This is a javascript library that makes life easier when trying to supply users with the correct size image. Smart mobile devices have now become a common way for people to view websites instead of just the traditional computer. This…
Underscore.js is an extension library for Javascript that provides more functionality with cross browser support. Usually used along with jQuery and Backbone.js to help create the optimal website performance and clean code. There are 80-odd functions which can be viewed…
Why minifys your JS Quicker download times for your users. Reduced bandwidth consumption of your website. Reduced number of HTTP requests on your server when combining many javascript files into one compressed file, thus reducing the server load and allowing…
This is a brief overview and example of how CoffeeScript works To see the original documentation go to http://coffeescript.org My working example is http://glynrob.com/examples/coffeescript/index.html which can be downloaded at https://github.com/glynrob/coffeescript How CoffeeScript works: CoffeeScript is a little language that compiles…
Filesystem API is a neat method to write/read files and directories to the users sandboxed local file system. This allows a host of possibilities for offline activity on mobile devices. This isn’t widly supported at this point so you are…
Another option for saving data offline in a browser is WebSQL The Web SQL database API isn’t actually part of the HTML5 specification, but it is part of the suite of specifications W3C is no longer actively working on the…
So imagine the case where your boss asks you to provide a map with realtime data being displayed. Not only for internal use, but open for all to see. The first thing that you will think is that this will…
One element that I had to build recently was a auto-saver on a page editor.
As I thought this was a nifty little method to do this I thought I’d share it.