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CoffeeScript Source Maps

Ryan Florence — 2012-09-07T00:00:00Z

Michael Ficarra's CoffeeScriptRedux recently shipped support for source mapping in CoffeeScript. Its awesome, check it out.

Client v. Server Templating Shootout

Ryan Florence — 2012-06-18T00:00:00Z

Which is better: rendering HTML on the server and sending it to the client, or sending JSON to the client and letting it render the HTML? I wanted to know so I made this test, what results do you get?

Rewriting Some JavaScript to CoffeeScript

Ryan Florence — 2012-04-13T00:00:00Z

CoffeeScript is known for removing some of the code in JavaScript that isn't really doing anything, like braces, semi-colons and the crazy boilerplate stuff tend to just accept. Check it out.

A Case Against Using CoffeeScript

Ryan Florence — 2011-12-10T00:00:00Z

CoffeeScript is all the rage in some circles. I'm on the fence, but I've already noticed a few things I dislike about the language in the last few months of using it that I'd like to put out in the open.

NPM + MooTools + Ender = <3

Ryan Florence — 2011-05-12T00:00:00Z

A proof-of-concept for the future of MooTools and client-side libraries. I've broken MooTools down to separate modules, published them on npm, and can now build them with ender.

MooTools Element 1.3

Ryan Florence — 2010-11-13T00:00:00Z

The Element module in MooTools is your gateway to the DOM. In addition to creating, selecting, and manipulating elements, it features element getters, setters, and storage. Also, the Element module, along with Slick, provide a few more of places to put your code.

MooTools Events 1.3

Ryan Florence — 2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

Events are the communication lines between objects. What's exciting about client-side JavaScript to me is the changing state of a page as the user interacts. Without events, there would be no way to manage the state of all your objects and create a dynamic experience.

MooTools Class 1.3

Ryan Florence — 2010-11-11T00:00:00Z

Welcome to JavaScript with Class. The Class type in MooTools is one of the defining parts of the framework. The sooner you master Class, the sooner you'll write maintainable, extensible MooTools code. After MooTools Core establishes a few things, nearly every other addition to the framework is a class.

MooTools Types 1.3

Ryan Florence — 2010-11-10T00:00:00Z

MooTools upgrades the JavaScript environment with dozens of utility methods and functions by extending the native Types. This enhancement sets a foundation, across environments, for the rest of MooTools itself and your application.

Three-Minute MooTools

Ryan Florence — 2010-11-09T00:00:00Z

You won't get this from the docs. The essence of MooTools in three minutes flat.

MooTools Packager

Ryan Florence — 2010-10-14T00:00:00Z

Because MooTools is modular, manually including all the different files you need, along with their dependencies, is a pain in the neck. Kamicane's Packager to the rescue! Packager is a PHP class and command-line tool used to build JavaScript files from components.

Authoring jQuery Plugins With Object Oriented JavaScript

Ryan Florence — 2010-10-05T00:00:00Z

Instead of wrapping all the plugin logic inside the $.fn.disables = fn, keep all the logic outside in its own object and just use effin' to add your object to the jQuery API. It allows others to extend your plugin with ease, and allows you to skip the whole jQuery API, if you so desire.

jQuery.addObject - Managing a Plugin's State With the jQuery API

Ryan Florence — 2010-10-05T00:00:00Z

Most plugins ought to provide a way for the developer to interact with it. Think of the holy accordion. Outside of just the click event on the togglers, you should provide a way to show a certain panel arbitrarily. The jQuery.addObject method to the rescue.

Use Your Fn jQuery Namespace

Ryan Florence — 2010-10-05T00:00:00Z

Every plugin gets a namespace on the jQuery prototype. If you keep all of your functions, methods, and variables scoped inside the jQuery.fn function, others can't extend or alter the functionality of your plugin. Instead, take advantage of your block on jQuery street and let other developers take advantage of your plugin.

Providing Options in jQuery Plugins

Ryan Florence — 2010-10-05T00:00:00Z

Nothing new or extraordinary here, but I run across enough jQuery plugins that don't provide options to warrant writing an article about it. You can meet a lot more use cases for your plugin if you provide the developer with some options.

Git for Beginners

Ryan Florence — 2010-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every current or aspiring developer, member of a team or work-from-home freelancer, ought to be using source control for their code. It allows you to make mistakes and be experimental without worrying about getting back to an application that once worked.

Deploying Websites With a Tiny Git Hook