brite fisher

Learnings for Week 25 2010

* Checking if a javascript function exists in the page: ** typeof functionName == 'function' * "Tig":http://gitready.com/advanced/2009/07/31/tig-the-ncurses-front-end-to-git.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+git-ready+(git+ready:+daily+git+tips) a simple command-line yet visual interface to Git * Filename completion in Vim with ctrl-x then ctrl-f * Had issues with parts of the page not redrawing correctly, the culprit was a position: relative - not really sure why. * jQuery delegate method is the 'new' way to do live events, cleaner syntax and promotes using a context so the events don't have to bubble all the way up the DOM. "Learning JQuery":http://www.learningjquery.com/2010/03/using-delegate-and-undelegate-in-jquery-1-4-2 has a pretty good explanation.