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String Reversing Algorithm Performance In JavaScript

Technical Publications

Wherever performance is the key factor, choosing the right algorithm, (in a very unbiased fashion,) is a very crucial factor. And generally for reversing string in JavaScript applications, I endorse this petite string reversal algorithm using Array.reverse() method.

September 24, 2009 0 comments

Fast Algorithm To Find Unique Items in JavaScript Array

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When I had the requirement to remove duplicate items from a very large array, I found out that the classic method to be not optimized as it took a pretty long time than desired. So, I devised this new algorithm that can sort a large array in a fraction of the original time.

September 6, 2009 6 comments

Notepad Mobile 1.6 Released

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With every new release, Notepad Mobile becomes more usable than before. But  with this release, Notepad Mobile has also reached a new milestone — Windows Mobile 6.5 compatibility. In a nutshell, the change-log would read: (1) Windows Mobile 6.5 support, (2) Fullscreen text viewing and (3) Word count.

August 30, 2009 4 comments

Generating Pareto Chart Data for FusionCharts

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As soon as I read about Pareto Charts on FusionCharts blog and how it uses cumulative percentage on a dual-y axes graph to allow users to summarize data into segments, I realized that a simple script to generate the FusionCharts XML would help users generate such graphs. For those who do not know what is [...]

August 26, 2009 2 comments

Analytics jQuery Plugin 2.0 Supports Full Tracking API

Technical Publications
Google Analytics jQuery Plugin

Updated Google Analytics jQuery plugin to version 2.0 and it now is the only jQuery plugin that supports full tracking API of Google. Apart from enhanced loading of ga.js file, there is a lot more that users can now do with this plugin.

August 24, 2009 0 comments

Regular Expression To Validate CSS Length and Position Values

Technical Publications

In CSS, length and position of various elements are provided as decimal numbers. Width, height, margin, padding, border-thickness, etc are some example CSS attributes where we need to specify a length. A valid CSS length value follows a set rule:

July 29, 2009 0 comments

How To Design a Good API

Technical Publications

If you have not have already read the characteristics of a good API, you may do so in “Why To Design a Good API.” As discussed in the above-mentioned article, API is almost permanent and once distributed, should not be modified. You have got one chance to make it right.

July 28, 2009 0 comments

Load jQuery Plugins Only When Required (Runtime)

Technical Publications

I have often observed that websites that are template-driven (like blogs, cms, etc), tend to load all the required scripts and css in every page. One such example would be WordPress blogs with plugins for various types of content processing (overlay, tooltip, animation, etc.) Every page of such a WordPress driven site loads the relevant [...]

July 16, 2009 2 comments

WordPress 2.9 Roadmap Stress Media Features

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Without doubt, WordPress is emerging has emerged to be one of the most robust and popular content management platform in recent times. This is primarily because of its dedicated development community and fan-base. It has been observed that the WordPress development community take up one major feature at every release and make it as perfect [...]

July 8, 2009 0 comments

Adding Links To WP Post Thumbnail Plugin

Technical Publications

Every professional blog must have thumbnails to identify every post. This not only enhances the overall design of the blog, but also adds to the vibrance of the site. It also leverages slightly from the search engine optimization (SEO) perspective.

July 5, 2009 4 comments