First time using Bootstrap

It may come across as a surprise but I have never used a CSS framework before, preferring to hand roll my own stylesheets. I had no idea how much I was missing out!

Collapsible trees with CSS

Using CSS make collapsible trees has a certain appeal to it.

HTML data bars with div

The div element can be used to create simple data bars.

Simple form validation when there's no HTML5

HTML5 offers easy-to-use form validation, but what if you're stuck with older clients? The easy way is to get a shim/polyfill. In this post we explore another easy (old) way, using JavaScript only.

Generate trees from materialized paths in Jade

Suppose you have the following objects retrieved from a database, in an array. How would you generate a tree in HTML?

Web page layout using CSS

In this post we explore a simple way to give web pages a navigation bar and a fixed-width sidebar.

Introduction to CSS

The ubiquitous Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is used in web pages to separate content from formatting.