PHP does NOT suck, and here’s why

Posted by Frank - May 27, 2008 - For techies

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I’m a huge fan of Jeff Atwood and his blog, Coding Horror. He writes in a very approachable manner, using a down-to-earth tone and easy-to-follow examples. He offers useful information to new and experienced coders alike. It’s the one blog I am sure to check on a daily basis. On more than one occasion, Jeff [...]

Using jQuery for DOM event attributes

Posted by Frank - May 10, 2008 - For techies

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My last post discussed my conversion to JavaScript frameworks, and why you should be one too. I explained that I settled on jQuery because it simplified how I write JavaScript without strictly locking me into a set of features and effects. A core part of this flexibility comes from jQuery’s document ready wrapper. It works [...]

Congrats, Jennifer

Posted by Frank - May 2, 2008 - For everyone

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For those of you who don’t know, “veterinarian” is Latin for “hellish education gauntlet.” Anyway, today was my wife’s last day of veterinary school. I just got a phone call from Jennifer saying that she is on her way home, which means she’s done! Congratulations, sweetheart, I’m so very proud of you.

Get a JavaScript framework. Now.

Posted by Frank - May 2, 2008 - For techies

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We’ve been really into jQuery at our office for the past few weeks, and I have to say that I am absolutely in love with it. Coming from the world of writing “classical” JavaScript in “long-hand” format, jQuery appears damn close to magic; I half-expect a mystical gnome to pop out of my monitor when [...]