Liam McLennan

June 2009 Entries

Server-side Geocoding using the Google Maps API

Here is a simple class for server-side geocoding. This implementation uses the basic csv data transfer format so it is just geocoding. It can easily be extended to return more data by switching to the json data transfer format. It can also be easily extended to support reverse geocoding...

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Adding a Select() / Map() Method to Javascript Arrays

In C# and Ruby we can use the Where() and Select() methods to select elements from a collection by testing each element with a predicate (method that returns a boolean). Unfortunately, javascript does not have this capability. Here is the code to add a where() method to the javascript array class...

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Simple AJAX with jQuery

JQuery includes powerful ajax features for enriching the experience of a web application. This post will describe the simplest case, using ajax to replace part of a page with new content from the server...

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How to Become a Web Development Freelancer

I mentioned somewhere that I am a freelancer and I got this email:

I am looking at getting into freelance web design and development myself. I was wondering if you would be kind enough to share some information with me about your experience? ...

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