HTML5 with Play-Scala, CoffeeScript and Jade

Published March 25th, 2013 Under HTML, JavaScript | Leave a Comment

This session shows you how to use some of the hottest technologies today to build a webapp, an API and a mobile application to track fitness workouts. Using HTML5 technologies (specifically geo and local storage), I’ll show you how you can track the time, distance and music you listened to while exercising. Play with Scala is used for the backend and services, while CoffeeScript and Jade are used for the front-end templating and Ajax communication. Read more

Pure JavaScript

Published March 11th, 2013 Under JavaScript | Leave a Comment

Are you comfortable passing functions around, returning them from other functions, and generally enjoy the pleasures of higher-order functions? Learn in one hour how to implement ideas from functional programming in JavaScript. I will show you how you can significantly up your game by leaving loops behind and embracing functions as the primary unit of abstraction. Read more

Client-Side UI Smackdown

Published February 13th, 2013 Under JavaScript | Leave a Comment

In the modern web, user interfaces are expected to be rich, highly responsive, and available anytime, anywhere, and on any device. Round-trip server-side HTML rendering doesn’t fit the bill any longer and numerous JavaScript frameworks have stepped forward to simplify development of client-side user-interfaces. With so many great options available, we now face a paradox of choice and it can be difficult to decide which UI framework best suits our needs. Read more

CSS from Scratch

Published January 29th, 2013 Under JavaScript | Leave a Comment

This short video explains how to implementing CSS in JavaScript in 10 easy steps. Read more

Using YUI to Tackle Video

Published January 21st, 2013 Under JavaScript | Leave a Comment

Thi presentation deep-dives into how the NFL leverages YUI to provide a rich, trackable and monetizable video experience to its users regardless of device. YUI is a free, open source JavaScript and CSS library for building richly interactive web applications. Read more

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