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MooTools Packager

Published October 14, 2010 Issue #004 Topic: Site Building Tags: MooTools

Because MooTools is modular, manually including all the different files you need, along with their dependencies, is a pain in the neck. Kamicane's Packager to the rescue! Packager is a PHP class and command-line tool used to build JavaScript files from components.

Simple Git Deployment

Published July 27, 2010 Issue #002 Topic: Site Building Tags: git, deployment

If you're still using FTP to deploy websites, knock it off. Here's a simple way to use git to deploy web sites and applications.

Deploying Websites With a Tiny Git Hook

Published July 27, 2010 Issue #002 Topic: Site Building Tags: git

Because git is "decentralized" we can push and pull to and from several different remote repositories. So why not simply add our web server as a remote repository and push to it when we want to update it? The trick is in using the post-receive hook.

Deploying With Capistrano Without Rails

Published July 27, 2010 Issue #002 Topic: Site Building Tags: capistrano, deployment

Developing web apps with Ruby on Rails has a lot of conveniences developers are almost smug about. Capistrano, though not a part of rails directly, I think belongs in the category. After using it once to deploy a site, I was sold.

Targeted CSS and JavaScript for Document States, JavaScript Support, and Internet Explorer's Versions

Published April 09, 2010 Issue #000 Topic: Site Building Tags:

There are differing opinions on how to support Internet Explorer in all it's flavors. I'm the type that makes the site look and act the same in every browser as similarly as possible most of the time.