Dan North has provided tremendous benefit to our profession and in the brief conversations I have had with him has proven to be an affable guy. I was a bit taken aback when I read his recent post: Programming is not a Craft. Dan?s sentiments are not unique. I have heard similar opinions from other […]
Read MoreHere are the links to the previous installments: Functions Objects Prototypes Enforcing New on Constructor Functions Hoisting For this post, I?m going to discuss a feature of JavaScript that can easily get you in trouble. Semicolons in JavaScript are not mandatory. This means that if you forget to place a semicolon after some statement, JavaScript […]
Read MoreListen Now! [47:22] This visit with Ken Schwaber brings us up to date on the latest thinking in Scrum and the latest developments over at Scrum.org. There are several new initiatives over at Scrum.org including the Professional Scrum Team Member program, which Pluralsight is a large part of. In addition to latest news, Ken addresses […]
Read MoreOver the weekend I watched this movie called The Social Network. As a geek, I felt that I was somehow mentally obligated to see this movie :-). While I was watching this movie, I noticed a subtle detail that was shown a couple of times throughout the film. This subtle detail showed how this small […]
Read MoreI?ve enjoyed Firebug in Firefox, and even find value in Firebug light when used in Internet Explorer. However if you don?t have control or don?t want to place the Firebug installation js file in your web site to include firebug. I figured out a way to load it on demand with a bookmark in Internet […]
Read MoreEarlier this week I finished reading JavaScript Patterns, written by Stoyan Stefanov. After I very much enjoyed reading his previous book titled Object-Oriented JavaScript last summer, I instantly bought JavaScript Patterns when it came out and put it on my priority reading list. While Object-Oriented JavaScript is more an introduction to the JavaScript language and […]
Read MoreA new version of the Extended WPF Toolkit has just released. In this release there are three new controls and updates have been to two existing controls. Lets take a look at what’s inside this newest release. Updated Controls The ColorPicker At first glance (see before picture) it looks like it has the functionality […]
Read MoreThe Long Story Short Google took over FeedBurner and is now providing NO real support for people using the service. Google, if you are going to acquire these little companies, would you please not ruin the service they offered? The Long Story If you are reading this in your own newsreader, like Google Reader, Outlook, […]
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