Category Archives: JavaScript
JavaScript Meetup – Friday 6/12/09
One of the hardest thing about living in the suburbs is that the overwhelming majority of computer developers live in the city. Although I live in the Chicago area, this is undoubtedly true of any city and it makes it … Continue reading
Recent AJAX Project
Before I left for vacation, I finished the latest-round of edits to a project I’ve been working on. I’ve received word that the code is live and I think it’s worth bragging about. College Movers Inc. is (obviously) a moving … Continue reading
JavaScript Unit Testing in ExtJS
*** Update 12/21/09: This is now an open source project available on Google Code! *** I’ve been using ExtJS for almost a year now and I’ve built quite the library of custom extensions. As many JavaScript developers will tell you, … Continue reading
ExtJS Conference 2009
So I’ve been down in Orlando for a little over a day attending the ExtJS Conference 2009. So far, the conference has blown away even my highest expectations. To start the conference, the ExtJS staff setup the event like it … Continue reading
JSMAG – Online JavaScript Magazine
I was on Facebook the other day, and I saw an advertisement for an online magazine aimed at JavaScript developers: JSMag. I checked out the site, and I have to say that I’m pretty impressed with the idea. Each issue … Continue reading
3D Graphics in JavaScript
A recent post on the Google Code Blog alerted me to something cool. Khronos, a software company focused heavily on graphics, has released a statement saying that they plan on developing open-source 3D graphics libraries for JavaScript. This is awesome… … Continue reading
JavaScript Documentation Tools
JavaScript documentation is a pain in the ass. I’ve complained about this on my blog before, but I’ve spent the past week or so trying to test the handful of JavaScript documentation tools that are available and I’m actually starting … Continue reading
ExtJS and Script#
Over the past few weeks, I’ve come to the realization that trying to organize more than 10,000 lines of JavaScript code is just a silly idea… and by “silly” I mean really ridiculously painful. I’ve been building a highly complicated … Continue reading
Playing with AJAX in Safari 4 Beta
If you’ve been following my blog over the past several months, you’ve probably learned a few things about me. I do a lot of JavaScript and AJAX development I’m a complete snob about using Firebug I’m definitely not a fan … Continue reading
Webkit – CSS Animations
Today I got an email from my boss who is a big fan of all things Apple. Apparently, the WebKit community is working on a number of things for open-source browsers… I’ll be honest and say I don’t know much … Continue reading
