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Auto-Save User’s Input In Your Forms With HTML5 and Sisyphus.js

Posted by Alexander Kaupanin on December 5, 2011 · Comments Off

Editor’s note: This article is the third in our new series that introduces new, useful and freely available tools and techniques, developed and released by active members of the Web design community. The first article covered PrefixFree; the second introduced [...]

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How To Create Web Animations With Paper.js

Posted by Zack Grossbart on November 23, 2011 · Comments Off

The Web is just starting to use animation well. For years, animated GIFs and Flash ruled. Text moved and flashed, but it was never seamless. Animations had boxes around them like YouTube videos. HTML5 canvas changes everything about Web animation. The canvas element [...]

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Lessons From A Review Of JavaScript Code

Posted by Addy Osmani on October 27, 2011 · Comments Off

Before we start, I’d like to pose a question: when was the last time you asked someone to review your code? Reviewing code is possibly the single best technique to improve the overall quality of your solutions, and if you’re not actively taking advantage of [...]

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A Quick Look Into The Math Of Animations With JavaScript

Posted by Christian Heilmann on October 4, 2011 · Comments Off

In school, I hated math. It was a dire, dry and boring thing with stuffy old books and very theoretical problems. Even worse, a lot of the tasks were repetitive, with a simple logical change in every iteration (dividing numbers by hand, differentials, etc.). It [...]

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Searchable Dynamic Content With AJAX Crawling

Posted by Zack Grossbart on September 27, 2011 · Comments Off

Google Search likes simple, easy-to-crawl websites. You like dynamic websites that show off your work and that really pop. But search engines can’t run your JavaScript. That cool AJAX routine that loads your content is hurting your SEO. Google’s robots parse [...]

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Useful Node.js Tools, Tutorials And Resources

Posted by Luca Degasperi on September 16, 2011 · Comments Off

Created by Ryan Dahl in 2009, Node.js is a relatively new technology which has gained a lot of popularity among Web developers recently. However, not everyone knows what it really is. Node.js is essentially a server-side JavaScript environment that uses an asynchronous event-driven model. What this means is simple: it’s an environment which is intended for writing [...]

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Behind The Scenes Of Nike Better World

Posted by Richard Shepherd on July 12, 2011 · Comments Off

Perhaps one of the most talked about websites in the last 12 months has been Nike Better World. It’s been featured in countless Web design galleries, and it still stands as an example of what a great idea and some clever design and development techniques can produce. In this article, we’ll talk to the team behind Nike Better World to find out how the website [...]

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My Favorite Programming Mistakes

Posted by Paul Tero on July 7, 2011 · Comments Off

Over my programming career, I have made a lot of mistakes in several different languages. In fact, if I write 10 or more lines of code and it works the first time, I’ll get a bit suspicious and test it more rigorously than usual. I would expect to find a syntax error or a bad array reference or a misspelled variable or something. Coastline near Mwnt on the west [...]

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Useful HTML-, CSS- and JavaScript Tools and Libraries

Posted by Smashing Editorial on June 10, 2011 · Comments Off

Front-end development is a tricky beast. It’s not difficult to learn, but it’s quite difficult to master. There are just too many things that need to be considered; too many tweaks that might be necessary here and there; too many details to make everything just right. Luckily, developers and designers out there keep releasing useful tools and resources [...]

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Ten Oddities And Secrets About JavaScript

Posted by Andy Croxall on May 30, 2011 · Comments Off

JavaScript. At once bizarre and yet beautiful, it is surely the programming language that Pablo Picasso would have invented. Null is apparently an object, an empty array is apparently equal to false, and functions are bandied around as though they were tennis balls. This article is aimed at intermediate developers who are curious about more advanced JavaScript. [...]

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