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The Curse of JavaScript: Avoid the powertools until you understand the drill bits.
If I were a gambling man I would bet that everybody that has or is developing using JavaScript (today that is probably all if not most web developers) has started out one day by copying and pasting some script from … Continue reading
Posted in front end architecture, Software, web apps
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What can ant colonies teach front-end architects?
I just read a great article on Embracing Complexity by the Harvard Business Review and I got a crazy idea about using the same “ant colony” metaphor to describe UIs design and architecture. There is a lot to learn from an ant … Continue reading
Dojo templates & Google Maps InfoWindow
I have been building mashups using Google Maps since 2007 and one problem I had is passing in the content for these bubbles that show up when you click on a marker i.e. the InfoWindow. One big annoyance with it, … Continue reading
Posted in front end architecture, Google Maps, how to, web apps
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Dojo How To: Publish / Subscribe
I haven’t been using Dojo for a very long time, just over a year now, but its time I blog about all the little great features I have learned. One of the features I like the most in Dojo is … Continue reading
Posted in dojo, front end architecture, how to, web apps
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