What to Read to Get Up to Speed in JavaScript

Updated: 10/7/2016 I wanted to offer up what I felt were good books/resources to carry you through learning JavaScript. Note that some resources will overlap between levels. That should be expected as some books cover a wide breadth of language… Continue Reading

Why We Built the JSMentors.com JavaScript Mailing List

I posted earlier this week about the launch of the JSMentors.com mailing list. So far the response has been amazing. The list has grown from 344 on Nov 29 to 900+ today. Just phenomenal growth and a testament to the… Continue Reading

JSMentors.com – The Mailing List to Learn JavaScript in a Professional and Courteous Environment

There are a number of resources on the Internet for reading up on JavaScript but very few viable options for actually exchanging ideas with extremely knowledgeable JavaScript developers, especially when it comes to just wanting to know about JavaScript itself… Continue Reading

Presenting at the jQuery Summit Online Conference on November 17th

Next week, Environments for Humans will be hosting their 2nd jQuery Summit Online Conference and what a great event it will be. The speakers (myself included) are just an who’s-who of the jQuery world so you can be sure to… Continue Reading

How Polyfills “fill in the gaps” to make HTML5 and CSS3 Usable Today

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

Start Using CSS3 Pseudo-Classes in Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 using the Selectivizr JavaScript Library

Now that everyone is all giddy about CSS3 and all of the coolness it offers, lets get back down to earth. We still have older browsers to support so while using some of the new nifty features is definitely cool,… Continue Reading

Choose 3 Developers You’d Spend a Day With

Here’s a question. Given 3 days and allotted 1 day per developer, which 3 developers would you spend it with? Here’s the caveat, the developers MUST BE in the web development community. Here are my choices in no specific order:… Continue Reading

The Case for jQuery’s .delegate() Method for Dynamic Event Binding

Binding events is one of the most common tasks a JavaScript developer has to do. It’s integral to the way our applications handle user interaction and response. Since it’s inception, jQuery has had event handling via various helper methods that… Continue Reading

Tell Me the Development Problems that Script Junkie Can Try to Solve via Solutions-based Content

My biggest focus at Microsoft is the Script Junkie website. We use it to publish really great cross-browser, solutions-based content to help developers improve their JavaScript, HTML, & CSS development efforts. The Script Junkie team is working on our content… Continue Reading

The Essential List of JavaScript, jQuery, HTML & CSS Books to Make You a Better Web Developer

Over the years, I’ve read or been recommended a number of books which are essential reading for professional web developers. I’ve compiled the list of books below to help the community find a comprehensive list of good books that can… Continue Reading