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A neat javascript hack

Javascript library publishers often go out of their way to prevent other sites from linking to their libraries directly, preferring anyone who wants to use their library to download and host the file(s) themselves. The most common way to do … Continue reading

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Controlling embedded Vimeo video using javascript

We are embedding video from Vimeo on a site we are working on and wanted to change the behavior of playing a video so that it would go back to the first frame after the video was done playing, rather … Continue reading

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Erector views – undefined method `default_url_options’

I’m posting this because it took me too long to figure this out. Hope it saves someone else some trouble. If you want to use named route helpers to generate urls in your erector widgets you need to include ActionController::UrlWriter … Continue reading

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SmartyCard Launches!

Our client SmartyCard launched in early March at the DEMO conference picking up the People’s Choice Award.  SmartyCard is a learning site that offers kids rewards for completing a variety of interactive learning games.  Kids are able to ‘learn, earn … Continue reading

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Compass, the 960 CSS framework, and Semantic Markup

Finding your way to meaningful grid layouts using the Compass framework My problem: Grid layouts – crazy, sexy, cool. Presentation classes in my semantic markup – neither sexy nor cool, and arguably crazy. These days I can’t help but notice … Continue reading

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Absolutize for jQuery

We’re using jQuery for one of our current projects. Today I found myself in an IE situation that could be solved by using the prototype librarie’s absolutize method. I couldn’t find any equivilent implementation that I liked in jQuery so … Continue reading

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Generic Custom Argument Matching in EasyMock

EasyMock is a clean, simple library for creating mock objects. It provides a whole range of facilities for declaring our expectations of the method call interactions on the mock including call count, call order, return values, exceptions, and argument matchers. … Continue reading

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