Posts for August, 2009
Building javascript minification into MSBuild scripts
How to use a tool called Packer.NET to build javascript minification into a MSBuild script.Published in ASP.NET, CSS, Javascript, Tools on Saturday, August 29th, 2009
Why I don't like reset stylesheets
I don't much like reset stylesheets. They make extra work when creating CSS and are an extra request for the browser to make to build a page.Published in CSS on Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Javascript prototype chaining
Prototype chaining is used to build new types of objects based on existing ones. It has a very similar job to inheritance in a class based language.Published in Javascript on Monday, August 17th, 2009
SVG images as CSS backgrounds
Experimenting with using an SVG image as a CSS background image.Published in CSS on Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
A great big welcome to inline-block!
Inline-block is a halfway point between setting an element's display to inline or to block. It keeps the element in the inline flow of the document like display:inline does, but you can manipulate the element's box attributes (width, height and vertical margins) like you can with display:block.Published in CSS on Sunday, August 9th, 2009
Restarting an IIS6 app pools using .NET
Two little code snippets for recycling IIS6 application pools in through .NET code.Published in .NET on Sunday, August 9th, 2009
Our web 2.0 wedding
The story of how Joe and I used our favourite web tools to organise our wedding and share the experience with the people who couldn't be there.Published in My life as a coder, Tools, Web development on Saturday, August 1st, 2009
