Category Archives: Web Design & Development

Awesome Web App, Codecademy, Teaches You to Program

Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 by Seán Hayes

I just found out about this cool web app called Codecademy that teaches programming to complete novices. As soon as you visit the site you can start learning to program without having to create an account, and as of now … Continue reading →

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Twitter Web Intents Javascript Events Not Firing

Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 by Seán Hayes

If you’re trying out Twitter’s Web Intents Javascript Events and it’s not working, be aware that they only work if your HTML page is loaded from an HTTP server. If you open your page locally off your hard drive it … Continue reading →

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Saved Web Pages from Firefox Have Scripts Removed

Posted on Friday, August 26, 2011 by Seán Hayes

So, I was just in the middle of a programming test for a job application where I had to download an HTML page, edit the JavaScript to perform a desired task, and email it back. I downloaded the page, but … Continue reading →

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Cookies Not Saved In Internet Explorer for Facebook iframe Apps

Posted on Friday, July 8, 2011 by Seán Hayes

I’m making a Facebook game using Django and was having a problem with Internet Explorer. The Problem: After login the page would render correctly as if the user was logged in, but when navigating to another page it was as … Continue reading →

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CSS Meta Languages and Compilers

Posted on Monday, March 14, 2011 by Seán Hayes

So, I’ve finally decided to add a CSS framework into my workflow, namely Blueprint. I’m not very skilled when it comes to graphic design (though I’m trying to learn) and the CSS frameworks out there give you some nice looking … Continue reading →

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Advice from my Experience with OAuth

Posted on Friday, July 2, 2010 by Seán Hayes

I recently finished coding the OAuth authentication method for accessing Picasa photos from within Darkroom. Since it was written client side using JavaScript I was trying to be as minimalist as possible, so I wrote my own minimal implementation rather … Continue reading →

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Setting up SSL on Apache

Posted on Friday, July 2, 2010 by Seán Hayes

While locally testing Darkroom over HTTPS, Firefox gave me the following error: “Error code: ssl_error_rx_record_too_long”. Turns out I’d never configured the Apache instance on my laptop to use SSL. Once you’ve got the right information it’s really quick to fix. … Continue reading →

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MugTug Darkroom, Online/Offline Photo Editing

Posted on Thursday, May 20, 2010 by Seán Hayes

For those of you who don’t know, a few weeks ago I joined a project called Darkroom from MugTug.com. It’s an image processing application using cutting edge HTML 5 features such as the <canvas> element, localStorage, and application cache, and … Continue reading →

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Using a Test Database in Django

Posted on Saturday, January 9, 2010 by Seán Hayes

At Govnex we’re using MySQL on our development machines. It has several advantages, but one of the drawbacks is unittests run slower when not using Sqlite (big ups to MockSoul for posting his benchmarks). The reason for this is when … Continue reading →

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Whitespace Management: Use Tabs, Spaces Considered Harmful

Posted on Friday, October 9, 2009 by Seán Hayes

At one of my previous jobs I worked on dozens of websites that had been created by other people. I prefer to use tabs instead of spaces when indenting code, and I can get a little OCD sometimes, so every … Continue reading →

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