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Repeat after me: ‘object detection good, browser detection bad’. Right? This is one of the core mantras of standards-aware DOM coding, and I’m right behind it. However, I came upon a case recently where object detection doesn’t deliver.
Let’s back up and explain the terms first. Browser detection and Object detection are both ways round cross-browser […]

Here’s another quick tip-n-trick for Ajax server-side mocking today. This should really be classed as an anti-pattern in XML parsing, but it’s common enough that you’re bound to run into it soon enough.
For those who haven’t heard the term, an anti-pattern encapsulated a common bad practice in software development. Writing extremely long methods, tangling up […]

In my previous post, I described the practice of mocking the entire server-side tier of an Ajax application with a static XML file. This is just a practical note to point out a couple of gotchas that can arise when doing things this way. The seasoned pros out there will know this anyway,but it can […]

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If they don’t already know what this particular button does, then it can take them days to get the IDE back to a useable state.

Sit next to them.
Distract them, by telling them that there’s a dinosaur outside te window, hitting them over the head with a frying pan, […]