In web development, taking screenshots to share with others (e.g. clients) is something that is done with some frequency. By default, taking screenshots produces hard-edged images and doesn’t look all that great. In order to add a little bit of a professional looking something extra, I like to add drop shadows to screenshots. I work …
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Optional properties with JavaScript
JavaScript has been around for ages and as a backend developer I have usually left it alone to let the “Front-Enders” to deal with unless absolutely necessary. That’s not to say I haven’t written my fair share of JS over the years, after all I’ve been dealing with it in one form or another since …
Performance Revisited
Here I am, almost 2 years later, realizing I have learned more about performance in the last couple of weeks than I had ever imagined. Up to this point in my career I have mainly focused on performance and how it relates to the backend of web applications. As I start a new chapter in …
A quick note on performance
Performance discussions have been ramping up over the last few years. So much of an individuals life is spent online so companies are always trying to find ways to get things to the customer faster. Amazon.com has same day delivery in some areas, many internet companies are working on (or already have) gigabit connections for …
So, you want to build websites, huh?
Many years ago, I was introduced to HTML by my favorite high school teacher through a series of tutorials on HTMLGoodies.com titled “So, you want to learn HTML, huh?” by Joe Burns, Ph. D. These articles were written as primers and the writing style really sparked my love of building websites. I started coding that …
Time to give back
I have been building websites in some form or another since 1997. During this time I have learned a lot from a lot of different sources including books, co-workers, and of course, the internet. I have some free time due to a recent change in my life so I would like to use this time …