February 2008
In the running for “post of the week” there is an outright tie between Rick Strahl’s brilliant post on strategies to handle Linq to SQL’s DataContext dilemma. Her threw in a set of sample... Read More
It's a common misconception that JavaScript is just for coders. As Alex explains, libraries like jQuery can make tasks like adding animation or tweaking markup a piece of cake -- even for non-coders!Read More
Some of you will already know The Interaction Design Association (IxDA) mail list. For those that don’t know it, the website and mail list are great resources and sources of discussion for anyone... Read More
There is plenty of talk about how people want to work for environmentally sound businesses and how people are being more environmentally caring at home. However, there is evidence that those same... Read More
Last year Eric Meyer documented his thoughts on resetting the styles of a web page to a common baseline. For designers who crave pixel-perfect layouts, differences between the default styles that... Read More
Earlier this week MySpace soft-launched the Myspace Developer Platform (MDP), with limitations on the number of times that your app can be installed: During this sandbox phase, the apps you create... Read More
With January gone, the year is really starting to swing into gear, and ColdFusion blogs are busier than ever. In the coding department, Steve Nelson continues his series on using the Google Calendar... Read More
The Follow up Phone Call Unlike the previous post on the initial email contact, phone conversations tend to be unpredictable. There is no exact blueprint for this type of call, it could go in any... Read More
At the linux.conf conference here in Melbourne last week, Linux founder Linus Torvalds had some harsh words for OS X: Apple’s much-touted new operating system, OS X Leopard, is in some ways... Read More
If you had 24 hours to code an entire site, would you use a pre-existing CMS or code your own? In this insightful interview with the coders from last year's site-in-a-day competition, Matt explodes... Read More
If you’re using Firefox with the Adblock Plus extension installed … have you noticed anything different on sitepoint.com? A couple of weeks ago I implemented a site-wide script that... Read More
RESTful Rails have been a a much debated part of the Rails core, since the original restful_rails plugin was merged in to core just over a year ago. But with the improvements that have been made in... Read More
I guess most of us have understood for a long time that browsers rarely see eye to eye when it comes to calculating percentages, whether that be in element widths, element positioning or background... Read More
Compositional programming style In the object oriented programming style, it’s preferable to split functionality out to multiple objects, that can work together to solve a single task. Taken to... Read More
