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Selectivizr – Pseudo Selector Support for IE

Internet Explorer has terrible support for pseudo selectors. With Selectivizr, we can make that support a little nicer and do some fun stuff with CSS!

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HTML5 Progress and Meter Elements

How to use and customize the HTML5 progress and meter elements.

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Understanding “Not Set,” “Not Provided,” and “Content Targeting” in Google Analytics

The "not set," "not provided," and "content targeting" meta keywords in Google Analytics are often confusing, but they indicate very specific situations.

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HTML5 Date Inputs and Ember.js

The resulting model property is a bonafide Moment object, which in our case converts cleanly when JSON.stringify is called on the way to our API.

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Build a Rich JavaScript Front End with Grunt

Grunt lets you create a straightforward build configuration for a complicated JavaScript front end. Here's an example from my current project.

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Red Green Performance Testing with The Grinder

Applications should be tested in a production-like environment. I recently used The Grinder, a load testing tool, to simulate production-like conditions.

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Serve Local Web Apps under a Custom Domain

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System Testing a Java Web Service in Jetty

There weren't any tools to create and run automated Java system tests, so we created one. It's configurable, instrumented, and available on GitHub.

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Speeding Up your Website with Varnish

Varnish sits in front of any HTTP compatible server, and it can be configured to selectively cache the contents. Here's how to set it up and tweak it.

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Using Marionette.js with Backbone

Marionette has saved me a bunch of time I would've spent writing boilerplate to manage my views and compose nested structures.

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Using Zeus to Pre-load Ruby on Rails Environments

If you're frustrated by startup delays in Ruby on Rails, try Zeus.

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Building and Deploying Custom Binaries on Heroku

Heroku is a great platform – if it has what you need. Here's one workable approach to installing custom binaries on Heroku.

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