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
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
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
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
I use jQuery…a lot. It just makes JavaScript development much easier for me. Every so often, I may come across a site where I want to poke around and see what’s going on under the hood. In many cases, jQuery… Continue Reading
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
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
So far in my series on jQuery JavaScript Templating, I’ve showed how to create a basic jQuery JavaScript template and then nest templates for increased layout flexibility and maintainability. If you haven’t read those two posts, I highly recommend you… Continue Reading
I just finished my presentation at Think Vitamin’s jQuery Online Conference and it was such a great experience. This is the first BIG virtual conference I’ve presented at and it ran smooth as silk. I really have to hand it… Continue Reading