Can Of Pop

Update: Jquery 1.4 has been released YAY! A great article on the things you should get to know about the improvements

Over the last couple of years i've seen the trend sway away from using flash for flash sake (navigation, carousels, image gallery's ) which is a good thing in this creatives mind the developments in browser technology and the introduction of JQUERY JavaScript library in my opinion has revolutionized the possibilities for websites to be functional, valid (to some degree) & sexy (moving,sliding things).

Elements which in the past where created in Flash (.swf) or Silverlight (Well maybe not) can be created easily & quickly by those of us who are from a design or creative background rather than hardcore front-end developers.

JQuery with it's excellent documentation and associated online community has enabled many including myself to get to grips with making sexy front-end web apps.

There are some awesome resources out there for anyone who is starting out on the JQUERY front-end making stuff move path here is a list of my favorites (BookMarks)

My list of JQuery resources.

JQUERY Tutorials ( docs.jquery.com/Tutorials )

Straight from the horses mouth - straight forward referencing with examples.. NICE!

JQUERY for Designers ( jqueryfordesigners.com )

The best place for any designer / newbie to start, even includes a filter by level feature, which will get you coding up your first app in no time at all.

Ajax Tuts & Examples from Noupe.com ( Noupe.com )

With a ever updating list of articles dating back from 2007 it's a pretty decent resource, once you get over all the annoyingly placed ad placements

NetTuts+( net.tutsplus.com )

All hail Envato - quite possibly the biggest Tutorial / knowledge base on the net today - if it's web production NetTut has it covered.

JsLint.com ( www.jslint.com )

The JavaScript Code Quality Tool has saved me hours de-bugging, but be warned "JSLint will hurt your feelings".

QUnit ( docs.jquery.com/QUnit ) Advanced

QUnit is a powerful, easy-to-use, JavaScript test suite. It's used by the jQuery project to test its code and plugins but is capable of testing any generic JavaScript code (and even capable of testing JavaScript code on the server-side).

Quirks Mode (www.quirksmode.org)

QuirksMode.org is the home of the Browser Compatibility Tables, where you’ll find hype-free assessments of the major browsers’ CSS and JavaScript capabilities, as well as their adherence to the W3C standards.

Peter-Paul Koch - Couldn't of said it better myself

That's it for now, If I come across any other resources I will of course let you know via Twitter, Follow Me

Musing Done.

Today i've been mainly watching or trying to spot my two good friends Griff(@griffinabox) and Lewis complete the London Marathon.

To celebrate their momentous run I created this little flash game.. Griff Vs Lewis - Street Runner.

It was quite a challenge to code up and I enjoyed the process, it still needs some of the maths adjusting but apart from that i'm quite proud of my efforts and very proud of the boys who managed to complete the marathon in ?hours and ?mins and ?seconds, ?hours and ?mins and ?secs respectively.

It has given me a boast for my little 10k Bristol run in may, I may even create a Andy vs Hannah version of the game

Andy

I've recently got my old fire-wire drive to work again.... a screw driver and a couple of bangs seemed to do the trick..

Anyway.. here's an old experiment I produced while at University, it's a Chromo clock, for those who are new to the study of colour I suggest you head over to CHROMO® which will explain it all to you.

Anyway here is the clock in all it's glory, each dot represents different elements of the time, it's linked to your computer clock so if you want another colour or to see what it looks like at different types of the day change your PC / MAC clock.

St-Art Chromo Clock 2006

It's original purpose was to act as a screen saver for my St-Art Interactive display unit.. which used a standard web-cam as a navigation tool, the idea being a interactive street unit for the future, uses could include Advertising / Public or domestic content.