Essentials for a web developer’s toolbox

These are some of the items that I use frequently throughout the development process. Hopefully you will find them useful also.
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President’s Day Weekend

Long weekend are great!  Hopefully I should get a lot accomplished on loadmotions over the next couple of days.  I think I’m going to switch over to ExtJS for the main application.  From the experimenting that I’ve done, it just feels lighter and more responsive.  There are a few things I will probably still use [...]

My JS Framework Dilema

I have been using primarily two frameworks on my various projects. Usually I use the Dojo Toolkit, but recently I’ve become fond of ExtJS. They are both great setups with loads of functionality. I’m trying to determine which types of sites each fits best in. From my experience, ExtJS seems [...]