Top Programming Diggs for the last 30 days
Here are what I am judging to be the top 8 Programming posts at Digg for
the last 30 days. These will help you become a better programmer with
MySQL, SQL, Rails, Javascript, CSS, PHP, AJAX, and more.
10 Tips for Optimizing MySQL Queries (That don’t suck)
When
I read the last list of 10 tips for optimizing MySQL
queries I
wanted to scream. They were really bad. So, I spent an hour or so and
wrote up my own list. I think it fares much better. What do you
think? More…
WYSIWYG-ish Textile Editor for Rails
The
Textile Editor Helper (TEH) is a Javascript-based text
formatting toolbar that will be added to select text areas via a Rails
helper. TEH was developed to provide a more WYSIWYG-ish option for
users of our Rails CMS called slate while still letting us use
Textile. More…
15
Javascript Snippets You Can't Live Without
"You
either love Javascript or you hate it. Either way it can
provide great functionality that users love. And it doesn't have to
affect usability. Here are my top 15 Javascript snippits for making
great sites that bit extra special." More…
10
CSS Tips to Make Your Life Easier
This
article shares 10 CSS tips to help make your web
development life easier. More…
Writing
a Digg-Style Popularity Algorithm - From Scratch
"Not
so long ago I was tasked with creating a web site similar
to
Digg - users voted on records in the database, and those deemed popular
were promoted to the front page. But how exactly does such an algorithm
work? Let's take a look under the hood..." More…
On PHP and Libraries
So much emphasis is
placed on JavaScript libraries, but with
PHP all
of the attention is stolen by frameworks. While frameworks are nice,
they do require quite a bit of learning and some major alterations to
coding style — especially MVC frameworks. But sometimes it is
nice to
just have an aid, a simple helping function, instead of a core
... More…
Top
ten things ten years of professional software development has
taught me
Things no-one told me before I
started developing software for
money. More…
Tutorial:
AJAX Made Easy
A very simple tutorial explaining how to add AJAX
functionality to
your website with 3 easy steps. Helpful no matter what your technical
expertise may be... from beginner to advanced. Take existing features
on your site and modernize with this framework. Definitely time
invested in this quality article. More…
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