Articles by Chris Bewick

Chris Bewick is a front end developer currently working at Yell.com in Reading, England. When he isn't tinkering with html, css and javascript you may well find him snowboarding, BBQing or playing guitar. You can find out more about Chris by subscribing to his 140 character ramblings or by clicking around his blog.

HTML5 Custom Data Attributes (data-*)

Have you ever found yourself using element class names or rel attributes to store arbitrary snippets of metadata for the sole purpose of making your JavaScript simpler? If you have, then I have some exciting news for you! If you haven't and you're thinking, Wow, that's a great idea! I implore you to rid your mind of that thought immediately and continue reading.

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