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Archive for October, 2005

Setting XSL Parameters from Javascript in AJAXSLT

Posted: Sunday, October 23rd, 2005 Tags: Howto, Javascript, XSL

Recently, I was trying to pass some info from my Javascript into my XSL stylesheet. Here’s how I finally did it.

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A Mac OS X Web Browser for JavaScript Testing

Posted: Sunday, October 2nd, 2005 Tags: Javascript, My Software

I was playing with a very JavaScript-heavy web page and wanted my automated tests to use a real web browser. I tried running them inside Safari, but it’s a bit annoying to have my tests take control of my browser. Plus, there were caching issues. So I wrote a very simple web browser.

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About Me

I'm a software developer and consultant in San Francisco. I mostly develop web apps in Javascript, Java and Rails. There's a little more about me on my LinkedIn profile.

Recent Projects

wshlst.com: a group-oriented wish list website.

BoardsConsult/RotationTracker: a site to help medical residents prepare for the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam, and a related site to help medical schools evaluate and track the progress of the residents in their programs.

Jobs

I moderate a few completely free jobs mailing lists with RSS feeds and zero spam: XP jobs, Rails jobs and Mac development jobs. Also, my pals at Pivotal Labs have agile Rails and Java job openings.

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