Book Review: High Performance JavaScript

I read High Performance JavaScript when it came out. It took me a while to write this review. I’ve been busy (day job x spending a lot of time outside because it’s summer = less time for writing) Anyway, it’s really good. It’s short, but well-written and focused so it’s an easy book to dive […]

Recent Reading (node.js, P3PC, Event Delegation, Twitter)

After relaunching my personal site and realizing all my other sites are in pretty good shape for the first time in forever, I’ve suddenly found myself with plenty of free “tech time” to mess around with whatever I want to mess around with. Which is cool, because, while I appreciate being able to tinker in […]

My Presentation From Last Night’s JavaScript Meetup

Here’s the link I promised: JavaScript 101: Adding Interactivity to Your Site Using the World’s Most Popular Programming Language *A note on the title- I’m just repeating what Douglas Crockford said. To remix the quote about IBM, no JavaScript developer ever got fired for quoting Douglas Crockford** **Don’t quote me on that Again, I want […]

Short Notice- I’m Presenting at the Boston JavaScript Meetup This Thursday, January 28, 2010

Check it out: JavaScript 101: Using JavaScript to Add Interactivity to Your Web Site Rob Larsen will lead an interactive session outlining the basic steps to getting started with using JavaScript using modern techniques. For the beginner it will serve as a road map to using JavaScript with confidence. For the more advanced user it […]