There is a new 2.2 release of Julien Lecomte’s fantastic YUI Compressor for minifying JavaScript. This version has some modified command line parameters and has further improved support for safely minifying JavaScript code.
Coding in JavaScript? I suggest you check out Douglas Crockford’s The Elements of JavaScript Style - Part 1 and Part 2.
After my extremely annoying experience with a broken network connection last weekend that cost me about an hour of writing, I’ve been thinking about what could be done to make sure such a thing couldn’t happen again. I believe looking into offline access for Wordpress may represent a viable solution.
Version 1.2 of the jQuery JavaScript library has been released. There seems to have been quite a few subtle alterations to the selector and AJAX systems so if you’ve done some development with jQuery and want to upgrade then you should read How To Upgrade on the jQuery wiki. I myself shall be looking into this in the near future.
If you enjoyed my previous post on the topic of semantics in HTML then you might like to head over to microformatique to check out their series about Semantics in HTML, composed of Part 1: Traditional HTML Semantics, Part 2: Standardizing Vocabularies and Part 3: Directions in HTML Semantics. If you’re interested in web development I recommend giving the series a read.
CoScripter is a new experimental Firefox extension by IBM that allows you to automate manual process that you do on the web. So, for example, if your bank forces you through a couple steps to get to your bank balance then you can use CoScripter to handle all the clicks and forms for you.
You could also use it as a form of semi-automated web testing, in a similar manner to Selenium, except that it would be more limited. For quick and dirty testing of your site’s functionality it should be more than enough.