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Does Programming to Interfaces Buy Us Anything?
I need to butt heads with conventional coding wisdom for a minute. We've all heard that it's good to program to interfaces and not implementations,... more »
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JavaScript Chaining Your Methods
In a previous post on JavaScript Ant I reviewed some techniques from JavaScript libraries that could prove to be useful in your own scripts. A final... more »
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Caching PHP objects: how to do it in 4 easy steps
This week, my work for our top secret web app, has mainly revolved around caching. This is work I really enjoy. I can sense the user experience of... more »
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Facebook Drops Java Support - Loses Another $1B of Fantasy Valuation
This just in from the Facebook-PR-flacks-writing-pure-dross department: "We appreciate all of the effort and time that you've (Java developers, that... more »
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Google says CSS Sprites and Unobtrusive Javascript == Good
Google has published that using CSS Sprites and Unobtrusive Javascript is great for accessibility while also making sure your website gets indexed and... more »
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No CSS Reset
When asked recently about using a CSS reset stylesheet, I readily admitted that I don't use them. I don't use them for my blog or for any project that... more »
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Firebug Layout Inspector
Details about using the Layout tab inside of firebug, some may overlook its extreme power manipulating and analyzing an elements box model.
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Why Ruby on Rails won't become mainstream
You won't be reading any Ruby on Rails bashing in this blog post for a simple reason: I love Ruby and I love Ruby on Rails.
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Learning jQuery: Working with Events, part 1
CSS and JavaScript are different in many ways, almost all of which are too obvious to mention. However, one difference between the two bears... more »
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Developing an accessible slider
Creating accessible "web 2.0" applications can be a tricky process. Many of the advanced widgets and controls we develop today don't exist in the... more »
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Creating accessible charts using canvas and jQuery
Data visualization in HTML has long been tricky to achieve. Past solutions have involved non-standard plugins, proprietary behavior, and static... more »
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Nobody should work alone. Ever.
Nobody gets it right the first time. Nobody. No one should work alone in requirements, design, development, testing or any other phase of software... more »
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The iPhone SDK: APIs Apple Didn't Want You to Know About
With the release of Apple's SDK for building iPhone applications, many have plunged head-first into this new platform for the first time, with the... more »
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5 useful url rewriting examples using .htaccess
These are the 5 useful url rewriting examples using .htaccess...
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Believe nothing
Some great direction from the Big Budhha on approaching things in life as applied to software development methdologies.
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Microsoft, Beware Of OpenOffice 3.0!
OpeOffice 3.0 may be the first version to get a significant market share, if everything works well...
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Web/Graphic Designer Group Interview
A group interview with several well-known designers including Chris Coyier, Alen Grakalic, and 8 others.
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WordPress 2.5 Sneak Peek
A customizable dashboard, multi-file upload, built-in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades, tag management, built-in Gravatars, full text feeds, and... more »
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Calling Accessible Context-Sensitive Help with Unobtrusive DOM/JavaScript - Part 1
This article was contributed by my good friend, accessible designer and co-founder of The South African Web Standards and Accessibility Group, Frank... more »
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How to file a good bug report
One of the first lessons, hard lessons, you learn coming into the world of software development out of college is how hard it can be to understand bug... more »
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Wrapp a div around other div’s with float
A simple technic to wrap a div around other div with float.
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Jack of All, Master of None
A Sun developer weighs in on the learn many/know one world of programming. Can learning a new language really make you marketable? Or does it not... more »
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PHP components: login system
This is a PHP component ready to use and reuse in your project which implements a "ready to use" login system with PHP. It solves two common issues:... more »
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Objects have dependencies. Methods don't
There is quite a bit of talk lately about unit testing using the extract method and override, or "inherit & override" method for stubbing out a method... more »
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How to ruin your website in 10 easy steps
A lot of people give suggestions on how to improve your website or blog. Whether it is via SEO or design suggestions. Not many tell you what is going... more »
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