I’ve been thinking a lot about the topic of “JavaScript Fatigue” and have had a number of exchanges with other developers about their opinions and, most importantly, their concerns. The post, How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016, by… Continue Reading
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
With the concept of web-based single-page apps really picking up steam, I started looking into frameworks that would make building them easier. Ember.js is one of these and I’ve really grown to like it. It does have a learning curve… Continue Reading
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
In my last post, I went over how to use IE9′s Site Pinning API to implement overlay icons to enhance user notifications. The demo focused on how to display a numeric icon to indicate when a specific event (e.g.: messages… Continue Reading
I was recently doing some testing of IE9’s Site Pinning API and found out about a cool bit of functionality that can enhance user notifications. If you’re not familiar with site pinning, it’s a great way to allow users to… Continue Reading
The kind folks at No Starch sent me over a copy of the newly released book, Eloquent JavaScript by Marjin Haverbeke. I had already been recommending the namesake site as a must-read resource on my list of What to Read… 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