Building a New Image Format

If you are a HTML5/CSS/jQuery Web Developer, here's a $3.99 ThanksGiving Offer There’s now a newcomer to the stable of images we use for web development. It’s the WebP Image Format (see https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/) WebP’s goal is to surpass compression file sizes of photographs—a role usually reserved by JPEG. But this JPEG clone has a special talent: animation! So, in essenece, the WebP image format is a hybrid of the GIF...

JavaScript Devs: Be Careful With Comparison Operators

The results of type coercion in JavaScript can be difficult to predict, even when you know the rules. In this post, we will see how subtle differences in comparisons, can lead to significant changes in the results. Be careful when relying on 'truthyness' for logic. Whenever possible, use comparison operators to clarify your meaning. 'Falsy' values include: 0 undefined null empty strings false CAUTION - Boolean objects instantiated...