Category Archives: JavaScript

Slap-Slides: Arduino Powered Veggie Chopper Slide Deck Controller

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Derick Bailey

A few weeks ago I half-jokingly tweeted about my desire to turn a SlapChop in to a presentation controller … like I said … “half-jokingly” I give you the Slap-Slides, proof of concept! (no audio) <iframe> The code is written … Continue reading →

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MarionetteJS v1.0

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Derick Bailey

Hot on the heels of the Backbone v1.0 release, I present MarionetteJS v1.0! I quietly released it over the weekend, and I’m glad I did. I already had a bug report and have released v1.0.1 to fix it. The last … Continue reading →

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Event Aggregator And/Or/vs Mediator: A Tale Of Two Patterns

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Derick Bailey

Design patterns often differ only in semantics and intent. That is, the language used to describe the pattern is what sets it apart, more than an implementation of that specific pattern. It often comes down to squares vs rectangles vs … Continue reading →

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Method Rewriting: Running With A Lit Stick Of Dynamite

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Derick Bailey

I had a problem I wanted to solve. I thought to myself, “I know! I’ll use function rewriting!” and it was good… I solved the problem. But I also introduced some other problems regarding method references and event handlers.  Method … Continue reading →

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MarionetteJS Screencasts And Videos

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Derick Bailey

There’s been a lot of movement with MarionetteJS and screencasts in the last few months – enough that I decided to add a new “videos” section to the website this weekend. It’s a short list right now, but I expect … Continue reading →

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Managing Events As Relationships, Not Just References

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Derick Bailey

In my Scaling Backbone Apps With Marionette talk, I have some slides that deal with JavaScript zombies in Backbone apps. This isn’t a new subject by any means. It is one that I talk about a lot, and spend a … Continue reading →

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Interview With Upfront Podcast: Backbone And Marionette

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Derick Bailey

I was fortunate enough to be the first guest on the Upfront Podcast this week. It’s a new podcast hosted by Jack Franklin and Ben Howdle, focused on all things front-end web development. You’re going to want to add this … Continue reading →

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Node.js Must Know Concepts: Asynchronous

Posted on November 30, 2012 by John Teague

When writing node applications, there are a few concepts that are important to understand in order to create large-scale applications. I’m going to cover a few concepts that I think are important when building non-trivial sites with node.js.  If you … Continue reading →

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Loading KnockoutJS View Models from ASP.Net MVC, for faster page loads

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Eric Hexter

This is a little deep dive that came out of a previous post on my SignalR Series.   Background First lets talk about a little background.  The popularity of the Single Page Application (SPA) has seen its rise and fall, … Continue reading →

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Warm Crocodile Conference: Copenhagen, Denmark

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Derick Bailey

UPDATE: the slides from this talk are available here: https://speakerdeck.com/derickbailey/scaling-backbone-dot-js-applications-with-marionette-dot-js — If you’ll be in the Copenhagen, Denmark area during the week of January 16 – 17, 2013, you should check out the Warm Crocodile Conference. I’m signed up to give a … Continue reading →

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