JavaScript Frameworks have gained wide acceptance among developers since the "Web 2.0" movement and have, in many ways, changed how we use the web. One of the greatest outcomes of this has been the reduction in external popup windows in favor of unobtrusive, JavaScript-based "Modal Window" and "Lightbox" solutions. At work, clients frequently ask us to incorporate content and image overlay solutions into their projects and after experimenting with, and customizing a wide variety of different scripts, I decided to write a comparison of several of the most popular Light Box solutions.

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My non-technical friends frequently ask about the process behind web development; they are baffled when they see a robust website and learn that it began life as a big, blank box Photoshop. When I started development for the new version of my site, I decided to chronicle the process from beginning to end to shed light on the design process that I use. More »

Almost three years after the launch of DCP Version 8, DCP 9 has officially launched! I started the process in November, 2007 and have been working on and off since then to create something that I am proud of. More »