Showing 2 entries tagged with “Best Practices”.
Great Website Format
- This article was published on Jul 7th . It should be filed under Trends and Best Practices. It has had 1 response.
I’m currently developing on the Amazon Flexible Payment Services platform. To simplify the process, I’m using a rubygem created by Tyler Hunt called Remit.
I looked up Tyler’s blog to take a look at what he’s up to, and the format really struck me. It looks like it’s a 3-way mashup of his Del.icio.us, Twitter, and Netflix activity feeds.
Simple. To the point.
Kind of what I was going for on the front page of this site. Me likey.
Put Your Javascripts At The Bottom
- This article was published on Apr 24th . It should be filed under Javascript, XHTML, and Best Practices. It has had 2 responses.
Most likely you’ve been taught to put your javascript <script> tags in the <head>. Well, according to the Yahoo! Exceptional Performance team, you shouldn’t. In fact, they advocate that you should place your javascript <script> tags at the very bottom of your document—just above the </body> closing tag.
If external javascript files are included in the <head>, the browser downloads those js files before rendering the rest of the page. Who wants to wait? If you include the scripts at the bottom of your document, the page loads up then fetches the scripts. In most cases, this is desirable.
Who dat?
My name is Jon. I live in Kansas City, MO. I'm married to Janette. We have a little white dog named Stella. I'm the co-owner and lead-developer of Storenvy.com, an online store system and marketplace for bands, clothing companies and everyone else.
