I've been on leave for the past few days, but I haven't completely switched off from reading and studying. Here are a few pieces that stayed with me.
- A write-up on PHP 5.3 closures that left me partly confused. It is still worth a look if you want to see how the feature was being discussed at the time.
- A discussion of SQL injection. I also ended up subscribing to the blog behind it; it reads like a practical dev notebook rather than a pile of one-off posts.
- CSS-Tricks had a poll and a follow-up on formatting CSS, comparing the different ways people lay out rules and the trade-offs behind each style.
- A collection of 55 classic JavaScript tips. It is the kind of list you skim and still come away with a few handy patterns.
- Another blog recommendation: Front-end Observation, a front-end blog worth keeping in a reader.
- IxEdit, a WYSIWYG design tool for jQuery. The appeal is being able to work on jQuery-based interfaces visually instead of editing everything by hand.
- Nine JavaScript tab implementations, useful as ready-made patterns when a simple tab component is all you need.
- Read It Later, an online bookmarking service meant for stashing things temporarily. I have a real personal need for something lighter than a full bookmarking setup, but it is not convenient enough yet. A team with the right infrastructure should have a natural edge here.
That's the pile for now. I have not written in a while, so I will start with tech.