We say “back in time”, and “back” feel like “left” to me, not right. So let’s break that standard...
sing Google’s JavaScript Library CDN comes with a 1/3 of a second tax on missing. (Note that a tax like this applies to opening connections to a any new...
...This is why you should try to reduce the number of different hostnames you serve content from...
So here’s an overview of how things are going to work in Rails 3.
Ruby Ghostscript (RGhost) is a library for document developers wanting a quick and easy way to generate pdf files. It...
...to decide things like how much your car insurance premium will be. Let’s start using this for something more fun...
...Maybe you want to determine damage done, if there was a critical, or what slot on the board to insert your piece at. And surprisingly (or perhaps, not), programmers are...
...creating dynamic character and background animation in pure HTML and JavaScript. It's a simple, light-weight plugin with a few simple methods for creating animated sprites such as the...
...birds you see on this page, and dynamic scrolling backgrounds...
Every day the world’s most respected brands, small businesses, non-profits, and entrepreneurs depend on our products to make their businesses run smoothly. Safe, secure, and reliable. Since...
...is mandated from on high, and which flies in the face of the humble stance other high-level divisions in Microsoft would like to enforce in the wake of the...
...reached such a height that now a Voodoo Doll has been made to help show one’s anger for this browser out on this doll...
...a beautiful and nearly perfect machine. It is also Jobs' final triumph, the final step in Apple's evolution away from Wozniak and toward a closed model...
It's ironic that a company whose name is synonymous with "Switch" has built its entire product strategy around lock-in. The iTunes/iPhone/iPod combo is a roach-motel: customers check...
Apple puts itself in an untenable position trying to play gatekeeper while simultaneously having such a broad and deep marketplace structure. It's like watching a character from Alice in...
I’m a principled person. Apple’s offended my principles. Consequently, I’ve decided to abandon iPhone development. I won...
This thing leaves any other tag-completion method I have ever seen for HTML in the dust. It's light-years beyond anything else I've witnessed -- and autocompletion is...
...something I've looked into deeply, with multiple editors and IDEs...
As far as I know, the only plugin out there that handles this (semantic issue) correctly is Makandra’s Aegis. And they are GERMAN. It functionally works about the same...
Seems like there's no way to do it in Capybara, unfortunately. But if you're running your tests with the Selenium driver (and probably other drivers that support JavaScript...
...handling the illusion in a different way, and each completely appropriate depending on the situation at hand...
We recently decided our CI server needed an overhaul. I really enjoyed Integrity as a build server, but after trying out Hudson it’s hard to say I want to...
...go back. Hudson has several huge advantages...
...d like to analyze them to determine if it's possible to generate a string that matches more than 1 of them. Short of writing my own regex engine with...
...use case in mind, is there an easy way in C++ or Python to solve this problem...
Non-static elements will not inherit their parent's opacity in IE for no good reason. This can lead to unexpected behaviour when you want to fade/hide an element and...
To fix it, give the parent element defining the opacity a non-static positioning. For example: .parent { opacity: 0.2; position: relative; /* for IE */ } While the linked article describes...
Pour color on your Rails console with awesome_print. Turn confusing long strings into formatted output. Have objects and classes laid out clearly whenever you need it. Put gem 'awesome...
...ap that will give you a colored, formatted output of whatever you pass it. See the example output of the User class below. For customization visit the repository on Github...
If you're using the Capybara webdriver, steps sometimes fail because the browser hasn't finished loading the next page yet, or it still has a pending AJAX request. You...
...ll often see workarounds like When I wait for the page to load Then ... Workarounds like this do not work reliably, will result in flickering tests and should be avoided...
You should test the callback methods and its correct invocation in two separate tests. Understand the ActiveRecord note before you move on with this note. Say this is your Spaceship...
...class with a transition launch and a release_docking_clamps callback: class Spaceship state_machine :state, :initial => :docked do event :launch do transition :docked => :en_route end before_transition :on...