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• How to identify a "dofollow" blog/site?

  

  By mvark : 01 July 2010 - 12:25 AM

  There are 200+ Webmaster Help videos on search engine optimization on YouTube featuring Matt Cutts, Google's most visible anti-spam engineer. Answering a question in one of the videos on whether ...

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  • SEO
  • bookmarklet
  • Browsers
  • JavaScript
  • Google

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• A Google front-end developer weighs in on browser testing and tools

  

  By macslocum : 07 June 2010 - 05:38 AM

  Being a bit of a web browser geek (if there is such a thing), I got a real kick out of interviewing Lindsey Simon, a front-end developer for Google's user experience team and a speaker at the upcoming...

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  • JavaScript
  • Google
  • browser testing
  • browser
  • web browsers
  • HTML5
  • Velocity

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• HTML, CSS and JavaScript: The other way to develop mobile apps

  

  By macslocum : 01 June 2010 - 05:12 AM

  Certain companies aren't too keen on cross-platform mobile apps, and that puts developers in a bind. Should they pour time and resources into one form of development? Should they hedge their bets on a...

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  • app development
  • mobile
  • JavaScript
  • CSS
  • HTML

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• Yielding with JavaScript Timers

  

  By adfm : 17 May 2010 - 09:42 AM

  If you're experiencing a little UI lag with your web app, you might consider using a Javascript timer to even things out. This excerpt from Nicholas C. Zakas' High Performance Jav ...

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  • performance
  • UX
  • UI
  • timers
  • JavaScript

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• Doug Crockford discusses JavaScript & HTML5 security issues

  

  By filmbilly : 12 May 2010 - 04:33 PM

  Doug Crockford discusses the future of Javascript and his concerns about HTML5's security. He feels that there is 'too much kitchen sink' in HTML5 and the potential for cross-site scripting...

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  • javascript
  • html 5

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• Running a CouchDB Query Using MapReduce

  

  By adfm : 23 April 2010 - 01:45 PM

  Querying CouchDB can be confusing to someone familiar with querying a relational database. This excerpt from Anderson, Lehnardt, & Slater's CouchDB: The Definitive Guide introduces you to using ...

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  • JSON
  • javascript
  • MapReduce
  • CouchDB
  • cloud
  • NoSQL

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• Avoid Double Evaluation for Faster JavaScript

  

  By adfm : 19 April 2010 - 04:04 PM

  Dramatically speed up Javascript execution by simply avoiding excessive use of eval() and similar functions. This excerpt from Nicholas C. Zakas' High Performance Javascript will...

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  • javascript
  • performance
  • ajax

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• Introducing the Web Workers API

  

  By adfm : 15 April 2010 - 02:06 PM

  Web workers offer a potential performance increase and the ability to execute code outside the browser UI. This excerpt from Nicholas C. Zakas' High Performance Javascript introduces you t...

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  • API
  • web workers
  • HTML5
  • javascript

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• iPad/iPhone Web Apps: What software do you need?

  

  By bmclaugh : 05 April 2010 - 11:02 AM

  If you're going to develop web applications that function on an iPhone or iPad, you're going to need some software. In this screencast, Jonathan Stark walks through exactly what you need to get downlo...

  Tags:

  • ipad
  • iphone
  • html
  • css
  • javascript
  • web applications
  • video
  • screencast

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• Trouble positioning a <div > with javascript.

  Asked by rmtryon : 13 March 2010 - 07:45 AM

  

  Answered by spelchec : Mar 16 2010 09:39 PM
  The problem with this code is that on the initial load, the image hasn't loaded into the img tag. You can also force this improper rendering by hitting Ctrl-F5. As a result, the position is being... full answer >

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  • javascript
  • position
  • xhtml

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