Posts Tagged ‘jquery’

jQuery Plugins

// June 6th, 2007 // No Comments » // Technology

jQuery PluginsMy friend Geof over at McKinney Station Design pointed me to jQuery Plugins a few weeks back. I’ve been really impressed with some of them.

I particularly like the Thickbox image gallery popup, the Ajax tab navigation, and the client-side table sorter.

Mastering AJAX

// May 25th, 2006 // No Comments » // Technology

IBM Developer Works always has great resources for developers. The AJAX tutorial below is no exception.

It’s a great introduction to the technology, conspicuously devoid of exclamation points, which is rare in an AJAX tutorial. Just a simple, easy to follow guide for developers wanting to make their web applications more dynamic and easier to use.

Read more at IBM Developer Works.

Rounded Corners With CSS Roundup

// May 25th, 2006 // No Comments » // Technology

Just dropping a few references (mostly for myself) regarding the whole “Rounded Corners With CSS” issue. There are lots of ways to skin this cat. I’m not going to get into any of them as it’s a busy day… but here are the links….

Scott Schiller’s Method (“Three vertical sliding-doors”)
“Simple Rounded Corner CSS Boxes” by Ryan Thrash
The widely-used Spiffy Corners method
Nifty Corners by Alessandro Fulciniti

…by no means all-inclusive…

Serving JavaScript Fast

// May 23rd, 2006 // No Comments » // Technology

This article has some good tips on how to manage JavaScript and CSS resources in dynamic, high-traffic content delivery environments.

It covers architecture considerations, compression, caching, and leveraging PHP to speed up content delivery and enhance the performance experience for your users.

Read more at Thinkvitamin.com.