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David Walsh is an eccentric programmer that finds a way to make things work. His expertise is in CSS, PHP, and MooTools javascript. You can read his ramblings at the David Walsh Blog (http://davidwalsh.name)
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Make your MooTools Code Shorter, Faster, and Stronger

Make your MooTools Code Shorter, Faster, and Stronger

David Walsh on Oct 20th 2010 with 51 comments

Twice a month, we revisit some of our readers’ favorite posts from throughout the history of Nettuts+. This tutorial was first published in February, 2010.

MooTools is one of the most flexible, modular, and well written JavaScript frameworks available. So many people use it but many of them don’t optimize their code. This post will provide you with fifteen simple tips for making your MooTools code shorter, faster, and stronger.

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Sexy Animated Tabs Using MooTools

Sexy Animated Tabs Using MooTools

David Walsh on Jan 18th 2010 with 75 comments

One modern, attractive way of placing a lot of content into a little space is by using a tab system. This tutorial will show you how to create a sexy, animated tab system complete with CSS sprites, cookies, and animated tab swapping.

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Create a Twitter-Like

Create a Twitter-Like “Load More” Widget

David Walsh on Jul 16th 2009 with 92 comments

Both Twitter and the Apple App Store use a brilliant technique for loading more information; you click the link and fresh items magically appear on the screen. This tutorial teaches you to use AJAX, CSS, Javascript, JSON, PHP, and HTML to create that magic. This tutorial will also feature both jQuery and MooTools versions of the script.

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Twitter App

Twitter Emulation Using MooTools 1.2 and PHP

David Walsh on Nov 11th 2008 with 77 comments

People all over the world love Twitter because of how easy it is to use. All you need to do is type in your current status, click “Update”, and you’re done. What most people probably don’t know is how simple it is to emulate Twitter’s functionality. Using PHP, MySQL, and MooTools javascript, you can implement a Twitter-like status system in no time.

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