A Quick Intro
Welcome to the UselessCode blog. UselessCode is a site dedicated to a number of open source projects that I’ve created. This blog will cover subjects related to our projects and general programming and...
View ArticleIntroducing UCSV
Background UCSV is a small (less than 1kb when minified and gzipped) JavaScript library. It provides a simple interface for importing and exporting CSV data into and out of JavaScript applications....
View ArticleUCSV 1.0.2 released
After much procrastination, I am releasing version 1.0.2 of UCSV. This version makes a few small but important changes. In previous versions csvToArray() would insert an empty string into the resulting...
View ArticleStrange Chrome bug with text-shadow and the ‘IM Fell DW Pica’ web-font
While working on a new design for my portfolio site I came across an odd bug in Google Chrome. I had used one of the web fonts that Google supplies via the Google Font API for the text in the page...
View ArticleEnrober 1.2.0 Released
Enrober 1.2.0 has been released. This release adds a few new features and contains a major change in the way filters are handled. The internal changes have allowed the head, body and footer to be...
View ArticleUcsv 1.2.0 released
I’ve been busy with a number of other projects but I have finally gotten around to a new update to Ucsv. This version fixes a couple of small bugs and adds the new csvToObject and objectToCsv methods....
View ArticleIntroducing UCSV
UCSV is a small easy to use JavaScript library which provides functions for handling CSV data in JavaScript applications. In this post we'll explore how to use it to import and export CSV data into and...
View ArticleUnexpected $end errors in create_function calls
I recently ran across an odd situation while working on a PHP based project. A couple of places I had to use create_function() to create anonymous functions as callbacks for content buffering with...
View ArticleA couple of great articles about using OOP in PHP
I was going through some older items in my RSS reader and noticed a couple of excellent articles about using Object Oriented Programming in PHP over at the Think Vitamin blog.
View ArticleFacebook's XHP adds XML to PHP's syntax
I recently came across a very interesting post about XHP on the Facebook Engineering's Notes blog. XHP is a PHP extension they have developed which adds XML comprehension to PHP, allowing you to...
View ArticlePure CSS3 tab widget with :target
In recent years it has become fashionable to take content on a page and put it into a tabbed widget for display. This is usually done using JavaScript. There are a number of plug-ins for jQuery that do...
View ArticleUCSV 1.0.2 released
After much procrastination, I am releasing version 1.0.2 of UCSV. This version makes a few small but important changes. In previous versions csvToArray() would insert an empty string into the resulting...
View ArticleStrange Chrome bug with text-shadow and the 'IM Fell DW Pica' web-font
While working on a new design for my portfolio site I came across an odd bug in Google Chrome. I had used one of the web fonts that Google supplies via the Google Font API for the text in the page...
View ArticleEnrober v1.0.0 released
After a long delay due to feature creep and massive re-factoring, I'm happy to announce that Enrober v1.0.0 is now available; it is licensed under the Apache License, version 2. The README and API...
View ArticleEnrober 1.1.0 released
Version 1.1.0 of Enrober is complete and available at the Enrober homepage. This version adds a couple of features, a bugfix and a major change in the file layout used by Enrober. I thought about...
View ArticleSecuring your user's passwords
The guys over at the F-Secure labs posted a great article entitled: Are you sure SHA-1+salt is enough for passwords?. It's quite interesting; anyone who has anything to do with back-end development,...
View ArticleEnrober basics tutorial posted, Small update released
The first of a series of tutorials about using Enrober has been posted. This first tutorial covers the basics of using Enrober.
View ArticleChrome truncates prompt pre-filled values longer than 2000 characters
The window.prompt() DOM method creates a simple modal pop-up for user input. The first parameter you pass to it is the text displayed in the prompt, the second allows you to pre-fill a value for the user.
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Enrober 1.2.0 Released
Enrober 1.2.0 has been released. This release adds a few new features and contains a major change in the way filters are handled. The internal changes have allowed the head, body and footer to be...
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