A couple years I got to spend some time going to the phplondon user group. Its was a great group full of knowledgeable PHP developers who love to have a good time. They have been successful at growing the group…
Webthumb Contest is Closed
The WebThumb contest is now closed, the winners will be announced in the next couple days.
jQuery Image Strip
Working for Obu Web i’ve found myself spending less time on code I would say meets the definition of AJAX I put in my book and more time on code that used to be called DHTML. But I guess I’m ok calling it AJAX, at least its pronouncable and building little JavaScript widgets is fun.
Today’s widget is an Image Strip, it has a lot of real uses, but the way I like too use it is for fancy visual effects.
Note: this article contains a lot of images JavaScript and CSS so you’ll need to read the rest on my blog to get the entire effect.
Compressing JavaScript and CSS
When your building fancy AJAX websites one thing that tends to happen is you end up loading amounts of JavaScript and CSS on your pages. And while browsers are smart and do a lot of client side caching you can’t…
WebThumb content ends on the 15th
The WebThumb content ends on the 15th. I know there are couple projects out there that haven’t officially entered. If you want to have a chance to win an upgraded Webthumb account make sure to get your entries in, the…
Deciding What AJAX Programming Style to Use
In my AJAX book, Understanding AJAX, I spend a lot of time talking about the various programming styles you can use with AJAX. Looking back at the chapter it seems to me there are 2 major styles of programming and…