My name is Ian O'Donnell and I am a software developer in Ireland. Day to day I work with Java, Javascript (usually through jQuery), XML, XSLT, pSQL and some other bits and pieces, it's quite varied. From backend java to frontend CSS and Javascript. I haven't really decided on the focus and direction of the site yet. Sure I'll see what happens!
In an update to http://ianodonnell.com/javascript-changing-background-colour-dynamically/ I will just show the code example, using jQuery, of changing the background colour of a webpage. Demo here, to make sure it’s what you are after. In the last example I used the pure javascript way. back then I had not even started to use any framework layers over [...]
I have come a long way since some of my old posts, and now that I am going to be producing content again, any javascript posts will probably use jQuery so I’ll start with ‘Why?’ jQuery is fast. Very fast. “write less, do more” It’s both fast to develop with, and the performance is fantastic [...]
Nothing is worse than spending forever googling for how to accomplish a certain task only to find pages that don’t answer your question. So just to clarify, here is what we will be covering. Checking Password Length Matching 2 password fields Giving the error to the user without reloading the page And this is an [...]
In the wake of my previous post “Javascript: Changing background colour dynamically“, I am going to put together a similarly styled post with the same method of control. Our aim is to allow users to be able to change the colour of the text on the page by clicking an image or a link. Just [...]
Edit: Updated simpler and easier method using jQuery available here http://ianodonnell.com/jquery-changing-the-background-colour-of-a-page/ During the completion of a recent project I was working on I had to learn something I didn’t do before, this was allowing the user to change the colour of a html web page on the fly without reloading. It was actually quite tough [...]
Ok this tip first of can be used for any forum, platform or service which requires a specific format of link. for example forums usually want something like [link=http://www.ianodonnell.com]Home Page[/link] which can be annoying as it takes time compared to just a simple copy paste. I will use the Microblogging service Jaiku as an example [...]
I have no idea how many of you do or do-not use Micro-Blogging or Social Networking tools such as Twitter, Jaiku and Facebook to begin with but that is another story for another day. This tip is something I have been trying to do for a long time (Read: Thinking about doing) and this evening [...]
As a pre-emptive to a detailed blog post I have planned regarding producing high quality videos for Youtube from any pc-game, although I will be focusing on Battlefield 2142, I am going to produce a simple guide that is especially useful for people who may not have done this before or may not have experience [...]
Ok, so in order to keep on top of any editing experience I have I decided it would be a good idea just to get some practice in so this is a video I edited from a Battlefield 2142 Battle recorder recording (mouthful) of my clans training session. Basically we close the server to the [...]
Inspired by recieving a comment on my old placeholder post I spent a lot of this evening sprucing up the ole homestead. You can expect more content here later. Still trying to get my Blogger-Legs :) It is quite a bit different from the blinding white of before but let’s leave the css for another [...]
