About
About The Author
My name is Corey Ballou and I work full-time as a web developer in Charlotte, NC for Skookum. I graduated from Clarkson University in 2007 with a Bachelors Degree in CS. I have been doing web design and development since the tables and frames era. I am a man of many hats.
- I work on both LAMP and LEMP stacks
- PHP with Zend Framework, Kohana 3, WordPress, you name it
- Database administration, design, and optimization
- Frontend development with jQuery, CSS3, sprinkles of HTML5
- Network administration
- Version control with both SVN and git
- Multi-environment, multi-server deployments with Capistrano
- Social network API integration with all of the big boys (Twitter, Facebook, Google, Flickr)
- Open source development and contributions
- MongoDB implemented in multiple production sites
- Scalability and queue systems (gearmand, beanstalkd)
For more information about myself and my work, please visit coreyballou.com. I try to contribute back to the community as much as possible so don’t be afraid to contact me. You can also catch me and some of my work on the following networks:
What Is JQueryin’?
JQueryin’ has absolutely no affiliation with jQuery© or John Resig. JQueryin’ is a web development blog focused upon all things developer related. The website name refers to a term we coined at the MODE Visual offices. This site is intended to be used as a resource by fellow developers for code snippets, news, and findings within the programming community. Content herein is provided as-is and is considered to be for educational purposes only.
JQueryin’, JQueried (verb)
Definition
The act of utilizing the jQuery© library in frontend development.
Example Usage
"I was busy jqueryin’ this new image previewer when scope creep came knocking on my door."
Example Usage 2
"I just jqueried the hell out of that backend administrative module!"
