I have written about different JavaScript Programming Patterns before, but this time it is more about answering the question: Can you achieve the same thing with the Module Pattern as with Custom Objects? News at 11. Continue…
For those of you trying to post comments recently: Apologies. I first blamed WordPress for it, but it turned out that it was rather a bad (admin) job on my end. Continue…
Sometimes you might want to present things differently to the user depending on whether JavaScript is enabled in the User Agent or not. I would like to mention a method on how to do this by attaching a class to the body element of the page, as it came out of some discussions we had amongst Web Developers at Yahoo!. But maybe there are better ways of doing that? Continue…
It has been a while, but he is back. Agent YUI on a new exciting mission, equipped with a lot of gadgets, fighting the villain and seducing a couple of girls along the way. Well not quite. This time, we will discover how to use what is literally the dot in Web 2.0: Ajax. Continue…
As stated a couple of days ago, I was able to complete a Fire Eagle WordPress plugin prototype and get it running on my web host. Now I did a little bit of polishing and I think the "I Am Here" plugin is ready to be released into the wild. Beware: still in Alpha state! Continue…
For the last couple of weeks I was working on a WordPress Plugin for Fire Eagle, a service by Yahoo! that gives applications access to the location of a user (with regards to appropriate authorization and privacy concerns). The result is a prototype visible in the sidebar showing my current location, local time and weather. This blogpost provides some more behind-the-scenes information about Fire Eagle and the plugin. Continue…
In the web industry, we are already struggling with the job titles: is it "Web Developer", "Frontend Engineer", "UI Developer" etc. And when it comes to the actual responsibilities, the lines are blurry at best. So what is it a [insert appropriate title here] should be responsible for? Continue…
The Unix people probably know this. I did not. So I write it down just in case I might need to use it again one day :-) Continue…
Just in time for the Euro 2008 football championship, we provide you with a service with which you will not miss a single match. Euro KickOff, which may or may not include some nice technical details. Continue…
Ever wanted to work with, what I would say, one of the best Web Developer teams in Europe, if not the world? Where adhering to Web Standards is not an exception, but the rule? Where you can learn new stuff from your colleagues every day and have Accessibility, JavaScript and Microformats experts sitting right next to you? This is your chance. Come to London. Continue…