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Flat slider : Visual styler for jQuery UI slider

Flat slider is an online tool that allows you to turn the jQuery UI slider into a beautiful flat slider. You can change the color and size of the slider line, handles and range. The tool generates the CSS as you make your changes, so that you can easily copy and paste it into your website stylesheets.

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Sticky : Ultimate jQuery Sticky Scroll Plugin

Sticky is a jQuery plugin that gives you the ability to make any element on your page always stay visible.

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FTScroller : JavaScript Touch or Scrollwheel Scrolling

FTScroller is a cross-browser Javascript/CSS library to allow touch, mouse or scrollwheel scrolling within specified elements, with pagination, snapping and bouncing support.

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WebCola – Javascript Constraint-Based Graph Layout

WebCola is an open-source JavaScript library for arranging your HTML5 documents and diagrams using constraint-based optimization techniques. It works well with libraries like D3.js and svg.js

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SitePoint Smackdown: PHP vs Node.js

The web is ever-changing technology landscape. Server-side developers have a bewildering choice of long-standing heavy-weights such as Java, C, and Perl to newer, web-focused languages such as Ruby, Clojure and Go. It rarely matters what you choose presuming your application works.

But how do those new to web development make an informed choice?

I hope not to start a holy war but I'm pitting two development disciplines against each other:

• PHP
  PHP was created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994. It is processed by an interpreter normally installed as a module in a web server such as Apache or Nginx.

  PHP code can be intermingled with HTML. That's not necessarily best-practice but those new to the language can produce useful code very quickly. It contributed to the language's popularity and PHP is now used on more than 80% of the world's web servers. It has been helped in no small part by WordPress -- a PHP Content Management System which powers a quarter of all sites.

• Node.js
  Node.js was created by Ryan Dahl in 2009. It uses Google's V8 JavaScript engine which also powers client-side code in the Chrome web browser. Unusually, the platform has built-in libraries to handle web requests and responses -- you don't need a separate web server or other dependencies.

  Node.js is relatively new but has been rapidly gaining traction. It's used by companies including Microsoft, Yahoo, LinkedIn and PayPal.

Where's C#, Java, Ruby, Python, Perl, Erlang, C++, Go, Dart, Scala, Haskell, etc?

An article which compared every option would be long. Would you read it? Do you expect a single developer to know them all? I've restricted this smack-down to PHP and Node.js because:

1. It's a good comparison. They're both open source, primarily aimed at web development and applicable to similar projects.
2. PHP is a long-established language but Node.js is a young upstart receiving increased attention. Should PHP developers believe the Node.js hype? Should they consider switching?
3. I know and love the languages. I've been developing with PHP and JavaScript since the late 1990s with a few year's Node.js experience. I've dabbled in other technologies but couldn't do them justice in this review.

Besides, it doesn't matter how many languages I compared -- someone, somewhere would complain that I hadn't included their favorite!

About SitePoint Smack-downs

Developers spend many years honing their craft. Some have languages thrust upon them but those who reach Ninja level usually make their own choice based on a host of factors. It's subjective; you'll promote and defend your technology decision.

That said, SitePoint Smack-downs are not "use whatever suits you, buddy" reviews. I will make recommendations based on my own experience, requirements and biases. You'll agree with some points and disagree with others; that's great -- your comments will help others make an informed choice.

Evaluation Methodology

PHP and Node.js are compared in the following ten rounds. Each bout considers a general development challenge which could be applied to any web technology. We won't go too deep; few people will care about the relative merits of random number generators or array sorting algorithms.

The overall winner will be the technology which wins the most rounds. Ready? Let battle commence…

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10 Things To Learn From Your Competitors’ Social Media Marketing Strategy - #infographic

“Have you ever wondered why your competitors have bigger audiences, more engagement, and what seems like a more successful social media strategy? If so, then a little competitor research may do your strategy planning some good. Here are 10 ways you can gain insights from your competitors.”

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