Author: Christian Heilmann
An international Developer Evangelist working for Mozilla in the lovely town of London, England.
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Entering The Wonderful World of Geo Location
- March 8th, 2010
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I thought I could not be out-geeked. With a background in radio, and having dabbled in the demo scene on the Commodore 64 and hung out on BBSes and IRC for a long time and all the other things normal kids don’t quite get, I thought I was safe in ...
Read more...The Seven Deadly Sins Of JavaScript Implementation
- February 22nd, 2010
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Using JavaScript has become increasingly easy over the last few years. Whereas back in the day we needed to know the quirks of every browser, now many libraries such as jQuery, YUI, Dojo and MooTools allow someone who doesn’t even know JavaScript to spruce up boring HTML documents with impressive ...
Read more...Developing Sites With AJAX: Design Challenges and Common Issues
- February 10th, 2010
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Almost every movie has a scene in which a character pull the protagonist aside and says, “There’s something you should know about [insert another character's name here].” Most of the time, we find out some dark secret about a supposed friend of the protagonist or that the main ally is ...
Read more...Find The Right JavaScript Solution With A 7-Step Test
- January 21st, 2010
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As Web developers and designers, we are spoilt for choice right now. To build a complex Web application or even just spice up a website with some highly interactive interface element, we have hundreds of pre-built solutions to choose from. Every library comes with widgets and solutions, and every developer ...
Read more...Web Security: Are You Part Of The Problem?
- January 14th, 2010
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Website security is an interesting topic and should be high on the radar of anyone who has a Web presence under their control. Ineffective Web security leads to all of the things that make us hate the Web: spam, viruses, identity theft, to name a few. The problem with Web security ...
Read more...Website Performance: What To Know and What You Can Do
- January 6th, 2010
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Website performance is a hugely important topic, so much so that the big companies of the Web are obsessed with it. For the Googles, Yahoos, Amazons and eBays, slow websites mean fewer users and less happy users and thus lost revenue and reputation. In your case, annoying a few users ...
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