Technology is forever changing; even now there are brilliant minds at work that are trying to make the world of tomorrow more convenient for the minds of today. The Internet is an area of great technological innovation. Connecting to people across the globe is truly one of the biggest improvements we have made in our lives, and yet we can still make what we have better, and this ambition is what keeps our technologies recent and useful.
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In 1996, Macromedia launched its famous vector-based animation software, Macromedia Flash – now Adobe Flash with the acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe in 2005. While JavaScript was introduced by Netscape in 1995, it wasn’t until Microsoft incorporated it into the 1997 version of Internet Explorer 4.0 that JavaScript started to get real recognition as a notable programming language for the web. However, JavaScript was incredibly slow back then and browsers simply did not have the processing power to cope with advanced use of the language.
Now, over a decade since its inception, JavaScript has grown by leaps and bounds to become intrinsic to web development. With the advent of AJAX (asynchronous JavaScript and XML) techniques and the proliferation of JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as jQuery, JavaScript is poised to dominate the web development world.
Perhaps one of the biggest things every developer shares is trying to find ways to speed up their production. Because after all we would much rather be out in the sun at the beach rather than stuck in an office. Below are 10 tips and tricks (in no particular order) I have found to help speed up production, workflow and even working with clients.
1. Find a good medium for support whenever you get stuck. We all have those moments were we can’t figure out a bug or the client has some off the wall request that doesn’t even seem possible. At first I must admit I was very weary of forums or support communities but, it’s grown on me. My favorite is webmasterworld.com they have tremendous support with everything from seo tips, to zen-cart help. Whenever I get really stuck I’ll just submit a question to webmasterworld and within a day or two usually get the answer.
All of you who like databases, SQL and girls, but when you try to type SQL query you got an error, and when you try to talk to a girl you got slap in the face, read this carefully and enjoy.
If you’re tired of your buddies saying “Go home you’ve never seen a naked woman before” or “When will you lose your virginity already” this post is just right for you.
Tutorial “SQL stands 4 -> Sex Query Language” will help you to regain your confidence and SQL knowledge!
Many of you will say “Who needs girls when I have SQL” and offer strong argumentation like “Has your girl ever helped you join five tables, order them by date, and then insert into another table?” NO! But SQL did!
But then you should ask yourself “Has SQL ever made a breakfast for me and brought it to bed, or when has SQL surprised me, after a hard day, in sexy underwear?”
Don’t be modest, own both a woman and an SQL and have best of both worlds.
My 5 favorite sexy queries:
Have you noticed that vote (or poll) results on your website are not as accurate as you thought they would be? Web bots are to be blamed for this trickery. They follow each link on your page and voting links are no exception. Voting scripts usually allow one vote per user and ban any further voting attempts from the same IP address. So, web bots are allowed to vote only once, just as any other visitor. Each of them will hit the lowest rating link first, vote and make the total score for item lower then it would really be unless you somehow manage to ban them from following the voting links.
To tell a web bot or a robot not to follow particular link we use “rel” attribute of the <A> tag with its value set to ”nofollow”. This is enough for Google, Yahoo and other search engines’ bots but it will not stop other, somewhat more “curious” bots, from following the link. (more…)
Ever had a problem with implementing PayPal Payflow Link in Zen Cart and making Silent Post URL to work?
I had for a while and it was a challenge. I made a whole site in Zen Cart (Web Design Beach favorite shopping cart solution) and couldn’t just give up at the end, because of Silent Post URL problem. There was only one way out - either to find someone to fix it for me or me, myself and I against PayPal’s Payflow link, Silent Post URL and Zen Cart. (more…)
