Managing Line-feeds in a Cross-platform Team via Git

Since I’ve switched back to Windows 10 as my primary OS for web development, I’ve need to think about how to effectively work with developers on *nix-based system. One thing that hit me recently is the differences in line feeds… Continue Reading

Adding ESLint to the Microsoft VS Code Editor

I’ve switched from Sublime to Microsoft’s new Visual Studio Code editor. Yeah, yeah you’re probably saying, “you work for Microsoft so you have to”. I actually don’t and Sublime was my primary editor until the November release of VS Code… Continue Reading

Woah, I Can Test Edge & IE on a Mac & Linux!

I recently gave a talk at the Microsoft Edge Web Summit on how to best test Internet Explorer and the new Microsoft Edge web browsers on OS X & Linux. Virtualization is still a key part of the testing strategy… Continue Reading

ngrok – The Tool That Brings Local Site Testing to RemoteIE

Back in November, I wrote about RemoteIE which is a tool we created to allow developers on non-Windows OSes to test Internet Explorer 11. It uses Microsoft’s RemoteApp virtualization software to create a virtualized IE11 without the need to install… Continue Reading

A New Way to Test Internet Explorer on OS X, iOS and Android

Today, the Internet Explorer team is launching a new tool to make it easier to test sites in IE regardless of which platform you’re on; seriously! Don’t believe me? Here are some Vines to show you it in action: Mac… Continue Reading

Where do you get your web development information from?

At JSConf, I posed this question to a group of developers (in a pool no less): “What are your primary sources for the web development information that you use, need and value?” The reason for this question is because I’ve… Continue Reading

Making Internet Explorer Testing Easier with new IE VMs

When Microsoft first launched modern.IE and revamped the way that IE VMs were offered, I wrote up a post that talked about how to install them. Since then, the site has changed so it’s time to update this post to… Continue Reading

The Results of my Essential Tools, Libs and Frameworks for Front-End Development Survey

Two days ago, I put up a simple survey that asked what essential tools, libs and frameworks you were using for front-end development. I closed out the survey last night a little before 9pm EST and after getting 1000+ responses.… Continue Reading

Hey Paydirt: Your Site Works Just Fine in IE

One of the things that I’m passionate about in my role at Microsoft is helping developers ensure that their sites provide an awesome experience in every browser. Yeah, yeah I know it seems odd that a Microsoft evangelist would say… Continue Reading

How to Create HTML5 Website and Page Templates for Visual Studio 2010

Now that I work at Microsoft, I’m using Visual Studio 2010 as my main editor. By default, an empty web page is created with an XHTML 1.0 doctype and it’s pretty barebones. Since I’m focusing on HTML5 & JavaScript development,… Continue Reading