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DEVELOPER RESOURCES
Permanent engineering references, preserved open-web project archives, and modern technical guides maintained by the Web Dev Awards editorial team.
APHEX CREATIONS ARCHIVE & TECHNICAL GUIDES
Aphex Creations: Developer Projects & Historical Archive
Comprehensive archive of Brendon Crawford's Aphex Creations projects (2006–2012), including REJAX, AJFORM, the Drupal AJAX module, NoMouse, and legacy PHP/CMS tutorials.
AJFORM: AJAX JavaScript Toolkit and Modern Alternatives
Explore the historical AJFORM JavaScript toolkit on SourceForge alongside modern progressive enhancement, Fetch API, FormData, and asynchronous form validation patterns.
Drupal Login Form Theming: Legacy Concepts and Modern Techniques
Compare legacy Drupal 6/7 PHPTemplate user_login theming (hook_theme, drupal_render) with modern Drupal 10/11 Twig templates, WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility, and Form API security.
CakePHP on Lighttpd: Historical Setup and Troubleshooting
Resolve the classic CakePHP 1.1 and Lighttpd 1.5 mod_rewrite static asset delivery bug ('not serving CSS or JS') and migrate legacy deployments to CakePHP 5 and Nginx.
DEVELOPER TOOLS & REFERENCES
Free JavaScript Regex Tester
Test regular expressions online with live multiline match highlighting, numbered and named capture group inspection, character indices, flags, and String.replace() previews.
JavaScript Regular Expressions: A Practical Guide
Complete reference for ECMAScript regular expressions: anchors, quantifiers, character classes, Unicode property escapes, lookarounds, flags, and ReDoS prevention.