Shaun Mccran

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06
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2012

Forcing the dollar ($) Namespace within your JQuery functions

Whilst documenting some Open Source platforms for an upcoming project I found that several of the larger more prominent Open Source software solutions perform some subtle tweaks to included JavaScript libraries. In this case JQuery.

This is a short post on ho to ensure that the $ character always represents the JQuery library in your framework.

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01
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2012

Dynamically tagging content with Keywords using JQuery

I've used a ticketing system called Lighthouse App for a while now, and one of the features I really like about it is its ability to tag content with keywords in a very easy and obvious fashion.

If you have ever wanted to tag an article or some content with a list of Keywords then this blog article is for you.

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2012

Just what is 'Best Practice' exactly?

I've been an advocate of 'best practice' for a while now, in any random psychometric test I'll always come out rated as a perfectionist which may go some way as to explaining why I am constantly striving to make whatever process I am involved in either more efficient or generally just a smoother transaction.

But some recent musing has left me wondering just what 'best practice' is? When I sat down and really thought about what the term means to me I came up with some surprising answers.

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2012

What should I study in college to get started with ColdFusion?

The other day I got a comment on a Blog article from a reader. The reader asked "What should I study in college to get started with ColdFusion?".

On one hand this is a massively open question, on the other I'd quite like to expand it even further.

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