Edited on October 7th: I realized after the original post that the code provided was not entirely correct. Specifically, it ignored CDATA values. Methods below have been updated to reflect that fix. The logic for extracting the text values is …
This is actually very simple, but it took a bit to discover so I’m posting it to address that. function getXmlAsString(xmlDomObj){ return (typeof XMLSerializer!==”undefined”) ? (new XMLSerializer()).serializeToString(xmlDomObj) : xmlDomObj.xml; }
The Firebug plug-in is an essential and unparalleled tool for (web) UI development. If you’re not using it, you should be. But in any case, some of its features can make a lazy (or busy) programmer cause serious problems in …
I downloaded Firefox 3.5 last week and while I did notice a slight performance improvement, there are a few unexpected updates as well: Photos look much darker in 3.5 since it uses the embedded ICC profile where other versions/browsers don’t. …
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 …
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 …
You’ll probably never need to do this (and given the solution, you’ll have an extra reason for not doing it), but just in case you need it that one time, here it is. So, for whatever reason, you need a …
Microsoft’s Silverlight plugin is finding its way to more and more high profile websites. NBC used it to broadcast the Beijing Olympics and major sport sites are using to show live games and highlights. (I should note that Silverlight is …
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 …
We see fading headlines on the Apple site as well as lots of news and media websites. Rather than listing all of headlines in a “stack”, they use much less real estate by having all headlines displayed in a smaller …