Archive for August 2010

News Roundup: Yeti & PaintbrushJS

Wow. Slow week on the Javascript front. Fortunately there are at least a few people still hard at work out there, and here are some of the things they built:
Yeti
YUI already has one of the best automated javascript testing frameworks on offer. When you consider how easily and thoroughly it integrates with Selenium and Hudson, [...]

News Roundup: Okay, this week is all about jQuery. Sue me.

jQuery Mobile
Without a doubt the biggest news of the week has to be the announcement of jQuery Mobile. While the project hasn’t been particularly secret until now, this is the first official announcement of the project, and the first concrete information about what kinds of capabilities the framework will offer and what devices will be [...]

News Roundup: HTML5 Boilerplate, Choco, and Smoothie

HTML5 Boilerplate & HTML5 Reset
HTML5 Reset (by Monkeydo) and HTML5 Boilerplate (Paul Irish & Divya Manian) are new HTML5 project skeletons. If you’re about to start a new HTML5 site, you can reach for one of these all-in-one kits that include everything you need to write great, forward-looking code, while still maintaining support for legacy [...]

indieconf for freelance web professionals

indieconf is the conference for freelance and independent web professionals.  Whether you’re a developer, designer, or somewhere in between, indieconf will help you take your freelancing to the next level.

How do I get more clients?
How do I charge higher rates?
How should I market myself?
What sort of legal structure should I choose?

These questions and many more [...]

News Roundup: JSPerf, Stratified Javascript, HTML5 goodies and more

JSPerf
JSPerf is an extremely awesome new way to create & share performance tests. The idea is simple: you provide a bit of HTML on which the code your testing will operate, and then add at least two alternative snippets to process that markup. You can then run the tests at the push of a button, [...]




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