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Did you know that you can use localStorage to store JSON objects and arrays? Many times you will need quick access to these items and you shouldn’t have to duplicate calls with AJAX or store them in volatile sessions. Using localStorage, you can store key/value pairs as strings so in order to store objects and […]
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Using 2 common libraries (isotope & bootstrap typeahead), I built out an interesting responsive search type for a current project. Ive placed the code in my public git. Fork at your own risk! https://github.com/jmsteinmetz/isotope-typeahead See a demo of the code here.
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So, I was tasked with a small project to build a nice little script that would target specific tags on a web page and drop Google Analytic Event codes on them. The key was to not touch the page code directly. The script is actually lightweight and allows for ease of updating. Here is the […]
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Thanks to my co-worker Rob Lowe for finding this little gem. http://packery.metafizzy.co/
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Great script to layout information. http://isotope.metafizzy.co/
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Here is a really interesting plugin that I am about to implement into my current project for Verizon. I am not going to use it like the demo though. I am going to traverse an array that is populated by an API and reogorganize data by integer value. The animation effect will give some cool […]
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If you are building responsive applications, you need to add support for gestures. You must add these to truly give the complete mobile experience. Anxious to test these out to see how it degrades. Hammer.js is a javascript library that can be used to control gestures on touch devices. It supports the following gestures: Tap […]
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This is an interesting little script. I am not sure of it’s cross browser functionality. In the next few years, you will see lots of this feature on sites and apps. I am thinking of a cool way to incorporate this into some responsive applications. I will hopefully post some examples of some cool uses […]
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This plugin has some really cool effects. I particularly like the easing functions. There are so many reasons why you should use a plugin for these types of effects. Mostly because you can extend it with function callbacks and create some really cool effects with no performance degradation. Try it out. Transit
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Check out this awesome jQuery plugin that can help to make big, bold headlines for your responsive sites. Possible alternative to using image replacement text like cufon. Give it a try! Slabtext