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May 19, 2012

Rails Todo App with Scaffolding

Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read

In this quick video I wanted to demonstrate how quickly and easy it can be to create a small todo list app using Ruby on Rails. Below is the short video which will show you how you can create a todo list app in about 60 seconds. Run the following ...

April 4, 2012

5 Excellent Tools for Finding the Perfect Domain

Written by Tony Lea - 2 minute read

Doesn't it seem like all the good '.com' domains are taken? I love coming up with new ideas, but when it comes to finding a new domain name it becomes impossible to find an available domain that fits the shoes for my new website project. Shouldn't fi...

April 4, 2012

How to detect radio box change with jQuery

Written by Tony Lea - 2 minute read

I'm constantly finding myself searching Google when I need to find out how to detect when a radio box has been changed using jQuery, and sometimes I have to search down a couple results til I finally find one that works. So, since this may come up ag...

April 3, 2012

How to talk to the parent page from an iframe

Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read

Somtimes you need a way to communicate with an iframe. Talking directly to the iframe can be done by sending parameters via the src URL, but what if you need a simple way to pass something from an iframe to the parent page? Well, the simplest way to ...

March 15, 2012

Infinite Scroll Loading Image and Text

Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read

So, many of you may have heard about the amazing jquery plug-in called 'Infinite-Scroll'. If you haven't you need to check it out here. Anyway, when I was trying to incorporate this plug-in to my site, it was very easy; however, I could not for the ...

March 2, 2012

Animating a Sprite with jQuery

Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read

Animating a sprite with jQuery is very simple. I have created a simple sprite animation to show you how this is done. I have used a png image of Mario from the SNES 'Super Mario World'. You can see what the image looks like below: Check out the demo...

February 16, 2012

Getting to know your MediaTemple (dv) server

Written by Tony Lea - 4 minute read

So, you finally upgraded from a Grid/Shared server and moved to a Dedicated Virtual (dv) server. MediaTemple sure knows how to entice people with their fancy graphics and awesome looking server images. Now, I know you didn't purchase this server just...

February 14, 2012

Impress JS - Truly Impressive Javascript

Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read

If you haven't had a chance to checkout Impress JS yet, then I would highly recommend doing so. What is Impress JS? Why... Thanks for asking. Impress JS is a light-weight javascript library for displaying presentations in your web browser. The Impres...

February 6, 2012

Coda - The ultimate web development tool

Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read

So, when I first switched to a mac, the IDE that fell in my lap was Coda. I was absolutely amazed at what this wonderful IDE app could do for me. I had heard a lot of people talking and praising TextMate so I decided to venture over to TextMate and s...

February 2, 2012

Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby

Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read

You're a PHP programmer and you know all about the latest and greatest frameworks. You are also pretty good with Wordpress themes and plugins. PHP seems to be the language for you... But, there's one framework... Or better yet 'language' that you ke...

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