Don’t Rely Solely On jQuery’s “keyup” Event

A few days ago I pushed some changes to the form validation up to my WatchMeCode website. I was trying to fix a scenario where a browser cache would have some of the data in the purchase form already filled … Continue reading 

Posted in Backbone, Javascript, JQuery, Test Automation, Validation | 5 Comments

Modularity And Security In Composite JavaScript Apps

In one of my current apps for a client, I have an activity based security system that determines what the user is allowed to do. The trick to this system is that all of the authorization checks happen on the … Continue reading 

Posted in Backbone, Backbone.Marionette, Composite Apps, Javascript, Security | 9 Comments

Rant: That’s Not Rest.

I’ve asked for an explanation, definition, blog post, book, or any other source of material that can get me up to speed on REST in web development a number of times. It’s a popular subject these days, and there seems … Continue reading 

Posted in REST | 15 Comments

Speaking at San Diego DNUG tonight

If you’re in the San Diego area tonight, I’ll be giving my talk on domain modeling. Details below: http://www.sandiegodotnet.com/ I’ve been told that there is free pizza. If not, I might be able score some stale bagels from my hotel’s … Continue reading 

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Some Thoughts On Functional JavaScript

Just for fun I decided to put together a quick sample of some functional JavaScript – as in, functional programming done with JavaScript. I’m not really very familiar with functional languages other than playing with Haskell a bit and doing … Continue reading 

Posted in DSL, Functional, Javascript | 15 Comments

CodeMash 2012 wrap up

This year was my first to attend the bacon debauchery that is CodeMash. I had been suggested to go by pretty much everyone that I’ve met that has gone, and this year I was fortunate enough to be selected as … Continue reading 

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HTML5 And Internet Explorer: Modernizr To The Rescue!

My wife wanted to see my WatchMeCode website so she could post it on her Pinterest (which is a site I don’t understand… but that’s beyond the point). IE Hates HTML5 She pulled it up on her work laptop, which … Continue reading 

Posted in HTML5, User Experience | 6 Comments

The grand No Flash experiment (update)

My dislike of Flash has been well documented, so last month I thought I would try to see what the internet was like without Flash installed, whatsoever. I removed Flash completely from my system, including any Chrome plugin (Chrome has … Continue reading 

Posted in Rant | 13 Comments

Huboard – Github issues made awesome

Meet Huboard ! Huboard is a kanban style drag and drop task board built entirely on top of the github api. How to get started Its easy. Go to any of your github repositories and add issues as you normally … Continue reading 

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Our Ajax Conventions–Validation

As I mentioned in my previous posts, I’m doing a write up of our AJAX conventions and how they’re paying off for us. In this series of posts, I’m going to cover a few topics: The AjaxContinuation Clientside Continuations Request … Continue reading 

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