Category Archives: Web Development & Design

HTML5: “No actual W3C Recommendation status until at least 2022″ ???

This InfoWorld article talks briefly about the promise of HTML5 and the potential problems with it due its slow-moving standards body WHATWG. The acknowledgement that HTML5 won’t really be finalized until 2022 made me blink twice. Or thrice. Seriously, 2022? … Continue reading

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Free Checkered Web Design Pattern: Carbon Fiber

Another free pattern, a checkered shiny one this time, designed by RubelCreative from Brusheezy. Continue reading

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Free Photoshop Brushes: Watercolor Splatters

Take a look at this free set of artistic & hi-res brushes featuring watercolor splatters for use in your web designs. Highly recommended. Continue reading

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Smoothly scroll to anchor links with LocalScroll

Use this free jQuery plugin to create a smooth scrolling effect when clicking on links to anchors on a page. Continue reading

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5 Free Grunge Webdesign Textures

Here are 5 free grunge textures for use on your website. Includes how to customize the textures and implement it on your site. Continue reading

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Namespaces in JavaScript: How To

A concise how-to article on namespacing your JavaScript so it’s prettier and more OO-like. Continue reading

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Flex/AIR: DynamicEvent

Applies to: Adobe Flex & AIR A DynamicEvent is a type of custom event in Flex that is easier and quicker to set up than the full-blown approach. By applying the latter method, you normally go through the following steps: … Continue reading

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AS3: How to set focus to an empty textfield

Bent your mind over how to set focus to a textfield in ActionScript 3? The solution. Continue reading

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Free Icons: Function Icon Set [Webdesign]

The free ‘Function Icon Set’ from wefunction.com features 128 icons in pleasingly neutral color schemes. They aren’t awfully big – at generally 48 x 48 pixels – but certainly large enough for web design work. When designing websites, it’s often … Continue reading

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How to: Set up your PC to Develop Ruby on Rails

Web development of is an area of general heterogeneousness when it comes to the tools used to develop for it. ‘Regular’ standalone software development is often characterized by its standardized development regime, with its compilers and IDEs (Integrated Development Environments) … Continue reading

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