As a web developer, I hadn’t decided to focus on front-end work until another developer told me about Firebug. When I started targeting mobile, I switched to the Developer Tools suite (DevTools) built in to Google’s Chrome browser. Two years later and I’m just beginning to realize what I’ve been missing. I was on the /r/javascript forum on RedditContinue reading “Still Using Firebug?”
Author Archives: Quantum Tom
Fun with JavaScript Profiling, Minification, and JSLint
I’ve been working with JSLint profiling and what they say is true: minification is more efficient if you write your JavaScript following certain JavaScript sub-standards (I know there’s a better way to phrase that). File Sizes Original: 27,542 bytes Original (minified): 21,179 Linted: 30,714 Linted (minified): 20,899 Here’s the scoop. The original file size was 27,542Continue reading “Fun with JavaScript Profiling, Minification, and JSLint”
“JavaScript Wranglin’” or “How I learned To Stop Worrying and Love the DOM”
SUBJECT A short, abstract assessment of how one might improve performance, maintainability, and extensibility of the legacy JavaScript architecture on a high-traffic enterprise website; to create automated processes to perform continuous profile, test, build, integrate, and deployment work; to furnish a well-documented codebase to future developers. MAKE THE JAVASCRIPT UNOBTRUSIVE First, make the JavaScript unobtrusive.Continue reading ““JavaScript Wranglin’” or “How I learned To Stop Worrying and Love the DOM””
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Inside Apple’s New Flagship Third Street Promenade Store
I got a sneak peek inside Apple’s new flagship retail store during its construction. The location is in the lot formerly occupied by the Borders book store. The build requires the tallest construction crane currently in Santa Monica because the ceiling implements one of Steve Jobs’ last patents: the glass roof. Apple store employees will apparentlyContinue reading “Inside Apple’s New Flagship Third Street Promenade Store”
