Following on from our previous post about jQuery, more explanation of why it shouldn’t be learned or used in isolation.

JQuery can be a powerful tool, but it should be used sparingly and only when actually needed.

AJAX stands for Asynchronous Javascript And XML, which is a bit of a misnomer, because the technology is only optionally asynchronous, and almost never uses XML anymore. The name describes the intentions of the original architects, and it has a nice ring to it, so it was kept in spite of the evolution of the […]

I was reminded the other day of a programming technique I first encountered in the early nineties (yep – that’s twenty years ago. How scary is that?). The technique was used in programming animations with java applets, and it involved constructing each frame of the animation off-screen before drawing it on-screen. This simple technique eliminated […]

Discussing some modifications to light-box scripts.