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QN: Things You Might Not Know About jQuery

By on January 6, 2011 in Technology

jQuery is a very popular JavaScript library used to make writing JavaScript-enabled sites easier; handy shortcuts and pre-defined functions that do popular things and all. David Flanagan (author of jQuery Pocket Reference) has put together 5 tips about jQuery that you most likely didn’t know. My favorite one is the use of namespaces when it [...]

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FourSquare Mayor Checkin Program w/ Source Code

By on September 15, 2010 in Technology

Update #2: This application now has an official software product page with all the links for download, usage and source code. If you just want to download the program and run it, scroll down the Download section below. Thanks! Background A few weeks ago we wrote about Mayank Lahiri’s working FourSquare checkin hack that allowed [...]

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10 Amazing Examples of JavaScript and HTML5

By on September 3, 2010 in Technology

Zef.me put together a list of 10 amazing JavaScript/HTML examples that a lot of people (me included) thought still required Flash to do. Some of the highlights is an accurate (and performant) interactive cloth simulation by Andrew Hoyer. You can drag any node on the “cloth” around and have it’s 3D skeleton realistically react to the interaction; [...]

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Java 7 Gets try-with-resources Support (Automatic Resource Management)

By on August 26, 2010 in Programming

Java 7 is adding support for a new try-with-resources code-block construct that allows the runtime environment to automatically manage closeable resources for you; e.g. streams. What originally started with a proposal in February of 2009 from Joshua Bloch for try-catch blocks to add the ability to automatically manage resources, eventually turned into a modification to [...]

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HTML5 Drag and Drop Upload and File API Tutorial

By on June 4, 2010 in Programming

Update #3: Using the techniques outlined in this article I have rolled out and initial release of imgscalr.com. Feel free to download the JS source (it is heavily commented) and take a look at how it was rolled out. Unfortunately the required File API support is only in Chrome and Firefox currently, Safari gets it [...]

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JaxaFX 1.0 Released – Not a Great First User Experience

By on December 6, 2008 in Programming

Please keep in mind I’m wearing my “Joe average user” hat that this platform is suppose to target as a delivery platform (and simplify developer’s lives in the process). I’ll admit that I’ve always had trouble with the Java plugin and Firefox on my old Windows XP SP2 desktop, Windows XP SP3 laptop and my [...]

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