Building OS X Apps with JavaScript

OS X Yosemite introduced JavaScript for Automation. This makes it possible to access native OS X frameworks with JavaScript. The result above can be built using this code: ObjC.import(“Cocoa”); var styleMask = $.NSTitledWindowMask | $.NSClosableWindowMask | $.NSMiniaturizableWindowMask; var windowHeight = 85; var windowWidth = 600; var ctrlsHeight = 80; var minWidth = 400; var minHeight …

Modern.ie Vagrant Boxes

The Modern.ie Virtual Machine Images – VMs used for testing several versions of IE – are now also available as vagrant boxes. Here’s the list: XP with IE6: http://aka.ms/vagrant-xp-ie6 XP with IE8: http://aka.ms/vagrant-xp-ie8 Vista with IE7: http://aka.ms/vagrant-vista-ie7 Windows 7 with IE8: http://aka.ms/vagrant-win7-ie8 Windows 7 with IE9: http://aka.ms/vagrant-win7-ie9 Windows 7 with IE10: http://aka.ms/vagrant-win7-ie10 Windows 7 with …