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Sep
05
Improve web application security with jQuery Mobile
A must-read tutorial that takes you through important steps to improve your web application / site security using jQuery Mobile. The author, John Leitch, covers such vulnerabilities such as: Cross-site scripting, Cross-site request forgery, Broken access control, SQL injection, and more.
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Many web developers consider security a low priority. Security is frequently relegated to the end of the software development life cycle, as little more than an afterthought. Sometimes, software security is neglected entirely, resulting in applications rife with common vulnerabilities. Because such bugs might manifest only under conditions present during an attack, they can be hard to detect prior to such events without knowledge of how the exploitation process works. Using a web application built with jQuery Mobile, PHP, and MySQL, this tutorial shows how many types of vulnerabilities occur along with common methods of exploitation and, most importantly, their respective countermeasures.
Sep
05
jQuery Mobile and JSON
Frank Ableson, of Navitend, has written a very nice tutorial that goes into detail about how to utilize the jQuery Mobile framework to build rich content sites regardless of viewing device. The great thing about this tutorial is you can follow along and participate by performing the steps needed and see your results as you are working through it.
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jQuery powers many of the sites on the Internet today, providing dynamic user experience in the browser and helping to make traditional desktop applications increasingly rare. Now that browsers found on the major mobile platforms have caught up to desktop browser functionality, the jQuery team has introduced jQuery Mobile, or JQM. The mission of JQM is to bring a universal experience to all major mobile browsers, enabling rich content across the Internet, regardless of the viewing device. This tutorial examines fundamental design concepts around jQuery Mobile in the context of a sales force automation-oriented application. You create an intuitive and visually appealing mobile web application that interacts with an Internet-hosted website to store and manage sales opportunities.
Aug
31
jQuery 1.6.3 RC1 Released
The jQuery 1.6.3 RC1 was released a couple days ago and is ready for those in the jQuery community to start testing on their development environments. If you feel you can help with the testing process or need to report anything you have found, please visit their official blog for more details below.
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jQuery 1.6.3 is almost ready to roll! We need your help with this release candidate to be sure we’ve got everything right.
Aug
31
Animated intro page using Jquery
Intro pages have always been at the forefront of web page design. Over the years there have been several techniques used such as Flash, static splash screens, and more. This article takes you through steps that can add a different element to your intro page by using jQuery animations and other effects.
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Since the very beginning of the Web, I always remembered the Intro pages. So, today we are going to create a unique Intro page using Jquery. The magic is that the we will not use Flash or a separate html Intro page. All the content and the Intro buttons will be loaded and displayed in the page itself with some cool animations. Also I have designed one simple template for Joomla 1.5 and 1.6 using the intro
Aug
26
Ultimate Guide to Business Cards
Very interesting article posted over at YouTheDesigner that looks in-depth at business card designs as well as infographics. As a telecommuter, I have little need for business cards, but it is amazing to see the evolution of them throughout the years. An interesting read…
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So much has changed in the years since business cards have first been used and it is amazing how people have shifted from one particular style to another. Designers for one, always have an excuse to have a new batch of cards printed out. Business cards, after all, are indispensable tools in finding new clients or expanding one’s network. Professionals from all fields of interest think so, too.
Aug
26
Invaluable command line tools for web developers
There are some tools that make life a bit easier and the following article explores a few of these invaluable command-line tools that you should fit into your toolbox.
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Life as a web developer can be hard when things start going wrong. The problem could be in any number of places. Is there a problem with the request your sending, is the problem with the response, is there a problem with a request in a third party library you’re using, is an external API failing? There are lots of different tools that can make our life a little bit easier. Here are some command line tools that I’ve found to be invaluable.
Aug
26
jQuery Really Simple Tabs
Over at Switch on the Code, they have posted an article describing a quick and simple way of achieving interactive tabs using jQuery without involving the jQuery UI library.
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Once again, we find ourselves opening up our favorite IDE and looking jQuery straight in the eye. However, instead of a complex script that controls an alien mothership, we are going to build some really simple, yet useful, tabs. Even though jQuery UI offers some pretty cool tab objects, it is still a very large library and sometimes you just need some simple tabs. Today, we are going to tackle this.
Aug
25
Understanding jQuery Plugins
jQuery is not only the most popular Javascript library, it has quickly become one of the most widely used web design technologies on the web (according to this article). Using the jQuery library is quite easy and provides a wide range of features out of the box, however you will undoubtedly need to deal with jQuery plugins at one time or another. Whether developing your own jQuery plugin or just needing to modify / understand one developed by someone else, there are many details that are a bit quirky and hard to grasp. The below article / tutorial goes into detail to help you understand jQuery plugins more.
If you’re here, I’m sure it’s no surprise jQuery is an easy library to use. jQuery may be easy, but it still has its quirks and can be difficult for some to grasp beyond basic functionality and concepts. No worries, I’ve got a simple guide here to help break down code, that may seem like overly complex syntax, into simple thoughts and patterns that can be easily understood.
Aug
24
Shoutbox using PHP and AJAX (with jQuery)
Over @ yensdesign, they have posted a detailed tutorial on how to create a shoutbox utilizing PHP, MySQL, AJAX, and jQuery. It steps you through CSS layout design, how to create the table needed for the MySQL database, and shows how jQuery.ajax() function works to post and retrieve data from a PHP file.
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We will learn how to create a dynamic ajax based shoutbox with jQuery from scratch. It will be very interesting to know how to use the ajax function of jQuery and how it can be used to insert and recover data from a MySQL database via PHP in a way asynchronous.
Aug
24
15 Creative Jquery Powered Sites For Inspiration
It is always nice to browse the internet now and then to see how sites are using various technologies such as jQuery. It keeps your mind up-to-date I would like to think. It also is a great way to get inspired. As we all know, designer’s block will eventually creep up to all of us at one time or another and browsing other sites allows us to get those creative juices flowing again. SkyTechGeek has posted an article “15 Creative Jquery Powered Sites For Inspiration” and taken the task out of finding jQuery related sites for us.
In today’s web design Jquery has become the most desirable and site enhancing powered framework for web developers. Jquery enables web designers in creating more innovative websites whilst making them user friendly simulatneously. Jquery powered websites are not only beautiful but more responsive and load quicker than the normal Flash powered websites.
