Tag: javascript
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Lunar Lander
Back in 1997 Dan made a "Lunar Lander" game in Turbo Pascal. Twenty years on, he's re-implemented it in Javascript.
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How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016
How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016 – Hacker Noon (hackernoon.com)
No JavaScript frameworks were created during the writing of this article.
The following is inspired by the article “It’s the future” from Circle CI. You can read the original here. This piece is just an opinion, and like any JavaScript framework, … -
Investigating a possible new bug in @firefox 57: after installing the service worker, going to an uncached page on a site like adactio.com (@adactio), danq.me, or 3r.org.uk results in a "NetworkError" and the offline page, even though the connection is fine...
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Steer! An Experimental Canvas/Websocket Game
Left alone to look after a conference stand, Dan implements a browser-based video game prototype called Steer! in which the player uses their mobile phone to control a speeding car.
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What programming language should I learn first?
Most people’s journey toward learning to program starts with a single late-night Google search.
Usually it’s something like “Learn ______”
But how do they decide which language to search for?...
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DRY: Do Repeat Yourself
I am increasingly of the opinion that the general software engineering adage “Don’t Repeat Yourself” does not always apply to web development. Also, I found that web development classes in CS academia are not very realistic. These two problems turn out to have the same root cause: a lack of appreciation of what browsers do…
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jQuery Is Awesome. Yet Again.
I know that this probably isn't news to any of you who care about such things and follow the world of web development even a little... it's not even news to me, really - I've been an advocate of this particular programming library for a while now. But today in particular, I just felt so …
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Lightbox JS v2.0
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: Lightbox JS v2.0.
JavaScript image popups which look great, resize gracefully, and support slideshows. Requires prototype and scriptaculous. -
The Most Terrifying Thing A Web Developer Will Ever See
Want to see something quite terrifying: DHTML Lemmings. I kid you not - this is scary shit, particularly when you realise that it's all being done client-side, using script, over the web: no Flash, no Applets, no ActiveX <spits> - just pure unadulterated CSS and JavaScript. I got scared.
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Royal Welsh Show
I'm writing this from the (badly-protected: just had to go to a page with a particularly funky JavaScript to break out of their front-end browser) BBC Wales bus at the Royal Welsh Show, where Alex and I are working on behalf of SmartData.
Suppose I'd better get back to work and let these kiddies have the …