And if I had a gun, with two bullets, and I was in a room with Hitler, Bin Laden and Internet Explorer, I would shoot Internet Explorer twice. When creating HTML elements with jQuery, there is an elegant syntax that was introduced quite a few versions ago. $("<div/>", { id: ‘someDiv’, class: ‘someClass’, text: ‘Some… Read more »
Posts Tagged: programming
The Joys of Merging Code
I consider myself lucky to work at a place where we have someone working QA to ensure the code we’re pushing out isn’t going to blow up. When a development ticket has passed through QA, we get an email to let us know. Usually saving the task of merging code until the end of the… Read more »
No, PHP Errors and Notices Do Not Need to be Encoded
Programmers giving other programmers questionable advice is never a good thing. Because of this, I was sort of surprised when I finished reading a post from Neal Poole that hit the front page of Hacker News. Appearing on Hacker News as “Cross-Site Scripting? In PHP Notices? It’s more likely than you think,” his blog post… Read more »
Professional Technologist
My name is David Drake. I am a father and technologist who revels in creating things and tackling difficult problems.
Appreciator of the outdoors. Enjoyer of good humans, cooking, aromatic coffee, and plants. Actor for many years. Very fond of science; particularly astronomy and quantum physics. Likes to grow things and travel. Commodore 64 tattoo. Fan of PBS, Apple, and The NY Times. Constantly learning and loves to teach.
Everything I say is my own opinion and not representative of any organization.