Identifying Senior Software Engineers: Six Critical Differences
For HR and legal purposes, most development companies classify Software Engineers into ranks from I to IV (or V). The higher the rank, the higher the... more »
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IntelliJ Idea 8: Smart Type Completion Becomes Even Smarter
Most of you are aware of IntelliJ IDEA smart type completion feature that is invoked with Ctrl+Shift+Space shortcut. In the latest IntelliJ IDEA 8... more »
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Should you test your web developers before employing them?
These past few weeks, I’ve been doing some work for a new client. Prior to getting the gig, I did the all the usual things: sent my prospective email,... more »
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JavaScript Arguments
The arguments object in JavaScript is a local variable in any function that provides some nice features we can use in our code. Here is the list of... more »
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PHP / MooTools 1.2 Accordion Helper
The MooTools Accordion plugin seems to be the plugin that people seem to have the most problems with. It's an awesome plugin, so I can see why so many... more »
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Custom CSS Scrollbars in All Browsers with Mootools
While it's ok to have a blue/gray scrollbar on the side of the window, sometimes you have scrollable containers right in the middle of your page, and... more »
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Backup Your MySQL Database Using PHP
One of the most important tasks any developer needs to do often is back up their MySQL database. In many cases, the database is what drives most of... more »
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Creating a Slick Auto-Playing Featured Content Slider
I love the Coda Slider plugin for jQuery. I’ve used it recently to build a couple of tabbed “widgets”. One here on CSS-Tricks in the sidebar to show... more »
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The DNS Bug: Why You Should Care
It's not every day that the New York Times writes articles about the Domain Name System, but then again this DNS bug is anything but normal. It's... more »
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15 Quick Ways to Shrink Page Load Times
It’s a breath of fresh air when a website loads quickly and cleanly. Web developers sometimes neglect some simple rules when it comes to developing a... more »
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NetBeans Development Process Rocks!
David van Couvering, Database Architect for NetBeans, shares his enthusiasm for the NetBeans development process below.
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John Resig - ECMAScript Harmony
There's been some turmoil in the world of ECMAScript. While many are - even, at least, vaguely - familiar with the development of ECMAScript 4 the... more »
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dwClickable: Entire Block Clickable Using MooTools 1.2
I recently received an email from a reader who was really impressed with Block Clickable, a jQuery script that took the link within a list item and... more »
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How to Easily Enhance Your Existing Tables with Simple CSS
Learn how to style your existing tables with simple CSS to get good-looking tables (basic to medium level).
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John Resig - border-image in Firefox
For the upcoming Firefox 3.1 release a lot of work has been going into improving its CSS support (specifically, in relation to the CSS 3... more »
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Certifications - May I See The Menu?
At JavaRanch and JavaBlackBelt, we frequently see questions from developers trying to get their first job or advance to a higher level job. They... more »
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Thoughts on My First jQuery Experience
I've been a MooTools user for a few years now and love the framework. This weekend, however, I decided to give jQuery a run. Here are my thoughts on... more »
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Firefox Ubiquity: Commanding Your Browser
The beauty of today's search engines is their simplicity. Type a few keywords into an empty box, and see the 10 most relevant results. This week,... more »
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Top Ten Web Typography Sins
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While many designers have been quick to embrace web standards, it’s surprising how often the basic standards of typography are neglected. Here are ten... more »
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8 Premium One Line Css Tips
The best solutions are often the simplest. Here's a list of 8 tips that contain only one css property.
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The 5 Worst Website Designs in the World
We often read and write articles showcasing the latest, best and most visually inspiring websites on the internet but we tend to forget those on the... more »
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dwImageProtector Plugin for jQuery
As my first exercise with jQuery, I've ported my MooTools 1.2 dwImageProtector class over to jQuery. Check it out!
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The Wannabe Developer’s Manifesto
I’m sure most of us have been confronted with a ‘Wannabe Developer’ at least once, probably a lot more even. The Wannabe Developers are such a large... more »
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Sun may or may not be about to obliterate Oracle and Microsoft
It’s very possible that Sun Microsystems has their shit together as they engineer the new Rock processor. Due out in 2009, it will be the first... more »
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Building a Better Blogroll: Dynamic Fun with SimplePie and jQuery
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Learn how to make a “widget” for pulling in recent headlines from the Envato family of blogs which you can switch between using the Coda Slider plugin... more »
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