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Javascript double exclamation point !!

Posted by teejay on March 8, 2010

I spend my time developing applications and have geared most of my time to learn and hopefully 'master' javascript. One of the things I've noticed while reading the Mootools Core source code(Yeah, I'm hard core :p ) is the double exclamation points.

function $chk(obj){
 return !!(obj || obj === 0);
};

What does that mean?

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Implementing jQuery Live in Mootools

Posted by teejay on March 8, 2010

If you're like me, I've been wanting to have a jquery live implementation in Mootools for the longest time. Luckily someone from Stackoverflow did it for us.

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Symfony 2.0 Reloaded

Posted by teejay on February 18, 2010

I haven't been much of a Symfony user, but with a new release like this, I'd probably try it out. So, what's new?

Built with performance in mind, Symfony 2 is one of the fastest PHP framework. It is up to 3 times faster than symfony 1.4 or Zend Framework 1.10 and consumes half the memory.

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Simple ORM Solutions

Posted by teejay on February 18, 2010

I've been trying out ORM solutions for personal projects I am doing. I have however encountered two, that I think are simple enough to handle small to medium-sized sites like what I have.

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Firefox is the world's most used browser

Posted by teejay on January 2, 2010

Firefox is the most used browser in the world according to Statcounter. Internet explorer 7 usage has been going down. Internet explorer 8 has been growing for a while but not as much as Firefox 3.5.

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Easy jQuery Promotional Footers with Meerkat

Posted by teejay on December 23, 2009

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Meerkat is an excellent jQuery plugin that allows you to do just that with your own website and more.

Demo: Meerkat Demo Area

Download: Meerkat Download Area

License: Meerkat is free but not using any the free licenses

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Image Viewer with Thumbnails using Mootools

Posted by teejay on December 17, 2009

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This is a simple tutorial for creating an image viewer with thumbnails using Mootools.

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Pirobox: a jQuery Lightbox Plugin

Posted by teejay on December 15, 2009

pirobox

Pirobox, a new jQuery Lightbox plugin created by Pirolab is a super small lightbox script that can also work as a slideshow.

Demo: Pirobox Demo Area

Download: Pirobox Download Area

License: Pirobox is open source licensed plugin under the Creative Commons license

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