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Turbolinks makes following links in your web application faster. Instead of letting the browser recompile the JavaScript and CSS between...

If some of your JavaScripts fail on Internet Explorer, but only in staging or production environments, chances are that JavaScript...

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Today I got a better understanding of how git works, in particular what git checkout and git reset do.

Note: Modern Rails has two build pipelines, the asset pipeline (or "Sprockets") and Webpacker. The principles below apply for both...

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Interesting interview with DHH, where he talks about how they made the new Basecamp feel very fast without using a...

A print stylesheet is easy to create. Choose a font suited for paper, hide some elements, done. Unfortunately print stylesheets...

Assuming the following sunspot setup of the post class: class Post < ActiveRecord::Base searchable do text :title string :state

So your Cucumber feature sometimes dies with this exception: Modal Dialog Present (Selenium::WebDriver::Error::UnhandledAlertError) As a seasoned Selenium...

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In Selenium features the server and client are running in separate processes. Therefore, when mocking time with a tool like...

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softwareishard.com

This Firebug feature is called simply Log Events and allows developers to log DOM events into the Console panel.

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No one wants to cry over regression issues in views; does testing HTML and CSS have to be such a...

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The usage shares of your site highly depends on your target audience. E.g. no Internet Explorer has ever seen hollyapp.com...

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build.phonegap.com

Write your app using HTML, CSS or JavaScript, upload it to the PhoneGap Build service and get back app-store...

For my Gem Session project Holly I ran the Ironman of drag'n'drop implementations: Dragging in nested lists

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The $.cssHooks object provides a way to define functions for getting and setting particular CSS values. It can also be...

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The step we used in the past (Then "foo" should not be visibile) doesn't reliably work in Selenium features...

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Added information about what jQuery considers "visible" Added a solution for Prototype Added a patch for Prototype that replaces the...

The step definition below lets you write: When I click on "Foo" This is useful in Selenium features where the...

Applications often show or hide elements based on viewport dimensions, or may have components that behave differently (like mobile vs...

When using the asset pipeline your assets (images, javascripts, stylesheets, fonts) live in folders inside app: app/assets/fonts app/assets/images...

html5rocks.com

Some progress was made by browsers on implementing CSS filters like blur, greyscale or some other effects. You might already...

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goat1000.com

TagCanvas is a Javascript class which will draw and animate a HTML5 canvas based tag cloud.

Localizing a non-trivial application can be a huge undertaking. This card will give you an overview over the many...

You will find this useful when creating responsive designs that work well on small screens. The attached Javascript gives a...