Eight7Teen's scribe Josh created some sexy bookmarks a month back that I was very impressed with. They were so sexy that he literally called them SexyBookmarks. And seeing as I'm so sexy... Anyways, Josh took the time to interview me recently and the post is now up. Check it out:
http://eight7teen.com/articles/interview-with-david-walsh
While synchronous code is easier to follow and debug, async is generally better for performance and flexibility. Why "hold up the show" when you can trigger numerous requests at once and then handle them when each is ready? Promises are becoming a big part of the JavaScript world...
CSS and JavaScript: the lines seemingly get blurred by each browser release. They have always done a very different job but in the end they are both front-end technologies so they need do need to work closely. We have our .js files and our .css, but...
I've said it over and over but I'll say it again: JavaScript's main role in web applications is to enhance otherwise boring, static functionality provided by the browser. One perfect example of this is the Javascript/AJAX-powered star rating systems that have become popular over the...
Overlays have become a big part of modern websites; we can probably attribute that to the numerous lightboxes that use them. I've found a ton of overlay code snippets out there but none of them satisfy my taste in code. Many of them are...
Hey David,
I really appreciate you taking the time out of your busy day to privelege me with an interview! Thanks for the compliment about the plugin as well, much love!
Great interview :)
Great interview!