Getting Started with Backbone.js

I’ve been learning Backbone.js and wanted to make a video that might help others that are in the process of learning it too. You can watch the video here on YouTube http://youtu.be/ig-zWy0moAw Table of Contents Introduction: 0:00 What we’re working on: 1:55 Making it work with vanilla jQuery: 3:30 How to think of Backbone Views: […]

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Prevent DOM Reflow

Javascript is a really laid back language. You can write a script a hundred different ways and most browsers don’t care. However, as I found out there are consequences for not diligently writing proper code. I turned Chris Coyier’s datalist pollyfill into a jQuery plugin. Everything seemed perfect and I was rather self-impressed until I […]

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