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CreativeJS | The very best of creative JavaScript and HTML5

By Dougal Campbell | Published: August 1, 2011

News about the newest experiments in Javascript

CreativeJS | The very best of creative JavaScript and HTML5

Tags: javascript, graphics, creative, creativejs, js, inspiration

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iOS Viewers – View your tab in Safari on the iPhone or iPad. | Zach Inglis

By Dougal Campbell | Published: July 26, 2011

Nice Automator utility to get the current URL from Safari and view it in a window that simulates an iOS device. Now, if it just worked for Chrome…

iOS Viewers – View your tab in Safari on the iPhone or iPad. | Zach Inglis

Tags: ios, iphone, ipad, safari, webkit, automator, simulator, webdev, webdesign, iosviewers, viewers

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iOS Viewers – View your tab in Safari on the iPhone or iPad. | Zach Inglis

By Dougal Campbell | Published: July 26, 2011

Nice Automator utility to get the current URL from Safari and view it in a window that simulates an iOS device. Now, if it just worked for Chrome…

iOS Viewers – View your tab in Safari on the iPhone or iPad. | Zach Inglis

Tags: ios, iphone, ipad, safari, webkit, automator, simulator, webdev, webdesign, iosviewers, viewers

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Basic Facts and Resources You Need to Know Now About Web Accessibility « Lorelle on WordPress

By Dougal Campbell | Published: July 22, 2011

Lorelle VanFossen provides a good list of resources to know about when creating or updating sites with accessibility (ADA, WCAG, ARIA) in mind.

Basic Facts and Resources You Need to Know Now About Web Accessibility « Lorelle on WordPress

Tags: webdev, webdesign, accessibility, resources, wacg, ada, aria

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WebPutty: Simple, fast, and powerful stylesheet editing and hosting. – WebPutty

By Dougal Campbell | Published: July 20, 2011

Live CSS editing/preview anywhere. With SCSS (SASS) syntax support.

WebPutty: Simple, fast, and powerful stylesheet editing and hosting. – WebPutty

Tags: css, css3, live, preview, services, webdesign, webdev, webputty, fogcreek, editors

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How To Node – NodeJS

By Dougal Campbell | Published: July 18, 2011

Community supported blog about node.js, powered by a node.js blogging engine called Wheat, and with content hosted via GitHub.

How To Node – NodeJS

Tags: nodejs, javascript, tutorials, howto, webdev, programming, js, node

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Review: WordPress 3 Plugin Development Essentials

By Dougal Campbell | Published: July 14, 2011

I recently received a copy of WordPress 3 Plugin Development Essentials from Packt Publishing. This book was authored by Brian Bondari and Everett Griffiths, who run the TipsFor.us site together. I also noted that one of the technical editors was Paul Thewlis, who wrote WordPress for Business Bloggers, which I reviewed here previously.

I’m always eager to check out new programming books that come my way, and that’s especially true for books that cover WordPress plugins. There are certain styles for programming books that you come to recognize — a sort of Pattern. And there are particular patterns that annoy me a little. But this book does not use those patterns, so it was refreshing to see a teaching approach that I actually like. I have to say that overall I’m pleased with this one, though there were a couple of negatives that jumped out at me a little. But first, let’s cover the good points.