Strict vs. Loose Comparisons in PHP
Understanding how PHP’s comparison operators work can save you a lot of headache, and hopefully helps you prevent some strange bugs in your projects. More
Creating an App from Scratch: Part 9
Part 9 of the Creating an App from Scratch series, in which Chris Coyier and Jason Lengstorf go over bug fixes, security concerns, and other feature tweaks that occurred after the application went live. More
Creating an App from Scratch Source Files and Giveaway Winner
Chris and I have packaged up the source code and PSD files for our Colored Lists web app and put them up on a splash page that includes navigation to the whole series. Creating a Web App from Scratch Homepage Also… More
Creating an App from Scratch: Part 7
Part 7 of the Creating an App from Scratch series, in which Chris Coyier and Jason Lengstorf explain the PHP and jQuery that make the application’s list handling functions work. More
Creating an App from Scratch: Part 5
Part 5 of the Creating an App from Scratch series, in which Chris Coyier and Jason Lengstorf go over the PHP and MySQL that handles the creation and updating of user accounts. More
Creating an App from Scratch: Part 3
Part 3 of the Creating an App from Scratch series, in which Chris Coyier and Jason Lengstorf cover the workflow and design of the application. More
Creating an App from Scratch: Part 2
Part 2 of the Creating an App from Scratch series, in which Chris Coyier and Jason Lengstorf cover, in great detail, the planning, design, building, and testing of an AJAX-powered web application based on PHP/MySQL. More
How to Implement Natural Sorting in MySQL
A quick tip that allows strings to be sorted in numerical order, avoiding the test1, test10, test2, etc. issue. More
JSON: What It Is, How It Works, & How to Use It
This article will cover the following: What is JSON, why does it matter, and how do we use JSON in a project? We’ll also use our newfound skills with JSON at the end of this project to build a quick app that loads photos from Flickr without requiring a page refresh. More
Easily Create External Links Without the Target Attribute
I’m a big fan of keeping sites valid in XHTML 1.0 Strict. When I first started paying attention to standards, one of the things that stumped me right off the bat was the use of external links. This tip shows you how to use jQuery to keep your code valid AND have links open externally. More