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

Something Just Came Over Me…

I did an interview with James Senior on Microsoft’s Channel 9. We chatted about Script Junkie, the site I manage for Microsoft. We also chatted about the jQuery conference and how awesome it was going to be. Then, in the… 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

Want to Build Apps for Windows Phone 7? Get Free Training at Various Locations Nationwide.

I’m pretty excited about the new Windows Phone 7. I’ve used it several times and I have to say it is a VERY hot phone and I can’t wait to get mine. I just got word that Microsoft will be… 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

How to Add Internet Explorer 9 Jump Lists to Your Site

With Internet Explorer 9 Beta is out, I’m poking around with some of the new features available. One of the new features called website pinning allows you to “pin” a website to your Windows 7 taskbar for easy access later.… Continue Reading

Internet Explorer 9 Beta has Arrived! The Features that Matter to Me as a Developer.

Wow, I can’t believe this day has come! After so many years of developers wishing for a better browser from Microsoft, one that was more consistent with web standards and would allow them to develop cross-browser websites leveraging the same… Continue Reading