Moving a Rails & jQuery App to Ember.JS
This is talk is about to adapted a code infrastructure for a growing application. It is about their transition from a large jQuery code base to a faster, easier to maintain, tested Ember application.
Diagnostic Web Applications with Java and JavaScript
There is more and more usage of JavaScript on the client side today. Many are starting down the difficult path of full blown application development in JS on the client side, going beyond having a simple rollover menu logic or presentation component. But tracking and tracing effectively means looking at …
The “This” Keyword in JavaScript
This series of tutorials talk about context or the “this” keyword in JavaScrtipt. It’s a small piece of the JavaScript language, but it’s really important, and it hangs people up sometimes because it’s a little counterintuitive how “this” works in JavaScript.
Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) for Javascript
Loose coupling. Your web front-end has that, right? Your JavaScript is using pubsub, event emitters, and message buses! Guess again, you can do better. Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) is a technique for augmenting the behavior of objects, methods, and functions non-invasively.
DukeScript
DukeScript is a set of APIs that allows Java applications easily talk to JavaScript environment to (usually) animate an HTML page. The core libraries are developed as part of the NetBeans Project, but there are also additional libraries that play well in the overall DukeScript ecosystem.
Client-Centric Design with AngularJS and Backbone.js
When building a rich front-end there are an increasing number of choices available. This talk dives into two emerging JavaScript choices that are taking the web by storm: AngularJS and Backbone.js.