Updates?

Appologies for not posting recently.  Things have been pretty crazy at work (mlb.com) with an abundance of new products and features.  Also, we just launched the new TigerWoods.com, built with Groovy and FreeMarker over a custom MVC framework.  Compared to …

Firebug 1.3 Memory Problems

I really can’t imagine doing serious JavaScript development and DOM manipulation without the help of Firebug, however since installing version 1.3 – I’m using Firefox 3.0.5 on Windows XP – I noticed that the amount of memory it causes the …

Google Chrome by Default

Google Chrome has recently become my default browser.  When developing, Firefox still takes the cake due to my dependency on the Firebug plugin (though version 1.3 has been a little buggy), and various features of the handy Web Developer toolbar. …

Links vs. JavaScript Event Handlers

Anchor tags are frequently used to do something other than what they were meant for, such as executing some JavaScript code.  I’m talking about cases such as these: <a href=”javascript:doSomething()”>Click Here</a> // or… <a href=”javascript:void(0)” onclick=”doSomething()”>Click Here</a> Both of these …

Best Cheat Sheets for Web Developers

A colleague of mine sent out a link to a very resourceful page containing very helpful cheat sheets for web developers.  Get them here: http://www.webappers.com/2008/11/05/best-cheat-sheets-for-web-developers/ I haven’t seen the WebAppers site before, but it definitely deserves a bookmark and periodic …

Simple JavaScript and CSS File Bundler

Optimizing web page loading is not a new subject, but it remains one that doesn’t get as much attention as it deserves.  Web/UI developers often assume that site performance is mostly attributed to back-end operations (database interactions, processing, etc.), servers …