Chomper Stomping
jQuery/JavaScript/CSS 3/HTML 5, Java/PHP/Python/ActionScript, Git, Chrome/Firefox Extensions, Wordpress/Game/iPhone App Development and other random techie tidbits I've collected


 
 

 
TOTW
 

TOTW: Modernizr

Modernizr is a JavaScript library that you include on your page that executes itself and adds a series of classes to your HTML tag. This allows to implement modern CSS functionality without worrying about writing conditionals i...
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programming concepts
 

Flurl – Part 1.a: Rolling your own JavaScript library, setting up the core

Flurl is a mashup I did recently as a practice exercise. It takes a flickr panda photo-stream, displays a photo, and uses qurl to make a shortened URL link to the photo. These are the notes I took while I was doing it. The proj...
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Using jQuery to bind a function to a select box change and retrieve the selected value

If you need to bind a function to be called when a user selects an option from a select box using jQuery, you’ve come to the right place. There are several different ways to skin this cat, but basically here is what we ar...
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Software
 

TOTW: Freenode IRC Webchat Client

This week’s Tool of the Week is The Freenode IRC Webchat Client. What it does: Allows you to chat on Freenode IRC through your browser, even if your corporate proxy blocks IRC (IRC is the third biggest security hole for c...
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JavaScript Arrays – new Array() vs array literal

Do not every say new Array() when creating a new JavaScript Array(). There are differences between creating an array in Javascript using the array literal, or the fully qualified “object” name (Array() vs []), and t...
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prototyping
 

TOTW: Dynamic Dummy Image Generator

This week’s Tool of the Week is Dynamic Dummy Image Generator. What it does: Allows you to display custom sized dynamic images on any webpage using nothing but a normal image tag and a special URL. When you need it: Mocku...
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