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Spring clean your CSS file(s): Get rid of selectors which are not used (any more) and save some bandwidth. With the Dust-Me Selectors Plugin from SitePoint. Continue…

This article aims to list options for developers who wish to test their Web sites on mobile devices using OS emulators and browser simulators. Continue…

With so many browser out there in the wild, working as a Web Developer certainly is not an easy job these days. Thankfully, over the last years, decent tools have been developed by bright people that make developing and debugging of code easier for the developer. But sometimes, it is not easy to keep track which tools are at a Developer’s disposal (and which are actually usable). The following article seeks to list the best tools available and quickly describing how to activate/install/use them. Continue…

So after 2 days of workshops on Monday and Tuesday, the official part of the conference started Wednesday.

With conferences like this, with so many interesting topics, it is always hard to decide between two interesting sessions. After all you need to pick one, and the other one will be recorded anyhow and the slides will be put online. So, in fact, you are not missing out that much. So here is a quick summary of the sessions. Continue…

The first two days of Web Directions North 2008 are done and dusted and here comes a quick summary. Continue…

The last time I was here in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, was about exactly one year ago. Reason: Web Directions North 2007, which was great. So back this year. Why? Web Directions North 2008, which will be even better. Continue…

After dealing with the basic modules like DOM and Event during the last couple of Agent YUI tutorials, I am now moving on to the Animation module. Continue…

Because I had a blast last year at Web Directions North in Vancouver - I decided, I will do it all again. So I am gonna breathe some fine Canadian air for a little bit over a week while visiting British Columbia from January 26th until February 3rd. Continue…

In the first part of this tutorial series, we were talking about a very straight forward way of attaching events to elements in the DOM. This article will tell you how to even create our own Custom Events and trigger them. This is what the YUI guys call an “interesting moment” in your application. Continue…

In times where web sites behave more and more like web applications, with a constantly growing set of features, most likely developed with JavaScript, it is still of crucial importance that the web site responds to user actions as fast as possible. A couple of months ago, Yahoo! published a set of Exceptional Performance Rules, which - if you adhere to them - can improve the performance of your site significantly. So I had a look how these rules can help me to improve the stats for my own site, www.klauskomenda.com. Continue…