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This update covers tutorials, how-to, screen casts, tips and techniques that you should have read in December 2009. Featured authors include: Jeff Starr, Angie Bowen, UpFrancesca Tosi, Marco Kuiper, Marko Randjelovic, Alen Grakalic, Lam Nguyen, Trevor Davis, Ashley Ford, Drew McLellan, Burak Guzel, Andrew Burgess, Inayaili de León, Piervincenzo Madeo, Ben Nadel, David Walsh, Cedric Dugas, Kevin Liew, Louis Lazaris, Philo Hermans, Dan Walker, Jason Garrison, Joel Reyes, Kyle Weems, Tim Wright, TJ Kelly, Jacob Goldman, Veera Sundar, Louis Lazaris, Mary Lou, Cory Thompson, and Martin.

Featured Publications/Blogs include: Perishable Press, Arbenting Freebies, Marcofolio, Woork, Onextrapixel, Nettuts+, CSS Globe, 24 Ways, Smashing Magazine, AEXT, Noupe, Tutorialzine, Viget Inspire, Queness, David Walsh Blog, Position Absolute, CreativeFan, PV.M Garage, Papermashup, Five Finger Coding, The Blog of Ben Nadel, CSSquirrel, Dans Blog, Codrops, Impressive Webs, Cory Thompson’s Blog, Veera Sundar Blog.

• 3 Ways to Preload Images with CSS, JavaScript, or Ajax
  By Jeff Starr, December 28th, 2009
  Site: Perishable Press
• A Colorful Clock With CSS & jQuery
  By Martin, December 28th, 2009
  Site: Tutorialzine
• How To Play with Google Maps and Twitter API
  By Francesca Tosi, December 26th, 2009
  Site: Woork Up
• Creating a Time Saving CSS Template
  By Angie Bowen, December 26th, 2009
  Site: Arbenting Freebies
• WordPress Theme from Scratch – PSD to HTML
  By Lam Nguyen, December 26th, 2009
  Site: AEXT
• How to Build a PHP-based RSS Feed Parser
  By Marko Randjelovic, December 24th, 2009
  Site: Onextrapixel
• Practical Uses of CSS3
  By Trevor Davis, December 23rd, 2009
  Site: Viget Inspire
• UX trick: display form data as tabular data
  By Alen Grakalic, December 21st, 2009
  Site: CSS Globe
• Create a Simple Slideshow Using MooTools
  By David Walsh, December 21st, 2009
  Site: David Walsh Blog
• What You Need To Know About Behavioral CSS
  By Tim Wright, December 19th, 2009
  Site: Smashing Magazine
• CSS Techniques I Wish I Knew When I Started Designing Websites
  By Tim Wright and TJ Kelly, December 18th, 2009
  Site: Noupe
• SQL for Beginners
  By Burak Guzel, December 16th, 2009
  Site: Nettuts+
• Creating a Rotating Billboard System with jQuery and CSS
  By Mary Lou, December 16th, 2009
  Site: Codrops
• CSS3 animations and their jQuery equivalents
  By Marco Kuiper, December 15th, 2009
  Site: Marcofolio
• How to Build a Shopping Cart using CodeIgniter and jQuery
  By Philo Hermans, December 14th, 2009
  Site: Nettuts+
• jQuery image zoom effect
  By Ashley Ford, December 14th, 2009
  Site: Papermashup
• Advanced Power Tips for WordPress Template Developers: Reloaded
  By Jacob Goldman, December 14th, 2009
  Site: Smashing Magazine
• CSS attribute selectors: Precision styling at your fingertips
  By Jason Garrison, December 12th, 2009
  Site: Five Finger Coding
• Create your First Google Wave Robot with Python in 15 Minutes
  By Cory Thompson, December 12th, 2009
  Site: Cory Thompson’s Blog
• Styling HTML Lists with CSS: Techniques and Resources
  By Louis Lazaris, December 11th, 2009
  Site: Smashing Magazine
• A jQuery Proxy To Help Create Custom Selectors
  By Ben Nadel, December 11th, 2009
  Site: The Blog of Ben Nadel
• Top 15+ Best Practices for Writing Super Readable Code
  By Burak Guzel, December 9th, 2009
  Site: Nettuts+
• Building an Ajax Application with Progressive Enhancement
  By Louis Lazaris, December 9th, 2009
  Site: Impressive Webs
• Essential Tips and Tricks for Coding and Debugging AJAX Based Website
  By Kevin Liew, December 8th, 2009
  Site: Queness
• Microformats: What, Why, and How
  By Andrew Burgess, December 8th, 2009
  Site: Nettuts+
• Sweet tabbed navigation using CSS3
  By Marco Kuiper, December 7th, 2009
  Site: Marcofolio
• Strengthen Your Website with Vital PHP Security
  By Joel Reyes, December 7th, 2009
  Site: CreativeFan
• Developing a Firefox Extension – the complete tutorial!
  By Veera Sundar, December 7th, 2009
  Site: Veera Sundar Blog
• The Parallax Header: How I Do It
  By Kyle Weems, December 4th, 2009
  Site: CSSquirrel
• Basics of using Twitter’s API
  By Dan Walker, December 4th, 2009
  Site: Dans Blog
• Have a Field Day with HTML5 Forms
  By Inayaili de León, December 3rd, 2009
  Site: 24 Ways
• Nice And Simple Toolbar For Your Website With CSS3 And jQuery
  By Piervincenzo Madeo, December 2nd, 2009
  Site: PV.M Garage
• Create a Vertical Sliding Bar Thumbnail Effect with jQuery
  By Kevin Liew, December 2nd, 2009
  Site: Queness
• Working With RGBA Colour
  By Drew McLellan, December 1st, 2009
  Site: 24 Ways
• Demystifying jQuery .live() and why it’s generally faster than .bind()
  By Cedric Dugas, December 1st, 2009
  Site: Position Absolute
• Stupid WordPress Tricks
  By Jeff Starr, December 1st, 2009
  Site: Perishable Press

So which articles you found most useful. Also feel free to recommend any article that we may have missed.