“Zepto.js is a minimalist inlinable framework for mobile WebKit browsers, with a jQuery-like chaining syntax.” — I like the bigger picture behind this: don’t include a full jQuery on a mobile site but go back to basics and serve visitors a tiny javascript file which handles most of the stuff. Somewhat (in an idea-wise manner) …
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“Allied forces initially tried conventional intelligence gathering: spying, intercepting and decoding transmissions and interrogating captured enemies. Using these methods, the Allies deduced that the German military industrial complex churned out around 1,400 tanks each month from June 1940 through September 1942. That just didn’t seem right.”
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“The Twitter.com redesign presented an opportunity to make bold changes to the underlying technology of the website. With this in mind, we began implementing a new architecture almost entirely in JavaScript. We put special emphasis on ease of development, extensibility, and performance. Building the application on the client forced us to come up with unique …