Robert’s read January 31st 2012
It’s been a while since I last shared some good reading, but hey, it’s 2012 now, so I thought I’d share my first batch this year!
Posts in the "JavaScript" Category
Interviewed for the developer book club
In the fall of last year I was happy to be interviewed by Helen Emerson for The Developer Book Club.
Robert’s read: links and suggestions November 16th 2011
I will soon start blogging more here again, now that time permits – for now, however, I’d like to share a round of good links I’ve collected recently.
Robert’s read: links and suggestions, September 30th 2011
First idea was to publish these posts on a regular schedule, but I’ve realized now it will be when I have enough good links (and time 
. Tons of links now, so, here goes – another issue of Robert’s read!
HTML5 Forms input types, attributes and new elements – demos, tips and tricks
Forms on the web. They are literally everywhere, and there seem to really be all kind of flavors for them. From day one they have been a great mean for users to input data and information and interact with various services. And what comes with that is every implementation under the sun to offer validation for them, custom display and functionality if they aren’t native in that specific web browser, and much much more. Therefore, during the development phase of HTML5, one of the important things that have been looked into is making forms on the web evolve into what both end users and developers need to make things easier. Why would every web developer have to invent the wheel again or include tons of JavaScript code just to make something very basic like a datepicker work?
HTML5 History API and improving end user experience
When the AJAX wave came in 2005 when Jesse James Garrett coined the term and then everyone wanted it, one of the major shortcomings was that dynamic updates of only portions of a web page lead to inconsistent history handling and back/forward navigation button problems in web browsers and poor end user experiences. Enter the HTML5 History API.
Using the HTML5 canvas clip method to hide certain content
People are creating amazing things with HTML5 canvas, especially combined with other HTML5 features. I thought I’d touch on a handy method that some people don’t seem to know about: canvas clip.
My presentation at London Ajax Mobile Event
Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking at the London Ajax Mobile Event in, surprisingly, London.
HTML5 is more than cool
HTML5 is here to save us all: it has the cool functions, eye-dazzling features and APIs to go around. I get to see a lot of great things developed with HTML5, but I’d like to issue a word of caution as well.
HTML5 and CSS3 tests and compatibility tables, updated
I wrote about it on Twitter last week (follow me on Twitter!), but naturally I should mention it here too, my dear readers. With new input from testing Internet Explorer 9 and from the Opera team, I have updated my HTML5 tests and compatibility tables and CSS3 tests and compatibility tables.
Semicolons give me comfort
The other day at work we had a discussion about how code should look, or rather, what characters to use.
Geek Meet February 2011 with Jake Archibald
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Time for the first Geek Meet of 2011! And man, this will be a great night!
Delivering HTML5 video and fallback support with the help of Video JS
With HTML5 video and the current support in web browsers, we need to cater to different codecs, and fallbacks for web browsers with no native video support. This is where Video JS steps in.
Utilizing the HTML5 File API to choose, upload, preview and see progress for multiple files
To me, something about HTML5 that makes it quite interesting is all the new support for file interaction. I’ve written about the File API and reading file information before, and I thought I’d expand on that and add uploads and progress bars.
Google Chrome and Safari (WebKit) bug with the HTML5 autofocus attribute
I just encountered the weirdest bug with the HTML5 autofocus attribute in Google Chrome and Safari.
JavaScript badge to present Twitter reactions to a certain URL in your own web site
With a blog it’s great getting comments, but as any blogger need to realize, there are other channels that people like to express their reactions in to – especially Twitter.
Introducing HTML5 Web Sockets – taking bidirectional communication on the web to the next level
For a long long time we have tried to be able to push information from the server out to the end users without having to poll the server all the time.
Adding HTML5 placeholder attribute support through progressive enhancement
I continually talk about HTML5 and how progressive enhancement is a simple approach to make any new behavior possible in web browsers that haven’t implemented it yet. I thought I’d show you a simple example how to do this with the new placeholder attribute for input elements.
Catching clicks with clickCatcher before your JavaScript files have loaded/events been applied
One of the key things to improve performance of a web site, real as well as perceived, is including your JavaScript files at the end of the document (as I described in Improve Your Web Site Performance – Tips & Tricks To Get A Good YSlow Rating). However, there is a drawback to that.
Geek Meet May 2010 – HTML5 & JavaScript
It is soon summer (Yay!) and about time for a last Geek Meet before a summer break!
Using HTML5 custom data attributes to store data on HTML elements
When writing JavaScripts for a web page, since the beginning of time, web developers have had the need to store extra data for HTML elements. I remember reading about custom data attributes in HTML5 some time ago, and recently Remy reminded me about them – they are here to save us!
Using the File API for reading file information & multiple file uploads – another sister specification to HTML5
A constant drag when developing web sites have been when the end user wants to upload files to it. Luckily, though, those problems are to come to an end due to the File API.
Using HTML5 Web Workers to have background computational power
When performing advanced load-heavy operations in a web browser, both the web page it is run in as well as the web browser UI becomes unresponsive till it’s finished. However, there’s a way to address that with HTML5 Web Workers.
postMessage in HTML5 to send messages between windows and iframes
Ever had the need to communicate between windows or the current window and an inner iframe? Across domains as well? I bet you have, but now we have a nice option for doing that!
Testing the Internet Explorer Platform Preview (IE9) – reviewing the good, the bad and the main letdown
At MIX10 yesterday, Microsoft announced IE9 and spoke about its upcoming features. And, lo and behold, they released a Internet Explorer Platform Preview for anyone to download and play around with!
Geolocation in web browsers to find location & Google Maps examples
More and more services around us focus on where we physically are located at the moment, and how we can be assisted in the best fashion depending on that. Today I’d like to introduce the geolocation possibilities we developers have, and also play around a little with Google maps.
Tools for concatenating and minifying CSS and JavaScript files in different development environments
To follow up on the topic of cutting down the number of HTTP requests that I mentioned in my posts How to improve your web site performance – tips & tricks to get a good YSlow rating and How to reduce the number of HTTP requests, I wanted to put together a good list of tools and approaches to concatenate and minify CSS and JavaScript files in different developing environments.
Thank you for 2009 – Happy New Year!
I hope you are all having some nice time off; I just wanted to take the time to reflect on 2009 and what it was like for me.
My trip to Lisbon, Portugal, and the Codebits conference
I had the pleasure of spending last week in Lisbon, Portugal, for the Codebits conference.
Speaking at Codebits in Lisbon, Portugal
Next stop on my little European tour is Codebits in Lisbon, Portugal!
My Full Frontal ’09 escapades – The JavaScript conference
I’m (almost) just back from Full Frontal 09, and man, did I have a good time!
The JSConf.eu conference and my visit to Berlin
About a week and a half ago, I had the pleasure of speaking at JSConf.eu!
The Øredev 2009 Conference adventure
Week before last, I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at two conferences. With even more conferences in the pipe, last week was pretty intense, work-wise, to cover up for that, but now I thought I’d take the time to talk about them, starting in this post with the Øredev 2009 conference.
This just in: Speaking at JSConf.eu November 7th-8th 2009!
I’m very happy to say that I will speak at at, and participate in, JSConf.eu in Berlin this upcoming weekend!
Speaking at Full Frontal – JavaScript Conference – 20th November 2009
Soon time for me to go on the road, and I’ve gotten the honor to speak at the Full Frontal – JavaScript Conference, 20th November 2009.
An introduction to HTML5
It seems like everyone is talking about HTML5 now, but the discussion is spread out and seldom gives the background, explanation what HTML5 really is and if/when it’s usable.
Speaking at Øredev 2009 Developer Conference, November 4th 2009
In November, more exactly Wednesday November 4th, I will be speaking at the Øredev 2009 Developer Conference.
Help making Firefox better – share your thoughts!
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of being invited by Mozilla to Prague to, amongst other things, discuss the future of Firefox.
Travel stories and session recaps from Mozilla Camp Europe Prague, 3-4 October 2009
Late last night I came home from the fantastic event that was Mozilla Camp Europe Prague, 3-4 October 2009, and I thought I’d tell you how my Prague visit was, what I thought of the event and my thinking about the sessions.
One million downloads for getElementsByClassName
When a developer writes code, it is usually for the challenge, the obstacles to beat and the rush of solving a problem. But also, when your code becomes popular is quite a kick as well.
Firefinder 1.0 released – code collaboration with the FriendlyFire feature, better integration with Firebug and more
When I released Firefinder back in May, I had some ideas with what more I wanted to do with it. Now I can happily say that I have implemented those ideas!
Firefox 3.5 is released – information about having multiple Firefox versions and web developer extension compatibility
Firefox 3.5 was released yesterday, and it has already reached 5 and a half million of downloads (at the time of writing). Therefore, I thought I’d answer some common questions, especially from a web developer perspective about the new version and which web developer extensions which will work with it.
PictureSlides 2.0 – highly customizable option to create JavaScript slideshows
I’ve had a few versions of my PictureSlides to create JavaScript slideshows, but now it has been completely rewritten and jQuery-optimized with some new control and features.
New JavaScript features with native JSON support and JavaScript 1.8.1 additions
With the impending release of Firefox 3.5, I thought I’d cover the new things in JavaScript 1.8.1 – part of that is the very exciting support for native JSON, and you know what? They’re not the only ones supporting it!
Store information on the client side with DOM Storage/Web Storage – plenty of improvements available
Saving state or values have never been easy on the web, especially on the client-side, and using cookies have been far from ideal. Enter DOM/Web Storage!
Poll: which JavaScript library do you use?
I meet lots of developers working with different technologies and tools, and one thing that interests me is which, if any, JavaScript library they use.
Geek Meet Charity June 4th 2009 was a success!
Yesterday we had Geek Meet Charity in Stockholm, and in my opinion, it was a great success!
Getters and setters with JavaScript – code samples and demos
Not many people know it, but you can use “real” getters and setters in JavaScript if you want to.
Geek Meet Charity June 4th 2009 – Chris Mills and Remy Sharp speaking
It’s been some time since the last event, but man, are we making up for it this time! Time for Geek Meet Charity June 4th 2009!
Introduction, test cases and web browser compatibility tables for JavaScript 1.6, JavaScript 1.7 & JavaScript 1.8
Lately I’ve been investigating newer versions of JavaScript, and what web browser support they have. And, as usual when I create something I find useful, I want to share it with the world.