Study guide for MS Exam 70-480

• SPMatt's guide to passing exam 70-480 (Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3)
• Developing in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 Jump Start
• Windows Store Apps with HTML5 Refresh

jQuery vs document performance testing

jQuery vs. document.querySelector

Facebook Debugger

Facebook debug tool:
"Enter a URL to see some helpful feedback about your page markup. Enter an access token to see its expiry and user."

Used it to check my og:image meta tags.

Getting parts of a URL without using regex

As this response on StackOverflow says, have the browser do it for you:

var a = document.createElement('a');
a.href = 'http://www.example.com:123/foo/bar.html?fox=trot#foo';

['href','protocol','host','hostname','port','pathname','search','hash'].forEach(function(k) {
    console.log(k+':', a[k]);
});

/*//Output:
href: http://www.example.com:123/foo/bar.html?fox=trot#foo
protocol: http:
host: www.example.com:123
hostname: www.example.com
port: 123
pathname: /foo/bar.html
search: ?fox=trot
hash: #foo
*/

Or, with jQuery:

var lnk = $('<a href="http://www.example.com:123/foo/bar.html?fox=trot#foo" />')[0];
$.each(['href','protocol','host','hostname','port','pathname','search','hash'], function(idx, k) { 
  console.log(k+':', lnk[k]); 
});

Aptana notes

• TFS plugin from Microsoft
• additional syntax highlighting plugin
• setting the editor tool (use similar steps to associate HTML editor to .aspx)

Prop Lightsabers

Info:

• Lightsaber Archives
• Comparison of Skywalker lightsabers at The Rebelscum Registry

Sellers (or about the sellers):

• Ultra Sabers
• Parks Sabers
• Star Wars thread on RPF
• FX-Sabers (with crystal chambers!)

Free icons

Free icons and other stuff at Smashing Magazine freebies page.