Category Archives: JavaScript

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 →

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. :D The … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →