Jay Robinson

Tag: javascript

  • Writing Compressible JavaScript

    Writing Compressible JavaScript Writing a library is a balancing act between the (sometimes competing) interests of API clarity, code clarity, performance and compressibility. In this article I’m going to detail three of the approaches we take to meet this balance and suggest them for your own usage.

  • Magnifying Glass using CSS3 and JavaScript. Similar to the effect Apple is using on their new iPhone 4 page. Via WebKitBits.

  • Douglas Crockford at TXJS: “IE6 MUST DIE! Oh, IE7 needs to go, too. No question.”

  • Everything is unminified in Texas. @TXJS Headed to Austin, Texas for the weekend with @DavidKaneda and @EdSpencer.

  • Smokescreen: a Flash player written in Javascript

    Smokescreen: a Flash player written in JavascriptMarco Arment: Via Jim Ray: The Strongbad demo will make you a believer. This thing reads the actual SWF binary and creates native, browser based executions. Explanation from Simon Willison: Chris Smoak’s Smokescreen, “a Flash player written in JavaScript”, is an incredible piece of work. It runs entirely in…

  • Then there is Ext JS. UI maven, FLEX-ala-JS wonder, builder of UI components you could cut glass on. You could build an empire upon their grid component, templating via containers and XTemplate is a wonder, and its baked in extensibility and data “store” model is a dream. Grant Shepert, jQuery and or Ext JS (via…

  • Seven JavaScript Things I Wish I Knew Much Earlier In My Career

    Seven JavaScript Things I Wish I Knew Much Earlier In My CareerChristian Heilmann knows an awful lot about JavaScript. You might want to listen up.

  • This presentation is an HTML5 website

    This presentation is an HTML5 websiteThe coolest HTML5 presentation ever. Download Google Chrome to watch and enjoy.

  • Conditional Stylesheets for JS Enabled Browsers

    Conditional Stylesheets for JS Enabled BrowsersDaniel Mall writes about how to enable a select stylesheet for browsers with JavaScript enabled. It seems pretty helpful and he says he’s relied on it for a few years. Check it out.

  • Douglas Crockford can write already gzipped and minified JavaScript that passes JSLint in “the good parts” mode with his eyes closed. Douglas Crockford Facts