JavaScript Roots: Core Language Essentials

(That’s a presentation embedded above. Use your left/right arrow keys to navigate through it. You might need to click it first in order to focus it.) Whilst we, JavaScript developers, are nowadays spoiled with tools, frameworks, build systems, etc. we might tend to forget some of the core things contained in the JavaScript language. Think …

The weight of rain

When I’m looking at data, I’m looking for little “Aha!” moments that I can point to, and say “Look here, something happened,” and then try to explain. Often those small moments can help lead a reader into the graphic, or help to explain the whole. And then he switches over to Mars Rover and Kepler …

Rendering Performance Case Studies

Once again another rock solid presentation by Addy Osmani on page performance. (RSS Readers: presentation embedded above. Original can be found here) Related: Gone In 60fps – Making A Site Jank-Free and all related posts to that post. Also see Paul Lewis’ talk from Fronteers 2013 on the subject.

Automating Front-end Workflow

Writing a modern web app these days can sometimes feel like a tedious process; frameworks, boilerplates, abstractions, dependency management, build processes..the list of requirements for a front-end workflow appears to grow each year. What if however, you could automate a lot of this? Extensive set of slides by Addy Osmani. Solid gold for those wanting …

Why Game Developers Should Care About HTML5

Slides (with notes) of a talk I gave at the SEGAN Conference in Tallinn, Estonia a few weeks ago. The talk consisted of two parts: the actual talk, and a demonstration. The talk was handled by me, the demonstration by my colleague Rogier. These slides are not available anymore. Please see this updated version of …