At Planet Argon, we’re using the jQuery UI slider to filter results on one of our client projects. Since I had never implemented anything with jQuery UI slider, I decided to whip up a quick prototype just to see how it worked. It took me a little under an hour to get something put together. This post is the result of that prototype.
First of all, let’s visualize what we want to achieve. In my example, I have 20 dummy stocks that I want to filter down based on a high and low price. Here is a sample screen shot:
I recently posted a guide to installing Ruby on Rails on a Mac that was adapted from my own installation notes. The article was specifically focused (and rightfully so) on just installing Ruby on Rails but I wanted to cover some of the apps that fill out my web development toolbox after a fresh install.
LaunchBar
Not necessarily directly related to web development, but I find that I can’t live without a quick application launcher anymore. Instead of digging through the Applications directory for the app that I want to run or littering my dock with icons, I just hit CTRL + SPACE type in the first few letters of the application and hit ENTER when LaunchBar finds it.
LaunchBar isn’t free, but it’s what I’ve been using for a while.
I’ve had my MacBook Pro for almost a year now and I haven’t had a single problem with it, that is until recently. I’m guessing that the install of Snow Leopard has triggered a bug somewhere in the system that causes the screen to flicker. The only time I’ve noticed the flickering screen is when I have an external monitor connected to it.
For those wondering, this is what the flickering looks like.
Some people have been saying that you need to zap the PRAM but others dispute as not doing anything. I’ve found something that seems to work. This is obviously a bug somewhere and I hope that an update to Snow Leopard fixes this sooner rather than later (I’ve heard it’s supposed to be the next update).
Go into the Energy Saver Preference Pane and change the Graphics option from “Better battery life” to “Higher Performance”. After making this change, the screen no longer flickers. Obviously this is going to chew through your battery like there is no tomorrow, but it can be toggled back and forth (NOTE: To toggle this setting you need to logout of your user account and log back in).
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