There are at least three ways to set breakpoints against JavaScript running in the browser. 1) Use Chrome’s developer tools or Firebug to locate the line of JavaScript, then set the breakpoint with the mouse. To do it in Chrome, … Continue reading
Just posted this CSS Responsive Design testing tool. You can enter your site’s URL and it will render it at a variety of resolutions. Enjoy!
New blog theme was launched tonight! The theme name is Brunelleschi, by Kit MacAllister. He’s also from Portland. Here’s what I love about the theme – it uses Responsive Design. For a demonstration of what Responsive Design is, try re-sizing … Continue reading
First, let’s start with a little joke about JavaScript: See the difference? This book is targeted at helping readers understand the ‘low level’ implementation details of JavaScript. The code examples on nuances of the language are the best I have found. As … Continue reading
The PHP Fat-Free framework is the best library I have found in the PHP world for SEO friendly URL routes (eg, /people/{some_username}). It is simple, flexible, and gets the job done with only a 58KB footprint! This can be thought … Continue reading
Associative Arrays in JavaScript are a breed of their own. It is a side effect of the weak typing in JavaScript. To understand the issue, let’s walk through some examples: The length property is not defined as it would be … Continue reading
Node.js + Paperboy make for a slick replacement to Apache as an http server for local JavaScript development. This has come in handy a lot lately when working on JavaScript experiments or prototypes. Often times it is easiest to use … Continue reading
The Keeping it Realtime Conference in Portland showcased bleeding edge technology that will no doubt create waves, perhaps even a boom in technology akin to what Ruby on Rails did a few years ago. The Keeping it Realtime conference could … Continue reading
This post covers a few fun and useful browser based ‘CSS builder’ tools. They generate CCS3 effects on the fly and take the headache out of making them work across modern browsers. Check out http://caniuse.com/ for a complete source of … Continue reading
How to Break Web Software Functional and Security Testing of Web Applications and Web Services, by Mike Andrews and James A. Whittaker Published 2006 Contains recipes for 24 different hacks. Most of them are supposed to be common knowledge in the field … Continue reading
