Tips for Better Website Performance

I am here not talking about Server-side improvements. I am here talking about Front-End improvements that really affects the web page speed.

The time spent till the website is running on the client’s browser. If we analyze that time, we will get:

Request Time (in milliseconds)
Server Process Time, or response time (usually in milliseconds)
Downloading web page and files into browser (few to several seconds, depending on internet speed)
Rendering on browser.

Drag and Drop with jQuery for Touch Devices

In the last post: Drag and drop with HTML5, i explained how to drag and drop using HTML5 and Javascript (jQuery). I mentioned that touch devices such as iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, Samsung…. etc, does not support HTML5 Drag and Drop features.

Now, in this post, i want to explain how to make Drag and Drop possible for all devices. Before we start, you must know that it’s all about Javascript.. And i will use jQuery library while i am familiar with it and it simplifies writing javascript.

How to: Drag and Drop with HTML5

Drang n’ Drop in HTML 5 is supported by: IE9+, Firefox 3.6+, Safari 4+, Opera 11+ and Chrome 12+. But its not supported yet for touch devices like Touch Mobiles and Tablets.
To make things more clear, its not only HTML 5.. Its a combination between HTML 5, CSS 3, and Javascript.

5 Resources for Free PNG icons

Your ads will be inserted here byEasy Plugin for AdSense.Please go to the plugin admin page toPaste your ad code OR Suppress this ad slot. I have collected 5 resources for free PNG icons. They could be used on websites, mobile applications and other stuff. They are available with multi-dimentions as follow:   1) 25… Continue reading 5 Resources for Free PNG icons

15 Free IDEs for Developers

Your ads will be inserted here byEasy Plugin for AdSense.Please go to the plugin admin page toPaste your ad code OR Suppress this ad slot. Komodo Edit (Windows, Mac, Linux) Komodo Edit is an open source application that has support for PHP, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Perl, Tcl, XML, HTML 5 and CSS 3. It has… Continue reading 15 Free IDEs for Developers

jQuery: Catch Keyboard Events

Your ads will be inserted here byEasy Plugin for AdSense.Please go to the plugin admin page toPaste your ad code OR Suppress this ad slot. Lot of jQuery projects relies on keyboard/mouse event like pressing “p” for previous and “n” for next also using the arrows. Because this is important, I have managed a code… Continue reading jQuery: Catch Keyboard Events

Scroll window smoothly using jQuery

Using jQuery animate() function to do a smooth scrolling: I have also created a div as follow: <div id=”scrollToHere”> Scroll to here </div> You need something to run your script. Create a button like this: <input type=”button” onclick=”scollWin();” value=”Scroll up” /> The jQuery Code will be like this: function scrollWin(){ $(‘html,body’).animate({ scrollTop: $(“#scrollToHere”).offset().top }, 800);… Continue reading Scroll window smoothly using jQuery

Web page transparency for all browsers

Every browser has different CSS properties for less-used actions like: transparency or opacity. It was something weird to do transparency on your web page because there are lot of different web browsers. To make that easy, I have collected information and generated a CSS class that will work on most of the browsers. See the… Continue reading Web page transparency for all browsers