classical geek

Quick post on what I’m up to in the next month or so.
Firstly, my training course with Skillsmatter (see the sidebar) kicks off in a couple of weeks, with an in-depth dose of ‘learning the scales’ of DOM manipulation, JavaScript events and the like, followed by a whistle-stop tour of Prototype and Scriptaculous, and […]

I’ve been asked more than once recently why we chose to emphasise refactoring and development practices so much in Ajax in Action. Surely these are general concepts applicable to any coding job, so why give them so much attention in a book on Ajax?
I’d say that, yes, they are key in any non-trivial software development […]

Dojo’s Alex Russel has a good post on the fundamentals of JavaScript here. There is a big difference between being able to get by in JavaScript and being able to really work with it.
As far as Ajax goes, in addition to understanding the ins and outs of Javascript, I’d say that there’s a great benefit […]