http://www.akawebdesign.com Longtime nerd. Rockstar developer. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:23:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/23/automating-javascript-unit-tests-with-git/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/23/automating-javascript-unit-tests-with-git/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:07:17 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=913 EVERY TIME you touch your code... otherwise your tests aren't going to do anything (obviously). If your tests don't do anything, there's no point in having them. I'd like to share an example app in which I create a bash script that runs my unit tests via PhantomJS. By utilizing a Git pre-commit hook, I ensure my unit tests are run EVERY TIME I touch my code, and (best of all) it won't allow me to commit code that doesn't pass my tests! Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/23/automating-javascript-unit-tests-with-git/feed/ 0 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/03/javascript-selection-vs-insertion-sort/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/03/javascript-selection-vs-insertion-sort/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:05:05 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=829 Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/03/javascript-selection-vs-insertion-sort/feed/ 0 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/12/07/javascript-binary-search-vs-linear-search/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/12/07/javascript-binary-search-vs-linear-search/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:31:31 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=783 Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/12/07/javascript-binary-search-vs-linear-search/feed/ 1 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/11/25/javascript-encapsulation/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/11/25/javascript-encapsulation/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:10:47 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=766 encapsulation. We lamented the fact that many developers cannot adequately define, describe or otherwise communicate the concept during the interview process - even at the "senior developer" level. After our conversation, I went home and Googled "JavaScript encapsulation" just to see what came up. After seeing the search results I am not at all surprised that few JavaScript programmers really understand the concept. I didn't feel satisfied by any of the examples or definitions I found, so here's my crack at explaining things. Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/11/25/javascript-encapsulation/feed/ 2 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/11/03/book-review-test-driven-javascript-development/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/11/03/book-review-test-driven-javascript-development/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:45:21 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=728 Test Driven JavaScript Development is probably the best book about JavaScript that I've read yet. I realize that's a bold statement to make, but I challenge anyone to name another book that (1) explains fundamental JavaScript concepts as clearly, or (2) offers specific advice on how to tackle an enterprise solution in JavaScript. Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/11/03/book-review-test-driven-javascript-development/feed/ 4 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/10/18/code-reviews-why-your-code-sucks/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/10/18/code-reviews-why-your-code-sucks/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:07:23 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=721 Code Reviews on many web applications, often projects utilizing ExtJS or Sencha Touch. I always enjoy peeking into the thought process behind an application because you never know when you're going to learn something useful. As someone who takes an immense amount of pride in my profession, I strongly believe that education should never stop because someone will always do something better than you. At the very least, reading someone else's code will trigger ideas of your own. That being said, code reviews are sometimes fun... but more often frustrating. Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/10/18/code-reviews-why-your-code-sucks/feed/ 6 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/10/11/a-rant-in-defense-of-javascript/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/10/11/a-rant-in-defense-of-javascript/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:14:24 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=714 Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/10/11/a-rant-in-defense-of-javascript/feed/ 4 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/09/27/book-review-location-aware-applications/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/09/27/book-review-location-aware-applications/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:33:40 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=707 Location Aware Applications by Richard Ferraro and Murat Aktihanoglu. As a web developer who increasingly focuses on mobile applications, I was immediately drawn to this book. Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/09/27/book-review-location-aware-applications/feed/ 0 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/09/10/book-review-the-art-of-unit-testing/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/09/10/book-review-the-art-of-unit-testing/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:00:41 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=694 Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/09/10/book-review-the-art-of-unit-testing/feed/ 1 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/08/30/book-review-jquery-in-action/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/08/30/book-review-jquery-in-action/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:56:33 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=691 jQuery in Action (2nd Edition), which was the featured prize for our group at that meeting. Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/08/30/book-review-jquery-in-action/feed/ 0