I was recently asked to create a textbox that would vertically expand depending on how much was written in it. This style of text box can be seen in the Facebook news feed for writing comments under peoples feed items. When I receive this type of request, I usually begin by researching what existing systems …
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The Importance of a Good jQuery Selector
As a technical lead and working in a company that has had rapid expansion in the last six months or so, I have had the job of being a mentor to some of the new employees. I don’t think any of them had used jQuery before and so for every person that arrived, I needed …
Captcha Audio with ASP.NET
The subject of captcha images has been well covered. There are plenty of available resources for creating those warped letters. I created such a control that is a combination of quite a few different ideas and was quite proud of it until not thirty seconds after demonstrating it, someone asked whether it had a ‘play …
jQuery Plugin Callbacks and Events
I have written a fair few plugins for jQuery for both work and side projects. As any developer should, I am always trying to improve my techniques for creating them so that they are as efficient and maintainable as possible. Up until recently, my usual technique for callbacks and events would be to include the …
jQuery Inline Confirm
I have been using Delicious social bookmarking service ever since Blinklist degraded and finally lost the plot with their new design. When I first started using Delicious, a feature of their interface really leapt out at me and I could not wait to include it into a project. The feature I am talking about is …