If possible your code should detect features, not browsers. But sometimes you just need to sniff the browser. And when...
At makandra, we've built a few gems over the years. Some of these are quite popular: spreewald (475k downloads...
Most forms have a single submit button that will save the record when pressed. Sometimes a form needs additional submit...
The attached Coffeescript helper will let you create mouse events: $element = $('div') Trigger.mouseover($element) Trigger.mouseenter($element) Trigger.mousedown($element) Trigger.mouseup($element...
Google Chrome has a subtle rendering bug that hits me once in a while. It usually occurs in sliders with...
Having a unique selector for an element is useful to later select it from JavaScript or to update a fragment...
As a web developer, you know Google Analytics (GA). Probably you've dropped the GA snippet into more than one...
Why secure-only cookies used to be necessary Cookies have an optional secure flag. It tells the browser to not...
Safari on iOS accepts an apple-touch-icon favicon that is used for stuff like desktop bookmarks. Always define a...
Background information about session storage in Rails Rails has a default mechanism to store the session in the CookieStore. This...
The 90s are calling: they want their tables back. Unfortunately, you'll need them all for laying out your HTML...
The way that Javascript schedules timeouts and promise callbacks is more complicated than you think. This can be the reason...
These steps are now part of Spreewald. Here are some useful examples how to use the attached Cucumber Timecop steps...
Since late 2015, all major browsers (still excluding Firefox) support pointing device media queries. These can be used to distinguish...
Here is how to model basic logic in media queries. AND With keyword and. # Target viewport widths between 500 and...
The attached patch lets you find a record by a string or number in any column: User.find_by_anything('carla...
Note: Modern Rails has two build pipelines, the asset pipeline (or "Sprockets") and Webpacker. The principles below apply for both...
Browsers' printing methods usually don't print background colors. In most cases this is the desired behavior, because you don...