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Interesting Stuff on the Web – 4

iFadey — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:37:38 +0000

Release 4 of five chosen quality articles/tutorials/tools from different blogs. CSS4 Preview ‐ Selectors CSS is one probably the best bridge between web designers and developers so updates to the CSS spec are very exciting. The W3C recently posted an … Continue reading →

Developing Multilingual Software Applications

iFadey — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:28:19 +0000

“Your business applications cannot bring with it the habits and customs of your country without colliding with the habits and customs of your users in other countries.” ‐ (IBM Globalization – Guideline C – Respect for culture and conventions) If … Continue reading →

Interesting Stuff on the Web – 3

iFadey — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:29:23 +0000

Release 3 of five chosen quality articles/tutorials/tools from different blogs. IE10 Preview: HTML5 First Look “At the Windows Build conference last week we got our hands on a developer preview tablet running Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10. We wanted … Continue reading →

Interesting Stuff on the Web – 2

iFadey — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:12:05 +0000

Release 2 of five chosen quality articles/tutorials/tools from different blogs. Avoiding The Quirks: Lessons From A JavaScript Code Review Code reviews are possibly the single biggest thing you can do to improve the overall quality of your solutions and if … Continue reading →

Browser Plugin Detection

iFadey — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:45:28 +0000

Have you ever wondered how to detect plugins loaded by your browser using JavaScript? In this tutorial you will learn to detect plugins in IE way and for other browsers. You will also learn to use Lazy Function Definition pattern … Continue reading →

Interesting Stuff on the Web – 1

iFadey — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:05:02 +0000

This will be weekly post which will contain 5 chosen useful articles/tutorials from different blogs. I kept the quantity of articles less so that you can read all of them on weekends. If you want to add your article or … Continue reading →

Interview Experience With Google

iFadey — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 05:46:35 +0000

Recently I got a chance to give an interview to Google for Front-End Software Engineer. It was a nice experience and I learned a lot specially related to what they ask and what skills they seek in a person. This … Continue reading →

Context Menu Using Raw JavaScript

iFadey — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:28:10 +0000

Objectives Learn to create cross browser event handler in raw JavaScript. Learn to create cross browser DOMContentLoaded event handler. Making use of oncontextmenu event. Learn to apply Module pattern. Finally develop a reusable, easy to use, cross browser context menu … Continue reading →

JavaScript Mistakes You Must Avoid

iFadey — Sun, 08 May 2011 20:17:55 +0000

If you are new to JavaScript and you write raw JavaScript or use any framework (jQuery, Mootools, Dojo, YUI) with it, you must avoid few mistakes. Actually these are my experiences when I was learning JavaScript. Equality Operator You may … Continue reading →

Seminar on Web

iFadey — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:49:06 +0000

Seminar Location: Comsats Institute of IT (Islamabad Campus) Date: 8th April, 2011 Slides Html (Zip) Slides are in Html5, CSS3 so they will work in modern browsers. It was a seminar for undergraduate students and the topics which I covered … Continue reading →

ASP.NET ul Menu Server Control

iFadey — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:00:29 +0000

At work I mostly use ASP.NET 3.5 for developing web apps. I am big fan of web standards and I get frustrated when some of ASP.NET Server Controls generate non standard bloated kind of Html. I am specially talking about … Continue reading →

Maxthon 3 Review – Part 2

iFadey — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:51:54 +0000

Few months ago I wrote an article as a guest writer about Maxthon 3. I am writing another review because there are UI changes and many new features added in the latest release. I am not giving any introduction of … Continue reading →

WordPress Theme Using jQuery Mobile

iFadey — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:21:00 +0000

Learning Objectives Introduction to jQuery Mobile. How to use jQuery Mobile Components. Basics of WordPress theme development. How to create WordPress theme for mobile using jQuery Mobile. Try accessing my website using mobile device to preview the mobile theme that … Continue reading →

Accessing Forms Made Easy Using DataLink

iFadey — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:58:08 +0000

In this tutorial you will learn to use the jQuery Data Link plugin to automate the process of accessing and modifying values of form fields. Demo Background of Data Link Data Link plugin is developed by Microsoft and it’s currently … Continue reading →

Maxthon 3 – The Browser

iFadey — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:38:14 +0000

I became fan of Maxthon 3 when I used its alpha version. After that I decided to become beta tester and started reporting bugs on Maxthon forums. Maxthon 3 is getting stable and mature in features with each update. Currently … Continue reading →

Best Way to Write SQL Query

iFadey — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 07:19:35 +0000

Learning Objectives You will learn how to write complex SQL queries by dividing the problem (result you want to acheive) and in which order you must think and write SQL clauses to simply your task. This tutorial will not explain … Continue reading →

Javascript Function Arguments

iFadey — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:23:26 +0000

Learning Objectives How javascript arguments work internally How to determine the total number of arguments passed How to determine the currently executing function How to make a function to accept optional parameters How to make a function to accept infinite … Continue reading →

CRUD using jQuery and Codeigniter – VI

iFadey — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:06:07 +0000

Learning Objectives In this part you will learn how to perform clientside search, table sorting, limit records display at a time, and clientside pagination using jQuery. Previous Parts Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Get Source … Continue reading →

Asim Subhani’s Official Website

iFadey — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:35:33 +0000

I and my designer friend Naveed launched Asim Subhani’s official website. My part in the project was slicing PSDs, Html, CSS, jQuery, and a bit of PHP. I make use of CSS3 so you can’t open it in IE6 and … Continue reading →

Redesigned

iFadey — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:54:10 +0000

I wasn’t able to add new content for few weeks because I was working on new design of my blog. Also I switched my job 2 months ago so I am busy learning new technologies used in my new company … Continue reading →

CRUD using jQuery and Codeigniter – V

iFadey — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:02:45 +0000

Learning Objectives In this part you will how to perform form validation using jQuery. Previous Parts Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Get Source Files Validation Plugin I will use jQuery Validation Plugin in this tutorial because it’s … Continue reading →

CRUD using jQuery and Codeigniter – IV

iFadey — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:06:42 +0000

Learning Objectives In Part 4 you will learn: How to perform Ajax based CREATE operation. How to switch jQuery tab programmatically. Previous Parts Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Get Source Files Modify Model Add following method in mUsers class. … Continue reading →

CRUD using jQuery and Codeigniter – III

iFadey — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:56:06 +0000

Learning Objectives In Part 3 you will learn: How to filter form values to prevent XSS attack. What jQuery serialize method do and how to use it. How to send Ajax call to perform UPDATE operation using POST method. How … Continue reading →

CRUD using jQuery and Codeigniter – II

iFadey — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:42:03 +0000

Learning Objectives In Part 2, you will learn: Displaying Ajax loader animation when an Ajax call is made. How to inject Update/Delete link in each record using jQuery. How to use jQueryUI dialog widget. How to send Ajax request to … Continue reading →

CRUD using jQuery and Codeigniter – I

iFadey — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:03:28 +0000

Learning Objectives In this tutorial you will learn: How to use jQuery with Codeigniter. How to send Ajax request to perform READ operation. How to use jQuery UI tabs widget. How to use Microsoft’s jQuery templating plugin. Get Source Files … Continue reading →

Web 2.0

iFadey — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:12:57 +0000

What is it About? Even though today many designers and developers are creating Web 2.0 apps but they don’t know what’s Web 2.0? So I decided to write an article explaining what it’s, which web app comes under Web 2.0, … Continue reading →

Printer Friendly CSS – II

iFadey — Tue, 25 May 2010 19:24:27 +0000

What’s it About? In Part I of this tutorial, you learned how to slice a design and write standards compliant Html/CSS. In this part, you will learn how to write printer friendly CSS. I will continue extending the same demo … Continue reading →

Slicing PSD & Html/CSS – I

iFadey — Sat, 15 May 2010 13:58:22 +0000

What’s it About? In this article you will learn how to slice a design and write standard compliant Html/CSS. In its Part 2, you will learn how to write printer friend CSS. Which means when you print your webpage, it … Continue reading →

Get Flickr Images Using SimpleXML

iFadey — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:28:31 +0000

What is it about? In this article you will learn two main things: How to parse XML using SimpleXML? How to get Flickr images from RSS feed and display them on your web page? Demo Source What is SimpleXML? … Continue reading →

Creating PDF Using PHP

iFadey — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:33:04 +0000

What is it About? In this article you will learn how to create PDF documents using PHP on the fly. Creating PDF Documents using PHP Installing FPDF There are many PHP libraries available for creating PDF files but I am … Continue reading →

Welcome

iFadey — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:57:43 +0000

Today I am announcing version 3.1 of my website. It’s not a major update. You will find few design changes and addition of blog. I am starting a web development blog and this is my first blog post. I shall … Continue reading →