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Have you noticed that when EA Games release a new title they often simultaneously release the game for every gaming platform from PS3 to Nintendo DS?
There are huge differences in the capabilities of those devices…
How to Build an Auto-Expanding Textarea jQuery Plugin, Part 3
Auto-expanding HTML textarea boxes have become popular on many web sites. In the final of a 3-part series, Craig provides the jQuery plugin code that implements the expanding textarea functionality.
How to Build an Auto-Expanding Textarea jQuery Plugin, Part 2
Auto-expanding HTML textarea boxes have become popular on many web sites. In the second of a 3-part series, Craig discusses how textarea auto-expanding will be initialized using both HTML triggers and JavaScript code.
How to Build an Auto-Expanding Textarea jQuery Plugin, Part 1
Auto-expanding HTML textarea boxes have become popular on many web sites. In the first of a 3-part series, Craig discusses how they work, the browser quirks, and the coding requirements.
BBC Glow – a New JavaScript Library
The British Broadcasting Corporation has released a new open source JavaScript library named Glow. Craig takes a look behind the scenes…
How To Develop a jQuery Plugin
Creating a jQuery plugin is easier than you might think. Craig provides a quick tutorial that shows you the basics.
Announcing Updates to our Popular Add-ons for Firefox 3.5
If you’ve recently installed Firefox 3.5 you’re probably itching to get hold of updates to our popular developer add-ons, Dust-Me Selectors, and CodeBurner for Firebug. And here they are — hot off the press!
Truthy and Falsy: When All is Not Equal in JavaScript
Anything in JavaScript can be considered to be either truthy or falsy. Craig provides a useful guide explaining what they are and the bizarre rules that apply when they’re compared.
Write Better CSS with Less
I have a confession: I think parts of CSS suck. It’s repetitive, tedious, and … well, kind of dumb. Less promises to make writing CSS a little smarter!
Implementing Event Latency in JavaScript
Craig provides some useful JavaScript code to slow down event handling in your client-side web application.
