From the Masters-of-APIs themselves, comes an insightful presentation on how to create APIs. A worthwhile read for anyone needing to create one. Or just interact with other people, for that matter… Thanks, Alla! Happy APIing, Atg Top⇪
Category Archives: web development
Apple Safari Browser for Windows PC
Continuing on my last post’s theme, developers have to always develop for multiple browsers on multiple operating systems (OS). Typically, in order to develop a website and ensure that it works properly in both a Windows OS and a Mac … Continue reading
Test if a File or URL Exists or Check Last Modified Date
Jim Ley writes a very in-depth article about using Ajax calls to test the validity of URLs, test for file existence, or check last-modified dates of files. While the benefits of checking last-modified dates and testing for a valid URL … Continue reading
Multiple versions of Internet Explorer (IE)
A must for any web developer is making sure your website work consistently in all “current” web browsers (we have to define what is “current” based on each website’s demographics: a financial website, like a hedge fund website, probably doesn’t … Continue reading
Testing if a JavaScript Function Exists in IE
Oh IE, how I doth loathe thee… In an attempt to work around the impending JavaScript breakages that IE8 and InPrivate Browsing will soon bring to many sites around the web 1, a major IE bug-a-boo has been encountered… So … Continue reading
Browser Compatibility Testing from PPK
From Mr. Compatibility himself, PPK, comes an amazing collection of compatibility tests. Happy testing, thanks for the referral, Dan, Atg Top⇪
Guide for Developing Using a Fluid Grid
Its been a long time since I had the patience to deal with (or even think about) fluid grid designs, but this article, written by Ethan Marcotte for A List Apart, is well worth the read! From the ratio the … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
And now for a little trip down HTML4-Memory-Lane… http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/04/16/html-the-top-five-forgotten-elements/ http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/02/24/five-under-used-html-tags/ Happy coding, Atg Top⇪
New Font Replacement Technique
Until @font-face catches on, this looks to be a pretty slick alternative to sIFR. Though this does still leave your/your clients’ font files vulnerable to the vicious font thieves of the world… Anyone ready to dive in??? Happy fonting, Atg … Continue reading
How Web-Safe is Your Font Stack?
A recent newsletter from SitePoint brings to light a couple of fonts I would have not thought to be “web safe”: Palatino, anyone? While none of the “new” options are 100%, I was quite surprised to see several fonts with … Continue reading