A new tutorial posted on Nettuts with the most clear explanation of the Promises Design Pattern that I have encountered so far. Understanding Promises Trevor Burnham on Feb 22nd 2012 A Promise is an object that represents a one-time event,…
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JavaScript Prototypal Inheritance
In this example of prototypal inheritance, we are creating a Bug prototype. It serves as a base to provide properties and methods that all bugs share. Then we will instantiate new instances of the Bug prototype for specific implementations. var…
Bricss – Simple responsive design test page
I was completely excited when I saw this post. A responsive design test page. Make sure to check out the links at the end of the article to the bookmarklets that have been generated around this idea. Very handy little…
Primitives vs. Constructed Objects in JavaScript
A user asked me a question in a recent training session. Can you use a constructor to create primitives? In other words: var x = new Boolean(false); I thought about it, and answered, “Sure. But why?” I mean, we aren’t…
HTML5 and You | Nettuts+
NetTuts has an outstanding collection of HTML 5 Tutorials organized into a 14-article Session: HTML5 has been the buzzword with the web development community for a while now. If you feel a bit overwhelmed and behind the pack, never fear.…