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New Goodies
- Refactoring HTML: Well-Formedness
The first step in moving markup into modern form is to make it well-formed. Well-formedness guarantees a single unique tree structure for the document that can be operated on by the DOM, thus making it the basis of reliable, cross-browser JavaScript.
- How to Develop Web Applications with Ajax: Part 1
In the past, Web applications were limited because a Web page had to be reloaded (or another page loaded in its place) in order for new data to be obtained. Recently, a new method, known as "Ajax" (Asynchronous Javascript and XML applications) asynchronously retrieves XML data via JavaScript. Ajax will allow you to take your Web applications to the next level.
Featured Goodies
- Getting Started with Silverlight
Despite the options available with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, accommodating their differences can be maddening. Enter Silverlight, a plug-in for multiple Web browsers on multiple platforms that makes it easier to create rich content.
- Giving Caches a Chance
Though it tends to get treated poorly, HTTP isn't a dumb file-transfer protocol. It allows you to specify an intention with your requests (GET/POST, with PUT and DELETE available) and offers authentication. The focus of this article, however, is about caching.
Beyond HTML
- How to use CSS for Flickerless Image Replacement
One major use of CSS is the styling of unordered lists used to hold menu links. This week, you'll learn how to remove the unordered list items, replace them with images and using two images per link, have a hover state that is flicker free in Internet Explorer.
- How to Use a JavaScript Query String Parser
In this article you'll learn how to obtain and use the data from the query string portion of the URL by using a JavaScript query string parser. This script is especially useful for people whose Web sites are served by free hosting providers.
HTML and Graphics Tutorials
Primers
- Customizing a MySpace Page for a Band
Most musicians today have a Web site which they use to market their CD's, band schedules and merchandise. Among the many marketing options, one approach is to customize a Web page on MySpace to use for your band. This week you'll learn how.
- Work on Computers or in the Computer Industry? Texas Law May Affect You!
A Texas law passed in 2007 has computer repair shops statewide up in arms. Seemingly pressured by the Private Investigator lobby, lawmakers enacted House Bill 2833, which seems to require computer repair personnel to obtain a Private Investigator license before being allowed to work on customers' computers.
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