I’ve been reading Pro JavaScript Design Patterns and I just got to try out a neat technique for dealing with the lexical differences between different browsers’ (I’m looking at you, IE) JavaScript implementations. The branching pattern allows you to create … Continue reading
I love Google’s Chrome experiments. They showcase what can be done in the browser with JavaScript. 100,000 Stars.
I’ve been using some of the new HTML5 elements in a new web page template. While working on the CSS for the page, I noticed some interesting behavior in Internet Explorer 7 and 8. I have gotten in to the … Continue reading
As a web developer, I hadn’t decided to focus on front-end work until another developer told me about Firebug. When I started targeting mobile, I switched to the Developer Tools suite (DevTools) built in to Google’s Chrome browser. Two years later and … Continue reading
I’ve been working with JSLint profiling and what they say is true: minification is more efficient if you write your JavaScript following certain JavaScript sub-standards (I know there’s a better way to phrase that). File Sizes Original: 27,542 bytes Original … Continue reading
SUBJECT A short, abstract assessment of how one might improve performance, maintainability, and extensibility of the legacy JavaScript architecture on a high-traffic enterprise website; to create automated processes to perform continuous profile, test, build, integrate, and deployment work; to furnish … Continue reading
Not a huge deal, but we can see where this is going. requestAnimationFrame and cancelAnimationFrame are very useful for – drum roll – JavaScript animation. WebKit on iOS now supports the requestAnimationFrame and cancelAnimationFrame methods in JavaScript, as described here http://www.w3.org/TR/animation-timing/. Note that because … Continue reading
Intro When the iPhone concept started taking shape at Apple, installed apps were not given much consideration. No plan existed for an installed app marketplace because the WebKit-based iOS Safari mobile browser would be able to do all the work,* … Continue reading