Date Handling in JavaScript is Hard – Make It Easy With Moment.js
Build web applications with the open-source Moment.js library for better handling, comparing, and rendering of dates.
View ArticleThey Are not Resources – We Are People
Who flipped the bit in leader’s brains telling them it’s perfectly fantastic and normal to call developers resources?
View ArticleGoogle Chrome Dev Tools Pro-Tips
Not only is Google Chrome an exceptional web browser, it’s a built-in debugger. Web app developers will find best practices for developing Javascript source code.
View ArticleBuilding a Responsive Design is Hard – Responsizer.JS Makes Testing Easier
How do we test CSS selector rules we craft? Send a fist full of files up to the server and load on all the devices? Instead keep your development local and simply drop in the Responsizer.JS library. It...
View ArticleTranslated Strings and Foreign Language Support in JavaScript Web Apps
Foreign language support seems to be one of those gritty boring subjects that no one cares to write about and plenty of us are stuck implementing. This technical article, GitHub repo, and live demo...
View ArticleServing a Web Page Demo from Amazon S3 + BlueHost
Amazon S3 buckets are fast, cheap and meant to be banged on by tons of people all day long. The awesome thing is storing JavaScript, CSS, HTML, PNGs from a single page web app demo can be hosted out of...
View ArticleWhere are the Mobile App "Nails Places" and "Dry Cleaners?"
Are the overriding majority of mobile app development teams earning modestly well as my local "nails places" and "dry cleaners?"
View ArticleMy Standing Desk Hack
Standing desks are something I first heard about from a teammate about eighteen months ago. He mentioned it as a health consideration and I dismissed it as a hipster trendy meme that I couldn’t care...
View ArticleThree Types of Social Sharers Your App Should Enable
Determining the correct amount and quality of social sharing for the application you’re building isn’t easy. What follows are my notes on three types of social sharers that might help you decide what...
View ArticleSocial Sharing with Backbone, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+
Using end-points from the big social sites is easy and I knew immediately that was the solution to my problem of sending virtual coffee. It can be your go-to solution as well. Whatever you’re sending.
View ArticleBackBone Model Unit Testing with Jasmine
Writing reliable JavaScript code at scale is difficult. The language lacks built-in formal structures that enable good engineering practices. Writing unit tests in Jasmine gains confidence in our...
View ArticleHey App Maker – Your Settings Menu Is All Full of Crazy
Did you download an app and tap curiously on the little gear-looking icon and see a page all full of crazy? I sure have. Lots of times. Too many times. What’s up with app developers and their settings...
View ArticleTech-Stack Checklist for a Modern Single-Page Web Application
Behind the scenes we built this modern single-page web application atop a carefully curated technology stack. Achieving that task is simple, but not easy. We choose open-source web tech based on...
View ArticleBetter Speaking: 7 Top Resources for Programmers
I’m proud to say I have the privilege of speaking at OSCON 2013 on July 24th. While working on my presentation I’m doing R&D on being a better speaker. Why? As a coder I’m naturally shy and...
View ArticleForeign Language and String Tables in JavaScript WebApps (OSCON 2013 Speaker...
Collection of speaker slides, demo app, GitHub source code repo supporting my session held at OSCON 2013.
View ArticleCooking and Coding – Mixing My Passions
I’m reflecting on two of the things that truly define my character: cooking and coding. One I do for pay and the other I do purely for the love of sharing. Both passions have surprisingly overlaps....
View ArticleHammering Responsive Web Design Into Shape
This BigDesign 2013 conference session slide set helps you develop, and more importantly, debug responsive web design. Why? Because it’s not easy. These are nuts and bolts hands-on concepts to help you...
View ArticleA Hackathon Winning Tech Stack
I’m sharing the project’s tech stack because we connected-the-dots between some amazing open-source libraries that accelerated us in a big way. You ought to have a look at these when you can because in...
View ArticleWhy I Crowdsourced My 2013 Performance Review
Since I’m completely mental for analytics I decided I’d ask absolutely everyone for feedback on my 2013 work performance. I’d treat it like a stylized customer survey making it online and anonymous...
View ArticleNodeJS Deploying Files to AWS S3
Reduce the friction of deploying website assets by creating a tool automating copying files up to Amazon Web Service (AWS) S3 buckets using NodeJs. This step-by-step article leads a programmer through...
View ArticleWriting Killer Conference Proposals
Tips that have worked for me on writing conference talk proposals that get selected. Additional resources including books, websites, and videos help you learn how, when, and what to prepare and propose.
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