A new video is posted from the January 4th 2011 Club AJAX meeting. Basic and advanced code for Ajax apps. The main subjects covered were CSS organizing, and OO-CSS concepts, and an HTML5 Video Player with custom JavaScript.
Archive for the ‘AJAX’ Category
Video: How to Build Web Apps
Monday, January 10th, 2011Dev vs Dev! JavaScript is a Toy
Thursday, January 6th, 2011This is the second video in the Dev vs Dev series, using the XtraNormal movie maker. What does it sound like when a front end developer suggests to a back end developer that a project should use JavaScript? It might sound something like the following.
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Rapid Development with Dijit: Support Files
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011I’ve posted the supplemental source code for the video tutorial Rapid Front End Development using Dojo and Dijit. You can download the files here.
Dev vs Dev! Java has a Library That Will do That
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010What does a conversation between a new front end developer and a back end developer sound like? Using XtraNormal, I’ve created a video based on past experience. While this focuses on a Java developer, it is a compilation from ASP and PHP guys as well. If you’re a back end developer you should still see the humor in this. And if you don’t — then you resemble that remark!
If you’ve never seen an XtraNormal video, they don’t move a lot (my wife asked if they were going to fight). They are animated characters having a conversation. I think the humor comes out of the lack of emotion due to the computer generated voices.
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Update: AJAX Framework Injectors
Thursday, December 16th, 2010A few months back, I posted an article on Framework Injection where I showed how to explore a webpage through Firebug. Not having access to the utility functions that you are used to using can keep you from learning what you want. But with the click of a bookmark, you can add your favorite framework to that page. Once loaded in the page, you can use the debugger console to call functions like:
var node = $("myDiv");
or
var nodes = dojo.query("span");
It’s pretty easy and pretty slick!
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Video: Rapid Front End Development using Dojo and Dijit
Thursday, December 9th, 2010In the video, I create a simple application in real-time. I try to keep it fast paced so it stays interesting. The primary focus is on Dojo and widgets that are most widely used in creating web apps. While the app itself that I’m building is a MacGuffin, it’s a pattern that I really believe in and feel is very important. Web apps can be roughed in very quickly, after which details and APIs can be put in place.
Presentation: How to get a Job as a Front End Developer
Monday, December 6th, 2010I’m posting my presentation from last month’s meeting on how to get a job in the industry. This was a very thought-out presentation, as I felt a need to answer several questions that gets asked of me often – the most predominant of which was “How do I get started?”. This is not a tutorial on how to learn JavaScript, but more of a step by step process in what you should learn and where, and how you would then apply that knowledge to a career or even just side work.
- Skills and subsets needed to be hirable
- How and where to learn FED Skills
- Job search preparation
- Where to find job openings
- How to write a resume
- How to be a good interview
Much of this information applies to other fields as well (though if you’re not interested in Ajax, I’m not sure that you are reading this blog!). How to write a resume in particular has some insights that I’m guessing, based on some of the resumes that I’ve seen, may be of value to a lot of people.
Video: Demo of Google AppEngine and AppEngineJS
Thursday, October 7th, 2010Eugene Lazutkin gives a demonstration of Google AppEngine and AppEngineJS application cycle:
* Going over the code of a simple application
* Google AppEngine SDK
* Management
AJAX News October 2010
Thursday, October 7th, 2010Bob delivers a powerful and moving performance as he brings to you the touching, human side of Ajax News. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. But mostly you’ll just plain cry.
JavaScript – It’s a Real Language!
Friday, October 1st, 2010JavaScript doesn’t get much respect. “It’s a toy!”, they say. The language has been around ever since the earliest browsers. But did you know JavaScript is a real language? It seems that only front end developers realize that it is! Where is the confusion? You have to look at the language’s origins. Traditionally, JavaScript has always been part of the browser. This absolutely has contributed to the popularity it enjoys today, but has also mischaracterized it as a toy for browsers. It has simply been used as the means to get the cool things done you can’t do with HTML alone.
