Learning JavaScript: part II
This post continues from the last post in learning JavaScript for building web applications. I assume you now have a working knowledge of the JavaScript language. We apply our knowledge of JavaScript
Learning JavaScript: part I
Recently I spoke with several individuals wanting to build web applications. First I describe what a web application is, describe the front tier of a web application, and focus on JavaScript’s role
Firefox OS / Boot to Gecko: a phone OS written in a web browser
[Update] Announced July 2nd, Boot to Gecko is now Firefox OS.
On June 26th, 2012 I attended the HTML 5 meetup in Microsoft’s local sale office. This HTML 5 meetup invited Rob Hawkes and Chris Heilman
Creating HTML 5 mobile applications
On Thursday June 21st I attended the PhoneGap meetup at Adobe’s office, which was the old site of Macromedia. In this PhoneGap meeting Marcos Lara presented his Audiovroom project. He introduced
Future of the Microsoft presentation languages – XAML, Silverlight, Windows Forms
As a follow up to my previous blog posting about HTML 5, I hypothesize the demise of existing Microsoft technologies currently being used today. These technologies are Silverlight and XAML with C# code-behind.
Developing cross-platform code for mobile devices
Given the proliferation of several mobile device platforms, namely iOS and Android, applications should be available on all these platforms. Rather than rewrite code to make the applications available
Alchemy Web Sockets
On Wednesday May 30th, I attended the Bay Area Association of Database Developers public seminar. The seminar is organized with: social mingling, talk, and another social mingling. As with most public