A personal recap of SXSW 2009, focusing on the value of presentations, networking, and tech-focused conversations at the conference.
A defense of JavaScript developers against elitism from other programmers, highlighting the language's unique complexities and challenges.
A JavaScript class for creating cross-browser, imageless linear gradients using Canvas for modern browsers and filters for IE.
A developer shares a JavaScript bookmarklet to automatically resize and center mockup images in the browser for better design review.
A developer shares lessons learned from attending SXSW, focusing on flexible scheduling and the value of networking at tech conferences.
A guide to detecting RGBA and other CSS3 value support in browsers using JavaScript feature detection techniques.
Comparing JavaScript type-checking methods, showing that elegant, short code isn't always the fastest, with performance benchmarks.
A tutorial on building an offline-capable ASP.NET MVC notebook application using Google Gears for local data storage and synchronization.
Learn how to use javascript: URIs in the address bar for quick debugging in browsers without a console, like IE6 or Opera.
Essential browser bugs and workarounds developers need to know when coding JavaScript without libraries.
Argues for mandatory, silent browser updates to improve web development and security, eliminating legacy browser testing.
A guide to detecting the current browser's CSS vendor prefix using JavaScript, addressing cross-browser compatibility issues.
Extending JavaScript's Math.round, Math.ceil, and Math.floor functions to support precision parameters for decimal rounding.
A bookmarklet that detects which JavaScript libraries and their versions are used on any webpage you visit.
Learn how to detect browser support for specific CSS properties using JavaScript feature detection instead of browser sniffing.
A developer modifies the jQuery Pageslide plugin to support multiple, independently configured slideshows on a single webpage.
Explains HTML5's Cross Document Messaging API for secure communication between web documents using JavaScript's postMessage method.
Announcement of the first release of a WordPress plugin for integrating Disqus comments into blog posts.
Microsoft's Mix Online community releases Oomph, a cross-browser JavaScript toolkit for extracting and using Microformats data from web pages.
An exploration of the Properties Pattern, a flexible but often overlooked design pattern for software modeling and persistence.
