Archive for "Web Development"

How to Make JQuery & Prototype Play Nice

Web Development Mar 31, 2009 23 Comments

I’m sure you’ve seen some of the sweetness of JQuery and most likely you’ve used Prototype for dynamic web applications like Lightview, Prototip, etc. However, let’s say we want to use the two together, on the same page. Problemo! The Problem JQuery uses a “$” as a shortcut for “jQuery” and Prototype uses “$” as [...]

1337 – A Geek’s Language

General, ToolBox, Web Development Oct 23, 2008 16 Comments

I was talking with a buddy of mine the other day about passwords and Leet (1337). He didn’t know what I was talking about and it inspired me to write a post giving the basics. Leet (1337) is an alphabet of ASCII characters used by ‘elite’ internet users. Purposes for using Leet can vary, but [...]

Wufoo, Creating Forms the Easy Way

Design, ToolBox, Web Development Jul 25, 2008 5 Comments

Creating online forms can be intimidating. It took me a while before I got comfortable making a simple contact form; including form validation, submission to an email, etc. It’s not impossible, but not exactly something you can whip out in a few minutes (Well, not me anyway). Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just [...]

A simple CMS solution

Design, ToolBox, Web Development Jul 03, 2008 5 Comments

Let’s say you just got done designing a totally sweet web site for a customer. You show the design to them and they absolutely fall in love with it, but explain that they would really like to update the content themselves without having to call you all the time. You choke, cough a little and [...]

JQuery: Eye Candy for Web Developers

CSS, Design, ToolBox, Web Development Mar 07, 2008 2 Comments

Image Credit: lennyjpg I came across this article over at Web Designer Wall, titled jQuery Tutorials for Designers. Nick does an excellent job explaining how JQuery works and goes into detail on implementing each example. I won’t attempt to regurgitate Nick’s beautiful post, but here is a sneak peak at the JQuery Demos.