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Offline Storage, IndexedDB and the onbeforeunload/unload Problem
October 16th, 2014
Offline storage is one of the best parts about HTML5. No longer do you have to always send client data back to a server where we have to communicate back and forth if we don’t need to. Say we are saving some user preferences for an app, or saving some game data on close/exit. Say you are working on a document and accidentally close or refresh the tab.
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State of Nearest-neighbor Interpolation in Canvas
November 8th, 2013
Nearest-neighbor interpolation is the bread and butter of pixel art and a staple for many indie games. It’s what allows us to create crisp and sharp pixelated graphics, responsively without exporting all our graphics upscaled via image editing software.
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The Real Scoop on jQuery .find() Performance
January 8th, 2013
.find() seems to get a bad rap. Some people state that selectors are WAY better for performance, some people say that .find() is. Well, actually both can be true. Not only depending on what amount of elements you are searching, but HOW you are selecting or finding them as well.
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Saving and Loading Objects (or Arrays) in localStorage
November 22nd, 2012
Although localStorage is not very popular (due to size browser sizing constraints and lack of consistency), it can still be a great (and fairly cross-browser) way for storing lots of data. About 2.49-4.98MB worth depending on the browser.
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Fading A Background Image In
September 14th, 2012
Fading in a website background image is not generally an easy task. This is because there’s no opacity state for background images in specific. Fading a solid background is pretty easy using RGBa – not so easy for images. There’s also the issue of when you change the opacity of body (or wrapper) element, everything inside (or the children) are effected as well. In this example, I will be using jQuery to animate the effect.
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