Paul Tero Paul Tero is an experienced PHP programmer and server administrator. He developed the Stockashop ecommerce system in 2005 for Sensable Media. He now works part-time maintaining and developing Stockashop, and the rest of the time freelancing from a corner of his living room, and sleeping, eating, having fun, etc. He has also written numerous other open sourcish scripts and programs.
Have you ever come across a bit of JavaScript like $(".cta").click(function(){}) and thought, “What the $('#x') is that” If it looks like gibberish to you, then please read on. If you think that snippet of code couldn’t possibly be real, then please browse some jQuery examples. They are full of such constructions.
This article covers the key concepts that underly such intimidating... Read More
Editor's Note: Today we are happy to present to you the second part of the sample chapter from the upcoming printed Smashing Book #4: New Perspectives on Coding, written by Paul Tero. You might want to read the first part of this chapter beforehand — if you haven't already. Also, feel free to download the full chapter from the Smashing eBook Library.
Imagine that you wake up one morning,... Read More
Imagine that you wake up one morning, reach groggily for your laptop and fire it up. You’ve just finished developing a brand new website and last night you were proudly clicking through the product list. The browser window is still open, the Widget 3000 is still sparkling in its AJAXy newness.
You grin like a new parent and expectantly click on “More details”. And nothing happens. You... Read More
