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
UPDATE: The poll is now closed. You can see the results in this blog post. I want to compile a list of the most common tools, frameworks & libs web developers are using today. Things seem to change daily with… Continue Reading
I’ve had the good fortune of working with my friend Jonathan Sampson recently on figuring out how to help developers build plugin-free experiences. With IE10 Metro going plugin-free, it’s incredibly important to document steps to help developers provide their users… Continue Reading
Document compatibility defines how a browser renders your website. The more specific you are at telling the browser what to expect, the better the experience for your users. When using web standards like HTML5, start by explicitly declaring the HTML5… Continue Reading
Today’s the last day of MIX11 and it was clearly evident. The rooms weren’t nearly as full as the first two days but there were still plenty of folks and great sessions going on. I gave my session on HTML5… Continue Reading
Day 1 at MIX11 was awesome. The vibe was excitely what I expected: awesome and exciting. And the keynte kicked it off with the big news that the next version of Internet Explorer is already in progress and that IE10… Continue Reading
I wanted to do a refresh of the Visual Studio 2010 HTML5 Templates I created last September. With jQuery now at v1.5.1 and Modernizr at v1.7, it was time for an update. If you’ve already downloaded my original templates, you… Continue Reading
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced their vision for a logo to represent HTML5 and related technologies. I have to say the logo looks awesome and I’ll be adding it to my blog shortly. Check it out below: You… Continue Reading
There’s been a lot of commotion over the last week since the W3C announced that HTML5 is not ready yet for deployment to websites. Some really smart people have weighed in on this topic and I agree with their thoughts.… Continue Reading
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