Projects

Managing string localization in javascript files One thing that is really frustrating to deal with is localization. There is nothing funny about localizing text from your application. But this is a necessary step when you want to go for very a broad market in multiple languages. So while your there, why not having a localization infrastructure in all your front-end. Most […] Cedric Dugas 9 responses November 11, 2010
A javascript module framework starter This is the following article to part 1 on javascript patterns. A namespace to rule them all This is a small javascript framework that I use for starting my javascript/jQuery project. I think it could be most beneficial for those coming from libraries like jQuery. Dojo being quite expressive on how to work with it, […] Cedric Dugas No responses May 20, 2010
jQTouch HTML5 database api extension If you want to dive in mobile website and you are a good jQuery developer, you will love jQTouch. It’s one of the best mobile web framework out there. However, one thing I found it was missing, was some database api. In webkit you now have access to one database per website address. Think of […] Cedric Dugas 23 responses December 22, 2009
Best front-end workflow within a production team Optimizing front-end teams’ workflow is hard, there is always something that comes in the way, but it is important to at least try to optimize the front-end work. It could save your team considerable time over a project. Front-enders could work more efficiently together and within the production team. Let’s take a look at front-enders’ […] Cedric Dugas 7 responses September 18, 2009
posAbsolute CSS Framework, website starter kit Web development companies have a bad habit of doing inconsistent websites depending on which developer coded the website. It is one of the reason we have so much back-end framework. However front-end teams are a bit more in the dark. While there is basic guidelines for CSS and JS, there is generally less management by […] Cedric Dugas 14 responses September 8, 2009
Display your tweets in real time, a basic twitter API use. Recently I began optimizing social networking on Position Absolute, which lead me to the Twitter API. I wanted to display tweets in the top corner of the site. However I did not want to display my last tweet, but display my tweeting in real time. Real time ? This way I do not alienate frequent […] Cedric Dugas 16 responses August 2, 2009
jQuery fade and slide toggle plugin The jquery slidetoggle() is great, but one thing I always thought it was missing is some opacity fading in the sliding animation. When I was coding this iteration of position absolute I wanted this kind of animation so I went there and coded it. This is a very small plugin, but I still find the […] Cedric Dugas 64 responses July 2, 2009
jQuery “flash like” menu I was looking at a flash website last night and saw some nice menu effects. I was pretty sure this was easy to re-create in jQuery, so I started coding, and about 2 or 3 hours later, there it was, a nice little jQuery plugin. I know this will not be useful in most website […] Cedric Dugas 35 responses June 18, 2009
Control your website with hand gestures (javaScript and Flash) Disclaimer: This is a small proof of concept, I would not recommend using it in your website, this is just for fun. With netbook and laptop becoming more popular we have new tools opening to us, like the integrated webcam and microphone. There is unfortunately no easy way, even in HTML5, to stream your webcam […] Cedric Dugas 12 responses June 10, 2009
A jQuery inline form validation, because validation is a mess When it comes to form validation, it’s hard to have a versatile solution that works with every form. Figuring out how to display errors is not a simple task. This is something I tried to remedy with this script. When an error needs to be displayed, the script creates a div and positions it in […] Cedric Dugas 491 responses May 30, 2009