If you create a regular expression and set its global flag to true, it is important to note that if you want to test multiple strings against that RegExp using the test() function you will most-likely want to zero out the regular expression’s lastIndex property. Take the following code for Read more…
Today I saw a question about changing content without necessarily using JavaScript to do so. Recently I have had to do a little bit more with CSS and think of more solutions with JS. Thusly I came up with a somewhat elegant solution to replacing content on hover without JS: Read more…
Recently I have been involved in modifying websites with a module that allows for CSS and JS insertion. A bothersome issue that has arisen a few times is the fact that this tool doesn’t currently provide a way to remove the text nodes of just the targeted element. Fortunately, I Read more…
A few coworkers have asked me why I didn’t have Git setup on my Mac so that when I am in a repository it will show which branch. I finally set that up and did a little extra inside of my ~/.bash_profile. The following lines were added to get everything Read more…
I have been writing HTML, CSS, and JS for about 13 years now and I can say that I have not met any computer savvy person who honestly thinks IE6 is a good browser compared to the others. That being said, believe it or not, there is a site out Read more…
Many times I find myself writing code which involves finding a random number in a given range. Often times that number needs to be an integer. Since this is such a common task, I figured I would share a brief snippet of code with you all: The above function can Read more…
A few months ago I wrote a blog post about extensions to the Date.prototype. That post provided ways to add date parts and subtract date parts. Today’s post shows you how to use a generic Date.prototype.diff() function to find the difference between two dates and optionally return a string specifying Read more…
The first thing that I programmed on was a Casio fx-7400G PLUS (graphing calculator). Though very simple, it helped me get the basics down. One of the first programs that I made was one that would take a number and then draw a star with that many sides. Today, I Read more…
Recently, the IT department was under a bit of pressure to to eliminate a Trojan Virus which was replacing folders with applications that had folder icons and hiding the folders in such a way that they couldn’t be hidden by just going to the properties dialog box. Fortunately, one member Read more…
At times, integrating other technologies can be a very strenuous task. Yesterday I was trying to figure out a way to redirect to a page using POST variables and not GET variables. After scouring the web for a PHP solution, I decided to approach things differently and use JavaScript to Read more…