- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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 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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- 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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- JavaScript Design Patterns: Module, Singleton
- Learn about the Revealing Module and Singleton design patterns using JavaScript.
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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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- Click and Drag to Toggle Checkboxes
- JavaScript tutorial: Click and drag to toggle multiple checkboxes at once.
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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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- 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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- 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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- Order of Operations in JavaScript
- Simple table displaying the order of operations in JavaScript.
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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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- 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.
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