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sparkygoblue

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About sparkygoblue

Computer programming teacher and web developer. Hacking away on getsubmitbox.com.

sparkwebdev@gmail.com

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    Consider caching your element selectors like this: var $image = $('#my-div img'); This way jQuery doesn't have to traverse the DOM more than once to select the element. Also, I bel…

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    Comment #5778207

    University of Michigan grad here. Keep up the good work gentlemen. Go Blue!

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    Comment #5768919

    I noticed that as well. I think he was implying that the first URL structure isn't possible in PHP, which of course is not true.

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    Comment #5533003

    clickable http://getsubmitbox.com

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    Show HN: Dropbox Integration For Teachers

    Hello HN, I’m Brad. I have been a computer programming and technology teacher for twelve years. Collecting digital documents from my students via email or a learning management sys…

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    Comment #5312783

    Ugh. Articles like this make me want to join the PHP sucks crowd, and I really hate the PHP sucks crowd.

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    Comment #5224585

    I've been teaching computer programming to high school students for close to 15 years. In that time, I've seen the demand grow more and more as the stigmatism of computer programmi…

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    Comment #5088692

    $1000 per month for your servers seems really high. Where are you hosting this?

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    Comment #4549593

    Link without NSFW images: http://www.onlinecollege.org/Program-or-Be-Programmed

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    Comment #4507772

    I thought about creating something like this a few months ago, but I thought that Stripe would almost certainly create something like this themselves in the near future. Either way…

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    Comment #4480230

    I've been teaching kids to code for over 10 years now. It's an exciting time to be a computer programming teacher. The amount of resources (mostly free) that make teaching young pe…

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    Comment #4382775

    Thanks for the feedback Matt. I think you're right. I'm going to remove the CC info fields from my sign up form. By the way, bugmuncher looks cool. Congrats!

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    Ask HN: Do you ask for credit card info for free trial signups?

    I've been debating whether taking credit card info during free trial signups is the best way to go for my SaaS app. Obviously, asking for this information will turn some (many? too…

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    Comment #3815130

    Could be here: http://developer.yahoo.com/fantasysports/

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    Comment #3804067

    One option: http://kurtvarner.com/post/19347794553/man-car-startup

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    Ask HN: Does your web app work with javascript off?

    I've spent a lot of time adding UI features to my new (mostly CRUD) webapp that I know I'm going to either tweak or totally override via javascript/ajax. I feel an obligation to ge…

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    Comment #3709328

    You are a braver man than I. Good luck!

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    Comment #3610053

    Seems like a cool idea. One comment on the landing page: I'd condense the height of your design a bit. On my screen (running Chrome) the sign up for beta entry form was below the f…

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    Comment #3601140

    HTML5 Boilerplate is more of a best practices HTML/CSS template. Bootstrap is a css design framework for creating a nice user interface with little effort. They actually have some …

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    Comment #3574025

    This will be my first kickstarter contribution. I'm a huge fan of Grim Fandango, and I can't wait to see what they come up with.

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    Comment #3535257

    The post has a very condescending tone IMO, but there is a grain of truth to some of it though. I would say that you should incorporate bootstrap into your design, rather than let …