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- Webcomic Wednesday: Behind Schedule
- This Webcomic Wednesday is brought to you by Not Invented Here, a brand new webcomic from the creators of Unshelved and Ugly Hill.
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- Wampserver 2 and AMFPHP Service Browser
- Getting an eregi_replace is deprecated error when using AMFPHP in Wampserver 2? Here's the fix!
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- Saving Drawn Images with Canvas and Cake.js
- Save drawn images using the HTML5 Canvas tag, the Cake.js library, and a few simple lines of PHP.
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- Introduction to AMFPHP Web Services
- AMFPHP lets you use PHP to write web services that Adobe Flash clients can consume.
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- Webcomic Wednesday: Basic Truths
- Sponsored in part by recent posts elseblog that spurred no small amount of nerd rage.
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- Virtual Desktops with VirtuaWin
- VirtuaWin: Virtual desktop software for Windows. Long story short, I like it.
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- Corrupted EncryptedLocalStore in Adobe AIR
- Strange errors when you try to access EncryptedLocalStore in Adobe AIR? It may be corrupted.
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- JavaScript Design Patterns: Module, Singleton
- Learn about the Revealing Module and Singleton design patterns using JavaScript.
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- Webcomic Wednesday: High-Five
- For my personal safety, consider this one a general observation and not representative of any particular project...
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- Adobe AIR vs Appcelerator Titanium: Round One
- HB Stone's first thoughts about the Appcelerator Titanium beta, and how it compares to Adobe AIR 1.5.1
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- Appcelerator Titanium Beta Launch
- Join Appcelerator in San Francisco for the Titanium Beta launch party, June 9, 2009.
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- Pad Strings in PHP and JavaScript
- Convert PHP's native str_pad function to JavaScript and pad strings with ease.
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- JavaScript Design Patterns: Mediator
- Implement the Mediator design pattern in Javascript to facilitate code reuse and maintainability.
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- Exceptional Performance: YSlow Update
- Learn all about the new update to YSlow, Yahoo's developer plugin for Firefox.
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- SCAN Web Design Principles: N is for Navigation
- N is for NAVIGATION in part four of this series on web design principles.
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- SCAN Web Design Principles: A is for Accessibility
- A is for ACCESSIBILITY in part three of this series on web design principles.
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- Click and Drag to Toggle Checkboxes
- JavaScript tutorial: Click and drag to toggle multiple checkboxes at once.
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- SCAN Web Design Principles: C is for Content
- C is for CONTENT in part two of this series on web design principles.
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- SCAN Web Design Principles: S is for Scanning
- S is for SCANNING in part one of this series on web design principles.
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- SCAN Web Design Principles
- Introduction to HB Stone's SCAN interface design principles series.
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- Permission denied to call method Location.toString
- Getting "Permission denied to call Location.toString" errors? Here's why.
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- Adobe AIR: Call JavaScript from a SWF (also win money)
- Cash prize if you have a solution! How to call JavaScript functions from a Flash .SWF in Adobe AIR.
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- Google vs. Firebug Console
- Google appears to delete Firebug's window.console, but why?
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- Adobe AIR: Why won't my SWF load?!
- For HTML / AJAX developers using Adobe AIR, here's one reason you might not be able to load external SWF files.
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- HTTP, HTTPS, and SSL via PHP
- How to transport data via HTTP, HTTPS, and direct SSL using PHP. Socket and non-socket methods.
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- Choosing a Valid DOCTYPE
- A collection of valid DOCTYPEs for your HTML or XHTML websites.
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- Synchronous SQLite Singleton
- Sychronous SQLite database abstraction that is object-oriented and easy to use.
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- Adobe AIR 1.5: GUI-less Application Updates
- Your Adobe AIR 1.5 applications can self-update with no user interaction. Find out how.
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- AJAX Phrasebook
- AJAX Phrasebook of ready-to-use JavaScript and PHP code. Learn the basics of AJAX and XMLHttpRequest.
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- Seamless Application Updates with Adobe AIR 1.5
- Seamlessly update your Adobe AIR 1.5 apps with the new ApplicationUpdater and ApplicationUpdaterUI frameworks.
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- .htaccess: Cache Rules Everything Around Me
- How to control visitor cache for your webpages, JavaScript and CSS stylesheets, images and other content. Examples in .htaccess and PHP.
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- Exceptional Performance: Image Optimization
- Drastically improve your website response time by optimizing your images. Here's how.
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- jQuery Time Picker
- A cool, fast time picker using the jQuery JavaScript library.
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- Passing Arguments to setTimeout and setInterval
- Various ways to pass arguments to JavaScript's setTimeout and setInterval. Includes a fix for IE to allow it to accept extra arguments like other browsers.
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- Generate Social Bookmarks with PHP
- Automatically populate social bookmarking links using PHP and CSS sprites.
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- Order of Operations in JavaScript
- Simple table displaying the order of operations in JavaScript.
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- Specificity in CSS
- Understanding specificity in CSS, and tips on using CSS selectors effectively.
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- Generating Unique IDs with JavaScript
- How to generate unique IDs using the characteristics of scope and first-class functions in JavaScript.
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- Checking Network Availability in Adobe AIR
- A simple module to detect whether your Adobe AIR app can access the internet.
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- JavaScript in Action: thesixtyone.com
- Learn how thesixtyone.com uses JavaScript to provide a rich front end experience.
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- Exceptional Performance: Styles Up, Scripts Down
- A tip about placing stylesheets and scripts. Related to Yahoo's Exceptional Performance tips.
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- Zapping Trailing Commas Using Regular Expressions
- Use regular expressions to eliminate trailing commas from your lists.
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- I'm a PC, and I'm a Mac
- What do you get when you cross 50 Mac Minis, a case of Monster energy drinks, and a bunch of programmers in the Geekworks basement? Check it out!
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- AJAX: Cross-Browser XMLHttpRequest
- Make AJAX cross-browser compatible, whether it supports XMLHttpRequest or IE's proprietary AJAX DLLs.
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- (function(){})(); and Scope
- Scope and the (function(){})(); construct, and some tips on reusing JavaScript code and avoiding scope problems.
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- arguments.callee
- An introduction to the arguments.callee JavaScript blog.
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I'm a Senior Culinary Software Developer at Yummly working on various front-end and middle-tier tasks, primarily using JavaScript. I blog about web design and development topics including accessibility, usability, performance, and developing HTML / CSS / JavaScript applications on Appcelerator Titanium and Adobe AIR.
If you're a web developer, you might enjoy Jelo, my JavaScript library.
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