JavaScript Code Smells by Elijah Manor

HTML & CSS: Row with image and scrollable text having height adjusted to the image size

I will show how, using CSS only, to set the height of the text in a row so it never exceeds the height of the image, and then if the long text exceeds the height, make it scroll. The image dimensions may vary and are not known at the implementation phase. The goal The thing I need to do is: …

JSLint and JSHint helps to avoid terrible mistakes in JavaScript code

Smashing Magazine and JavaScript Weekly are reminding all JavaScript coders that there are tools to validate the code: JSLint and JSHint. Those who are accustomed to compiled languages will find it helpful. But not only those... Read Article at: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/02/18/avoid-javascript-mistakes-with-static-code-analyzer/

Tomcat – Java.Lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen Space

If you see this, it means that your Tomcat server has not enough memory assigned for its Java Virtual Machine. In a default configuration Tomcat even does not declare to require much momory. on my Windows 7 64-bit machine it was 86 Mb. Using tips below you can adjust available memory as you need. How to …

Do JavaScript the right way

Here are some great resources about JavaScript code style, best practices and tips and tricks. Worth to get familiar with them: http://jstherightway.org/ http://javascript.crockford.com/code.html http://modernweb.com/2013/12/23/45-useful-javascript-tips-tricks-and-best-practices/ http://www.thinkful.com/learn/javascript-best-practices-1/

Configure SSL/HTTPS on Tomcat with Self-Signed Certificate

Regarding security, the https with SSL is a minimum requirement. Moreover it has relatively low cost in implementation. Thanks to it your transport layer will be encrypted, preventing sniffing and main in the middle attack. Thanks to it your server validity will be verified with a certificate (In this tutorial I will use self-signed certificate. …

Scalable and modular CSS

CSS can be a mess. It needs to have standards and rules to avoid a mess. Here is a good speech with recomendations to follow: http://denisejacobs.com/speaking/talks/scalable-modular-css-ftw/ Remember also about the css standards developed during the years of practice in wordpress. I mentioned them here: https://looksok.wordpress.com/2014/10/11/web-development-done-well-wordpress-web-coding-standards/

Web development done well: WordPress web coding standards

We all know that mess that grows in CSS, JavaScript and HTML files. There is no compilers as in static typed programming languages that will keep you from doing that mess bu there are Clean Code standards. The team working on files should keep common standard and follow best practices. It is a failure if each …