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I ran into an interesting problem while working on a project for SiteGoals. We updated the code for an old design, moving it from tables to divs. This was relatively easy, except that the bottom divs...
View ArticleLearning Object Oriented Javascript
I’ve never considered myself a programmer. Developer yes, coder, sure, but not a programmer by any means. Although I took some computer science classes in college, I never learned the basic tenets of...
View ArticleBecoming Better at JavaScript
Over the past year I’ve spent more time writing JavaScript than doing just about anything else. I thought I would do a link-dump of some of the resources that I’ve been using to get better. I try to...
View ArticleChoosing a JavaScript Framework
I’ve been trying to convert IPOFest (a pet project started by Kyle and I) from all PHP to JavaScript that interfaces with a PHP API. At work we use Backbone.js and since I had never used it before, I...
View Article33 of the Best Front-End Development Resources
These links have been sitting in my bookmarks for months now. There’s a lot of tutorials, documentation, and free books. Many are resources that I still reference regularly, especially when developing...
View ArticleInstall MongoDB on Mac OS X
I’ve been playing around with MongoDB for IPOfest. It’s a perfect match for a JavaScript developer because you can just store and access straight JSON. First install Homebrew, then in the terminal run:...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Been Working On (Ionic and Angular Resources)
As you can see by my stale timeline, I haven’t updated this blog in awhile. I’ve been busy building the HomDNA app for iOS and Android using Cordova, Ionic, and Angular. Here’s what I’ve learned (more...
View ArticleFront-End Engineer / Developer Interview Questions
Throughout my career, I have interviewed lots of front-end developers, possibly in the hundreds. Below are some of my favorite questions to ask and why. Most of these have been taken from this...
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