OK, let me start by saying yes, though we are using CSS, tables are meant to be used when displaying tabular data such as a comparision list, a calendar or any other information that needs to be presented in rows and columns. What is wrong is to use tables for the layout of your page. Before CSS this was a necessity but today it is a big no no! Today we use CSS to style our tables.
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Styling tables with CSS
20th September 2008Web site Front-end optimization
22nd August 2008Every front-end developer should be concerned about their web site load times and do whatever they can to improve their users experience. With a little knowledge of ways to optimize your web site maybe there are some improvements that you can make.
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Great places for design inspiration
1st July 2008There is a pretty high chance that you've already heard about these web sites if you are a designer and live on the web. If you haven't, here is a list of galleries you can visit for inspiration.
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Dialog boxes that blend with your design
29th June 2008You have spent time designing your web site. Now spend time designing your dialog boxes. Here is a way to create them using CSS and JavaScript.
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A beginners guide to AJAX
25th June 2008AJAX stands for "Asynchronous JavaScript and XML". What AJAX lets you do is send and receive data to and from a remote source, and render it in your application, without reloading the page.
If you know your JavaScript this will be a piece of cake for you. If you don't know JavaScript you should start by mastering that. As this is a beginners guide I'll keep things simple and demonstrate with an easy example.
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