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Revealing the magic: How to properly convert HTML string to a DOM element

posted in JavaScript on 2014-01-23   wrapmap table tr element tbody var html td div map

This seems like a trivial task. However, it is not. There are few popular solutions, but they have a big problem and if you use them a lot you will spot the issue.

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Importing huge MySQL dump under Windows.

posted in PHP on 2013-06-17   mysql dump table hugedump sql sql table hugedump root h localhost u root h mysql command

I just received a 250MB dump of a database and I needed to see what is it inside. As you may guess, PHPMyAdmin is not a good option in this case. I decided to use the command line.

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Web Highlights #1

posted in HTML5 on 2013-04-05   http things tablets viewport sizes front end architecture pixel mobiles make

Everyday I'm reading or watching something which I find helpful. Normally I bookmark those things, but at the end I have dozen of folders and subfolders which I never check. So, I decided to make such blog post where I'll share valuable things in the net.

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Brian McCallister and the code

posted in Architecture on 2012-05-16   programming profession convert business requirements efficiently convert business full article bugs read repeatable manner things programming computer

_Programming and the Profession of Programming are quite different things. Programming is being able to efficiently tell a computer exactly what to do in a repeatable manner. The profession of programming is being able to efficiently convert business requirements into bugs._Read the full article here.

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