Closures are the answer to the problem of how to bind variables to functions that are called at a later time. Today’s article will explain what closures are, outline some common dilemmas, and present ways that closures can be utilized to overcome them. See original here: Understanding JavaScript Closures

Apache can be configured to protect either the whole website or just certain sections of it. Learn how to create users and set up a user authentication system so that when someone goes to a protected section of your website they are asked to enter a username and a password. Original post: Basic Authentication with [...]

Web content has gone through many different phases since the first html document went online in 1990. Learn how content management systems have evolved since their first appearance, what’s hot now and where to find podcasts to get familiar with the lingo and get up to speed fast. See the original post here: CMS: A [...]

As JavaScript Frameworks and user JS libraries become increasingly commonplace, download times can become a real turn off to users. There are times where dynamically loading scripts and other resources can be of great benefit. In this overview of on-demand JavaScipt, we’ll go over the basics of how it’s done, as well as look at [...]

Relying on the browser’s cache to store Ajax data has distinct limitations. A better solution may be to create your own cache management class. In this installment we’ll be covering some caching mechanisms, as we build upon our cache management class. Continued here: Building a Client-Side Ajax Cache: Caching Algorithms

The Adobe AIR platform supports applications developed with HTML, Ajax, Flash, PDF, or virtually any combination thereof. This tutorial show you how to create ‘Windows’ in Adobe AIR. The rest is here: Adobe AIR Programming Unleashed: Working with Windows

It’s almost inevitable that on any given Web site someone, at some time, is going to be directed to a nonexistent URL. This tutorial will show you how to use a simple script to make the situation a bit easier on your visitors. View original post here: Creating Custom Error Pages on Apache Servers

Django bills itself as “the Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.” In this two-part series we’ll put ourselves on a deadline and see how fast we can produce a simple blog using Django. Here is the original: Django for the Impatient: Blog Building Basics

Client-side form validation is quick and reduces the load on the server. This tutorial explains how to use the Dojo JavaScript library for these types of validation in order to enhance your form processing. Read more: Using Dojo for Client-Side Validation

Social Bookmarking has become an important way of driving traffic to your site. You can choose from a variety of scripts, but you’ll soon run into maintenance issues. There’s an easier way, an all-in-one script, by AddThis. By Lee Underwood. 0115 The rest is here: How to Use the ‘AddThis’ Social Bookmarking Service

The new vessels, which include blogs, games, social networks, and other Web 2.0 mechanisms, involve listening, cultivating, and participating in the continuous dialogue among customers. By Sandy Carter. 0112 Here is the original post: The New Vessels: The New Language of Marketing 2.0

3D models are created by manipulating polygon meshes and molding them into objects, characters and scenes. Even if you don’t have formal art training that goes beyond the few classes you took in high school or college you can still do great work in 3D. By Vivek Kumar Bhojnagarwala. 0106 View original post here: An [...]

When evaluating email marketing applications, it’s important to know some of the buzzwords so you’re properly informed. As a small business owner, you’ll greatly benefit from email marketing, since it helps you stay in contact with your current or potential clients and can greatly increase sales. By Robert Burko. 1229 See original here: Email Marketing [...]

Copywriting is often a daunting task. It’s not uncommon for a copywriter to spend days or weeks on a project. In this book, you’ll learn how to analyze the copy on an existing site, how to improve the layout of Web sites in relation to SEO, and more. By Lee Underwood. 1110 Here is the [...]

This week we discuss the details of how ASP.NET applications are compiled. This information isn’t vital to your success as an ASP.NET developer, but understanding the architecture of your development environment makes you a better developer. By Jim Cheshire. 1027 Read the rest here: ASP.NET Compilation Models