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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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...