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Is it time to drop jQuery Essentials to learning JavaScript from a jQuery background
Todd Motto
Jun 25, 2013
jQuery has been a godsend to pretty much all of us front-end developers since its release, its intuitive methods, easy functions make light work of...
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Re-engineering the jBar plugin with Immediately-Invoked-Data-Expressions
Todd Motto
Jun 1, 2013
Earlier this week I wrote about IIDE, Immediately-Invoked-Data-Expressions. Not an official term as such but an insight into the explanation of wha...
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Revisiting SVG workflow for performance and progressive development with transparent data URIs
Todd Motto
May 30, 2013
A few months ago I covered a range of SVG techniques that proved to be a great progression for developers looking to ‘get into’ SVG development. Fo...
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IIDE, Immediate-Invoked-Data-Expressions, data-init and using HTML5 to call your JavaScript jQuery
Todd Motto
May 28, 2013
There’s something that’s been at the back of my mind ever since I’ve started writing JavaScript and jQuery, and I think I’ve finally got it down on...
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Simple HTML5 data- jQuery tabs, markup free and relative to their container for ultimate re-use
Todd Motto
May 20, 2013
One of my favourite additions to the HTML5 spec is data-* attributes, they’re useful for such an array of things. I love integrating them into jQue...
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Progressively enhancing HTML5 forms, creating a required attribute fallback with jQuery
Todd Motto
May 20, 2013
HTML5 required attributes are a fantastic addition to the HTML5 spec, they save a lot of time when working on client-side form validation and enhan...
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data-js selectors, enhancing HTML5 development by separating CSS from JavaScript
Todd Motto
Apr 19, 2013
I’ve started introducing a new concept into my JavaScript workflow and I really think it’s worth sharing:
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Flaunt.js for stylish responsive navigations with nested click-to-reveal
Todd Motto
Mar 24, 2013
Flaunt.js is a jQuery script that allows you to create a responsive, nested navigation out the box. Flaunt was built to overcome responsive design ...
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Storing data in the browser with the HTML5 localStorage API
Todd Motto
Mar 14, 2013
HTML5 localStorage is an HTML5 API that allows us to save string data in the browser. localStorage is part of the web storage specification, it als...
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Building an HTML5 responsive menu with media queries and JavaScript
Todd Motto
Mar 12, 2013
Responsive navigation menus come in all different shapes and sizes, you might recall my post on creating a dynamic select menu from an existing men...
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Introducing SuperBox the re-imagined lightbox gallery
Todd Motto
Mar 8, 2013
SuperBox is a new jQuery plugin I’ve been composing over the last few days. SuperBox takes the whole ‘image’ and ‘lightbox’ one step further, reduc...
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Attaching event handlers to dynamically created JavaScript elements
Todd Motto
Mar 5, 2013
When working with JavaScript, you can sometimes need to create new elements on-the-fly, and from that, you’ll need to do something with that new el...
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