Being a “noob” event organiser is not an excuse

Being a “noob” event organiser is not an excuse

A few months ago, I attended a small conference-like event, which looked promising, but ended up being a disappointment. There is no need to name the specific event, since the point of this article is not to bad-mouth someone, but instead to give some recommendations to potential event organisers out there, from the perspective of an attendee.

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How to build a slideshow with a blinds transition using jQuery

How to build a slideshow with a blinds transition using jQuery

The other day, I saw a photograph in a printed magazine which inspired me to create a JavaScript effect that would make any photo look exactly like that. After I created this effect, I altered the code into a proper transition effect to be used as a slideshow, using multiple images. I am now going to walk you through how it was built.

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Enhance your JavaScript console logging messages

Enhance your JavaScript console logging messages

I still remember the day when I discovered that there is a JavaScript console where I could display messages! It was such a relief not having to alert messages anymore, or using a DOM element to display them. But, what I didn’t know back then was that there are different ways to display messages in the console, apart from the well-known log() method.

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