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Need help with Javascript/CSS to manipulate html table layout for bowling scorecard
I'm trying to create a responsive table for a bowling scorecard. I want the table to split up depending on the width of the screen, preferably into thirds (where the first row would be frames 1, 2 ...
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Responsive Web Design vs. User-Agent Sniffing
The CSS3 media query feature has led to many interesting possibilities in terms of developing websites which adjust to many different screen sizes and devices.
However, in practice, I'm starting to ...
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Website File and Folder Structure
I am having a problem learning how proper website structure should be. And by that I mean how to code the pages and how folder structure should be.
Currently I am navigating around my website using ...
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How can a website look different in safari Windows and Safari mac?
I have a website. I've been testing crossbrowser on my windows PC, and it looks good in all browsers, but on Mac in Safari it looks like the CSS is not getting interpreted right, or there is a ...
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For web apps (vs web pages) why not put scripts and css inline? [duplicate]
I understand that for normal websites you'd want to share scripts and css and therefore liking to them means that each page shares them from the cache. But this question is not about "normal multipage ...
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Why not embed styles/scripts in HTML instead of linking?
We concatenate CSS and JavaScript files to reduce the number of HTTP requests, which improves performance. The result is HTML like this:
<link rel="stylesheet" ...
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What license is HTML released under?
All products seem to be released with a license, I'm curious to know how one would go about finding out the license of technologies like HTML, CSS and JavaScript?
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Specifically for JS, CSS, HTML: what is the difference between optimization, compression, minification, tidying, concatenation?
When we talk about source code and the file which contains the code like CSS, HTML, JavaScript and we also talk about performance of a web site or application, what is the differences between these ...
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Referencing external javascript vs. hosting my own copy
Say I have a web app that uses jQuery. Is it better practice to host the necessary javascript files on my own servers along with my website files, or to reference them on jQuery's CDN (example: ...
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How to talk a client out of a Flash website? [closed]
I have recently been doing a bunch of web side projects through word of mouth recommendations only. Although I am much more a of a programmer than a designer by any means, my design skills are not ...
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Tight Coupling Between Javascript, HTML, and CSS: A More Modern Approach?
It's very common to see Javascript bound to certain selectors to find elements, store data, and listen for events. It's also common to see these same selectors used for styling.
jQuery (and its ...
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Best practices in creating JavaScript styling API's: Balancing CSS and JavaScript
I have written a number of components for Durandal--DatePicker Widget, Tabs Widget, Radio Widget, etc. I'm having a little conceptual difficulty in how best to balance a styling API with CSS.
For ...
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Twitter Bootstap: Backwards compatibility? [closed]
I work for a university Digital Services team. Our university's main website uses the Ektron CMS (I have my own thoughts about this, but that's irrelevant). Because we maintain a university website, ...
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What is the real difference between a minified and uncompressed file? What are the benefits of each?
I often see something like "uncompressed for development / minified for production" when reading blogs or downloading frameworks. What is the real difference between the two, and if minified is "good ...
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Reasons for moving from pure JavaScript to a JavaScript library
Being aware of the direct benefits of libraries having things wrapped in a package, making daily work easier, my question is leaning more towards the fact that many features not implemented in ...
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When a task can be accomplished by either Javascript or CSS, is it better to use CSS?
I always veto JavaScript by using CSS as much as possible.
i.e. I create tabs and rollover buttons using CSS rather than JavaScript.
I have seen some solutions—specifically the Wt ...
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Switching between mobile webapp version using Ionic Framework and Desktop web app version?
I own a web application that make use of Twitter Bootstrap 3.
This eases the design of the mobile version since it brings some responsive features.
However, I would like a really native-mobile aspect ...
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Interview for job that uses skills you have no experience with? [closed]
I am currently employed as a software developer using C# and C++. However, I want to find a new job for personal reasons and applied for a job ad that listed PHP, CSS, and Javascript as the skills the ...
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What would be a good “umbrella” term for HTML, CSS, SQL, JavaScript and the like? [closed]
There appears to be a pretty clear consensus on the question about whether HTML and CSS are programming languages. They are not.
HTML is a markup language and CSS is a stylesheet language. You could ...
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How can a server side developer survive in a position which expects front-end involvement? [closed]
My background is back-end server development. Very back-end.
Now I work in a position where I need to also take care of front-end. Nothing fancy but I need to be able to code for front-end as well. ...
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Is there a way to prevent the editing of HTML and CSS contents in a page using Firebug-like tools?
Is there a way to prevent the editing of HTML and CSS contents in a page using Firebug-like tools?
I found that some users are editing some values in hidden fields and some contents which written ...
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What are the best practices for rapid prototyping using exclusively HTML/CSS/JS [closed]
I'm developing a prototype of a web application. I want to only use HTML, CSS and Javascript. I prefer to use my text editor and not having to learn (or pay, for that matter) a new tool like Axure.
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HTML + CSS or HTML5 + CSS3 or HTML5 + jQuery [closed]
I want to be a good UI Developer.
I'm confused whether I should learn (I need some serious suggestions):
1) HTML + CSS + JavaScript or HTML5 + CSS3 + JavaScript or HTML5 + CSS3 + jQuery
2) Is it ...
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Is it better to use multiple html pages or just change content on the same page using JavaScript?
Is it better to use multiple html pages and link them together with href or just change content on the same page using JavaScript? I am thinking of how to layout a page and I don't have a lot of ...
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Feeling well out of my depth [closed]
I have just started a new job as a front end web developer, this is my second day and I have just been handed quite a big project that involves lots of javascript which I dont know, this is leaving me ...
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What are some interview questions I can expect for a technical evaluation? [closed]
I am 20 years old and I've been doing some web development work for about 2 years or so. I have an interview for a Junior Web Developer position and the company knows that but I'll still be going ...
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Client side web development, general question
I'm a novice web developer, mostly worked with ASP.NET. On the server side, everything is very well documented and whenever there is an error, you get an explanatory error message. But on the client ...
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front end development test - html/css/jquery/javascript
We are continually revamping our front end developer test that we do in-house after a candidate has passed an online test. The online test has questions such as:
How does a for loop start?
What is ...
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Why Have People Started Deeming it Necessary to Separate JS hooks from CSS hooks in HTML?
Edit: Point of clarificatioon, IDs and classes as separate hooks is just one form of the applied idea in question which is to never use the same hooks for CSS as you do in JS. I've also seen people ...
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Why do we program each file separately and place them in separate folders and how do all these file come together?
I was wondering how the cover flow effect is coded. I used this link which gave me the code on how it all worked out : http://luwes.co/labs/js-cover-flow/. I am completely new to complex programs so ...
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How would you architect an application which is largely a collection of flowcharts?
I am working with a history teacher on a history app. He has like 200 flowcharts that he wants to put into the app (among other things). The two likeliest-looking ways to do it:
HTML/CSS. The big ...
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What is the most performant CSS property for transitioning an element?
I'm wondering whether there is a performance difference between using different CSS properties to translate an element. Some properties fit different situations differently.
You can translate an ...
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Is it a bad idea to stray from CSS selector syntax in a JavaScript selector engine?
I'm designing a JavaScript selector engine, and I'm currently focused on parsing the selector string. Specifically, combinators.
The CSS3 combinators I know of are:
> (children)
space ...
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What is the proper way to create a cross-fade effect?
When creating an image slider, using a cross fade is one of more popular effects. Various sliders use differing techniques to create such an effect. Major techniques I've found so far are:
Method 1: ...
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What should someone learn to become a great web-app builder by 2015 [closed]
My brother just started learning some html/css at school and he loves it. He asked me to give my advice on what languages to learn in order to build great web-apps by the time he leaves school. (2015 ...
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Less vs Stylus vs Sass [closed]
I'd like to start using a CSS pre-processor to cut down development time. Which one of these is the fastest from this perspective?
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Should i expect real world questions from interviewing agency ? [closed]
I started coding almost a year ago. By "coding" I mean HTML(5), CSS(3), and only few times I implemented some AJAX and JavaScript. I am interviewing for a position that expects me to know HTML, CSS, ...
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How do I get started with HTML5? [closed]
What is the recommended workflow to learn HTML5? What tools should I install? What SDK? Where to start? How to test? How to debug? What do I read?
I understand that what is often labelled as "HTML5 ...
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How can I write HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to make back-end developers work easier?
When I get a design from a designer, I get it as a PSD (Photoshop) file. I always expect proper layer and folder names, basically a clean and managed PSD. From this desigbn I develop HTML, CSS and ...
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The Box Model: Internet Explorer vs. W3C
Today, the Internet Explorer Box Model problem is mostly a non-issue. Most web developers place a <!DOCTYPE> tag to enforce standards compliance, and nobody really cares about supporting ...
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Build tools for php, html, css, js web app development
What are some recommendations for a build tool that would allow me to upload changes to a web server or a repository and minify the js and css automatically, and possibly even run Closure compiler on ...
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How do I prevent useless content load on the page in responsive design?
In responsive design, elements are hidden in the page with @media queries and display: none in CSS.
Ok.
In my design however browsers that have less than 800px in width should avoid loading some ...
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How can I simulate clicks for a mobile browser?
I am creating a web app. I was testing it on a mobile browser and noticed that :active pseudo class doesn't really work. How should I simulate clicks for a mobile browser? I'm specifically interested ...
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Best IDE for HTML, CSS, and Javascript for mac [closed]
I'm currently looking to move to using an IDE for web development. The options I'm considering are:
Aptana Studio
Coda
Expresso
Please base your answers on the following criteria, in descending ...
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Easiest way to create static HTML file with sortable and filterable table?
I want to create a static HTML file I can email to someone with a lot of data, and have that data sortable and filterable. What is the easiest to use library or package I can use to get this off the ...
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Best way to convincingly evangelize front end best practices to colleagues?
I've had experiences in the past working with (traditionally back-end) developers, whose occasionally cross into the front end realm.
The resulting code would typically involve:
global namespace ...
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How to properly validate your code?
I have about 4000 lines of code for a web-application in JavaScript / PHP / CSS / HTML. How can I test it properly?
I only support the latest version of IE and Safari. I've worked out all the bugs. ...
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JavaScript (jQuery) And CSS Styling
Lets say I am building a jQuery plugin that has a number of non-configurable css attributes it needs to apply to DOM elements the plugin itself creates. Is it consider better practice to apply the ...
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Introductory to Web programming but with Experience [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should every programmer know about web development?
I'm not sure where to start with web development. I have experience with HTML and PHP fundamentals and have ...
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How do I validate the html/css and JS code outsourced to an external company.
We have outsourced the html and css design to an external company. We want to make sure the quality of code is good. What benchmarks can we set to achieve this.
