O'Reilly Media: JavaScript

Four short links: 18 June 2013

2013-06-17T03:19:28-08:10

Our Backbone Stack (Pamela Fox) — fascinating glimpse into the tech used and why. Automating Card Games Using OpenCV and Python — My vision for an automated version of the game was simple. Players sit across a table on which …

Fluent Conference 2013: JavaScript & Beyond Complete Video Compilation

2013-06-13T01:18:02-08:11

If you missed the Fluent Conference 2013 in San Francisco this past May, you can still catch every workshop, session, and keynote with this complete video compilation of the event. Catch up with this year’s lineup of speakers—seasoned pros as well as notable newcomers—as they share their expertise with JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, and related technologies that power the Web.

Functional JavaScript

2013-06-10T13:18:50-08:12

How can you overcome JavaScript language oddities and unsafe features? With this book, you’ll learn how to create code that’s beautiful, safe, and simple to understand and test by using JavaScript’s functional programming support. Author Michael Fogus shows you how to apply functional-style concepts with Underscore.js, a JavaScript library that facilitates functional programming techniques.

Four short links: 6 June 2013

2013-06-06T03:19:16-08:13

ShareFest — peer-to-peer file sharing in the browser. Source on GitHub. (via Andy Baio) Media for Thinking the Unthinkable (Bret Victor) — “Right now, today, we can’t see the thing, at all, that’s going to be the most important 100 …

Radar podcast: anthropology, big data, and the importance of context

2013-06-05T21:20:03-08:14

Jim Stogdill, Roger Magoulas and I enjoyed a widely discursive discussion last week, available as a podcast above. Roger, fresh from our Fluent conference on JavaScript, opens by talking about the emergence of JS as a heavyweight computing tool and …

Four short links: 4 June 2013

2013-06-04T07:20:23-08:15

WeevilScout — browser app that turns your browser into a worker for distributed computation tasks. See the poster (PDF). (via Ben Lorica) sregex (Github) — A non-backtracking regex engine library for large data streams. See also slide notes from a …

Start Here! Build Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript

2013-05-30T14:18:14-08:16

Learn the fundamentals of Windows 8 programming—and begin creating apps for desktops, laptops, tablets, and other devices. If you have previous experience with HTML5 and JavaScript—simply start here! This book introduces must-know concepts and getting-started techniques through easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and exercises.

Four short links: 29 May 2013

2013-05-29T03:19:16-08:17

Quick Reads of Notable New Zealanders — notable for two reasons: (a) CC-NC-BY licensed, and (b) gorgeous gorgeous web design. Not what one normally associates with Government web sites! svg.js — Javascript library for making and munging SVG images. (via …

Developing Backbone.js Applications

2013-05-22T14:18:00-08:18

If you want to build your site’s frontend with the single-page application (SPA) model, this hands-on book shows you how to get the job done with Backbone.js. You’ll learn how to create structured JavaScript applications, using Backbone’s own flavor of model-view-controller (MVC) architecture.

JavaScript for PHP Developers

2013-05-02T14:17:59-08:19

If you want to significantly expand your web development skills beyond PHP, this practical, hands-on book teaches you ECMAScript—the core JavaScript language—from the ground up. You’ll discover some similarities between JavaScript and PHP, such as conditions and loops, but the primary focus is on JavaScript’s unique object creation, classes, prototypes, and inheritance.

Four short links: 24 April 2013

2013-04-24T03:20:03-08:20

Solar Energy: This is What a Disruptive Technology Looks Like (Brian McConnell) — In 1977, solar cells cost upwards of $70 per Watt of capacity. In 2013, that cost has dropped to $0.74 per Watt, a 100:1 improvement (source: The …

The Modern Web

2013-04-23T13:17:58-08:21

Peter Gasston's The Modern Web will guide you through the latest and most important tools of device-agnostic web development, including HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.

AngularJS

2013-04-23T13:17:58-08:22

Develop smaller, lighter web apps that are simple to create and easy to test, extend, and maintain as they grow. This hands-on guide introduces you to AngularJS, the open source JavaScript framework that uses Model–view–controller (MVC) architecture, data binding, client-side templates, and dependency injection to create a much-needed structure for building web apps.

Jump Start Responsive Web Design

2013-04-04T13:31:01-08:23

Get a Jump Start on Responsive Web Design today!

Responsive Web Design is redefining the way websites are designed, enabling you to craft websites that deliver exceptional experiences to your users - whether they happen to be using a desktop PC, tablet or mobile device.

In just one weekend with this SitePoint book, you'll learn how to:

Use media queries to maximize website usability
Harness the power of fluid grids
Use dynamic images to automatically scale and select appropriate images

Plus you'll discover how to use responsive content and a mobile first approach.

Four short links: 3 April 2013

2013-04-03T04:41:40-08:24

Capn Proto — open source faster protocol buffers (binary data interchange format and RPC system). Saddle — a high performance data manipulation library for Sacala. Vega — a visualization grammar, a declarative format for creating, saving and sharing visualization designs. …