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JavaScript

jQuery Scroll To Top

jQuery is so powerful and very flexible and usually makes so many complex takes so simple. Anything with a scrollbar and can…

September 12, 2010
JavaScript

Learning jQuery

jQuery is a really popular JavaScript library that helps really simplify manipulating HTML with JavaScript whether it be CSS, animations or even…

August 24, 2010
Experience

Handling Programming Errors

Error messages should be clear and include what the error is, why it was caused and how to resolve it.

August 24, 2010
MODx

MODx How To Properly Link To a Page

In MODx, it is always preferable to link to another page using the document id instead of using the friendly alias because…

August 19, 2010
CSS

Centering a DIV Horizontally

Assuming you have a basic knowledge of css and html putting a div in the horizontal center of a containing block isn’t…

August 18, 2010
MODx

Wayfinder in MODx Revolution

When I first tried MODx Revolution (which I did try before MODx Evolution) I found the documentation to be pretty good except…

August 16, 2010
MODx

MODx – Evolution – 1st Impressions

I haven’t been using MODx for very long, but I have worked with several other content management systems previously and experienced both…

August 12, 2010
JavaScript

Unobtrusive JavaScript And Why it Matters

Many more senior web developers can remember throwing tags all over the contents of websites and using tables for the presentation of…

July 26, 2010
PHP

PHP Object/Variable Life Time

Many junior PHP developers seem to feel that PHP objects and variables are retained between requests. In PHP4 and PHP5, no variables are retained outside of the contents of $_SESSION and other stores between requests.

July 22, 2010
Book Review

Book Review: Code Craft

“Code Craft” (ISBN: 1-59327-119-0) was written by Pete Goodliffe. The book is relevant to all developers: code is very language agnostic. Code…

July 12, 2010
Experience

How To Post Great Freelance Gigs

I have been trolling Craigslist and Kijiji lately in hopes of finding some additional freelance work to add to my portfolio before…

July 12, 2010
Drupal

Learning Drupal

For the last couple of weeks, I have began playing around with Drupal because I'm so sick of fighting proprietary CMS. The proprietary CMS suffers from the vendor updating only updating the CMS when convenient for them and this ends up holding the purchaser hostage. Overall, I know that drupal has enough of the functionality that I need in modules and the core to significantly improve the efficiency of my programming and possibly offer a large learning opportunity on software architecture.

July 9, 2010
Drupal

Drupal + TinyMCE

I’ve just really began to try and experiment with using Drupal, modules, and really starting to customize how things work. I have…

July 7, 2010
PHP

PHP Update Finally Depreciates PHP MSSQL driver

The biggest advantage of the change is being able to better take advantage of Microsoft SQL Server features that probably made you choose to use SQL Server in the first place.Making the change wasn't overly difficult because I took time and wrote a simple Database Access Layer.

July 4, 2010
PHP

Installing PHPUnit on WAMPServer

Installing WampServer and PHPUnit doesn't have to be difficult. Check out this post on how to install PHPUnit on WampServer.

June 29, 2010
Book Review

Book Review:The Passionate Programmer

"The Passionate Programmer" is an excellent read and that I feel I have learned more about myself than I would have ever thought. I would never say that it is the next Code Complete or Code Craft, but it can definitely help you develop a meaningful career.

June 25, 2010