Saving canvas data to an image file with JavaScript and PHP
Saving HTML canvas element data to an image in a user friendly manner is a tricky problem. Let’s look at one way to solve it. ...
Using Leiningen behind a Windows proxy
I’ve been getting familiar with the Leiningen build tool for Clojure but had trouble connecting to the Clojar and Maven repositories behind a proxy. ...
Date.now() in IE6
I was fiddling with a JavaScript timer application and noticed a bug in IE6. I’m sure this is documented elsewhere but I couldn’t find anything with some quick searches; hence this post. ...
The JavaScript click event and hidden input elements
I was recently working with the HTML canvas element and wanted to attach an event to the canvas that would fire the click event of a file input element. I would then hide the input element so that the canvas element was the only way to browse for files. ...
Dissecting jQuery's Fade Animation
Fade animations are a standard tool in any jQuery developer’s toolbox. But how do they really work? Let’s create a small function that encapsulates solely the fade functionality and find out. ...
An Argument Against JavaScript Minification
Developers learn by example. This is no secret. The first advice given to new developers is to read a lot of good source code and the best advice given to experienced developers is to read a lot of good source code. Canonical texts for many languages let the source code say far more than the text. I’m thinking of text’s like Kernighan & Ritchie and Friedman & Felleisen. ...
How to Display HTML5 Notifications
Chrome recently introduced support for HTML Notifications. Following the brief tutorial at HTML5 Rocks I was able to implement this in a matter of minutes and I couldn’t be happier with the results. ...
Constants in JavaScript
How are constants declared in JavaScript? ...
Understanding Closures in JavaScript
Closures are easy. There I said it. Invest a little bit of time, and you will say it too. Follow along with me as I attempt to explain what closures are and how they are used. ...
Safely remove the header from the WordPress TwentyTen theme
WordPress’ new TwentyTen theme is terrific. Well supported, highly modifiable, and with tons of widgets to get the exact layout you desire right out of the box. However, one thing I didn’t like too much was having a big header image on the page. I’m a bit of a minimalist so I wanted to trim down the theme by removing the banner image and the navigation bar. ...