Category Archive: Frameworks
May 17, 2010 - 25 CommentsAjax,Frameworks,Javascript,Web Design
Almost all of the rich web applications that we currently see on the web today rely on a subtle set of UI controls, libraries or frameworks (or toolkits) that not only greatly simplify application development, they also provide a consistent, reliable, and highly interactive User Interface. What more could you ask for? Currently, there are [...]
May 12, 2010 - 15 CommentsCMS (Content Management),Flash Design,Frameworks,Web Design
Despite the rumors, Flash websites are still very much popular. Flash does provide a unique and rich user experience with its amazing animations, unique effects, its somewhat genius interactivity. Yes, Flash can be beautiful, but it is also very difficult to learn and is certainly very difficult to easily update (especially for clients) and maintain. [...]
March 1, 2010 - 65 CommentsAjax,Frameworks,Javascript,Web Design
// Keeping up with the new jQuery plugin releases and developments sometimes feels like a full-time job! Every other day something new and better crops up that catches the eye and you think yourself “Wow, that looks good, I could use that!“. For this post I have collected 25 of the best newly (or, pretty [...]
February 3, 2010 - 63 CommentsAjax,Frameworks,Javascript,Popular,Web Design
At first glance the Google Map API may seem scary, I mean, were do you possibly start? You probably only want to display a simple map that displays directions to your clients address, you don’t really want an all singing and dancing interactive map with more options than necessary. There has to be a simpler [...]
January 20, 2010 - 28 CommentsAjax,Frameworks,Javascript,Web Design
There are many many tutorials and plugins for the jQuery core, but not so many that focus on jQuery UI. jQuery UI has been criticized in the past for its lack of documentation and support, but times have changed. Accompanied by its content rich website, in-depth docs and, especially, support from the jQuery community as a whole, jQuery UI has become huge and has never been easier to use.
October 26, 2009 - 34 CommentsCSS,Frameworks,Web Design
CSS frameworks are a Gods send. They speed up development, ensure usability, meet all W3C standards, compatabile across most browsers and a hell of a lot more. Sounds marvelous doesn’t it. Why doesn’t everybody use them? Well, for the novice developer, frameworks, may be a little bit tricky to get there head around? That is were this article comes in, to hopefully give everybody a better understanding of what a framework is and how to use it effectively.
February 4, 2009 - 51 CommentsCSS,Frameworks
Have you ever even tried to create your own CSS graph? If you have, you will know how hard it is. Using Flash is one way to go, but you just can’t beat a beautifully crafted CSS Graph. Have a look at these tutorials and techniques. PHP and CSS- A Simple Graph Link : PHP [...]
December 15, 2008 - 69 CommentsAjax,Frameworks,Javascript,Popular
This is an update on a previous article I wrote about mooTools (41 of the Best…), some plugins have been removed, some have been updated and a fair few have been added. mooTools is truelly hot on the heels of jQuery!!! Can it be better?
August 19, 2008 - 25 CommentsAjax,Frameworks,Javascript
I have taken all of the Ajax and JavaScript posts that I have written over the past year and analyzed the stats and figures (outgoing links, page popularity etc. ) to find what really are the best free Ajax Resources. This has been a good exercise in tracking current Ajax web trends.
April 27, 2008 - 86 CommentsAjax,Frameworks,Javascript,Popular,Social Bookmark,Wordpress,Wordpress Plugins
This list below has took me a few weeks to compile, I have sifted the net and came up with 155 of the best WordPress Resources, covering, tutorials,plugins, themes, WP and AJAX, forums, podcasting, WP and DIGG (social bookmarking)…and on…and the list goes on and on… I think I have covered everything. Everything here for [...]
April 20, 2008 - 12 CommentsFrameworks
Below is a compilation of 60 Ruby on Rails resources, ranging from Tutorials, Cheatsheets, Reference, Forums, Podcasts, Screencasts…











