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Reminiscing about the history of the <script> tag ritual
22 Feb 2013
When JavaScript was first introduced, browsers treated the contents of script tags as regular content. To be Netscape 1.0 compatible, you had to add HTML comments. Even though the comments became unnecessary in the mid 1990s, they are STILL used in many places around the web today.
Simple and Effective Fix for the WordPress wpautop() Madness
2 Nov 2012
You may be familiar with the problems related to WordPress wpautop() function. The most notable problem is that your WordPress pages will leave you with empty paragraphs. The empty paragraphs can't be removed by simply removing <p></p> with a find and replace. It turns out that the result HTML doesn't actually have <p></p>. But the empty paragrapsh do show up in the DOM tree.
Git Tips via Ryan Florence
24 May 2012
Chrome V8 Creators: `with` and `delete` are "Dog Slow"
25 Apr 2012
On a recent podcast the creators of Chrome's V8 JavaScript Engine, Lars Bak and Kasper Lund, discussed some of the challenges of writing a JavaScript compiler. They cautioned that using with or delete is "dog slow". When you use with, V8 has to wait until run time to resolve the scope chain. When you use delete V8 has to transform your object from a highly-optimized class structure into a slower hash table.
Database Sessions with CakePHP 1.3 in 1 minute
24 Apr 2012
Enabling database sessions with CakePHP 1.3 is super easy. But first I want to cover a few reasons that I know of where you need sessions stored in the database: load-balanced environments and PHP file-locking issues.
I Switched from Windows 7 to OSX Lion
7 Feb 2012
I made the switch from Windows 7 to Mac OSX (Lion) for my development laptop. I got a new job and my boss asked me what kind of laptop I wanted to buy. I heard so many of my friends and bloggers talk about how OSX is the ultimate platform for Web Developers. I decided to take the plunge.
I want to report on my progress. First I'll start with the software I'm using.
Before You Use Captcha: Form Protection Tips
23 Jan 2012
I ran into a great post on the PHP devnetwork forums here talking about some tactics to protect your forms without using Captcha.
First is the Honeypot method. The idea is to add a field to the form that bots would likely fill out but that is a hidden element on the form that should remain blank. twindev explains:
JavaScript Selector Library Supports CSS4!
13 Jan 2012