REMs
REMs – the new hotness in css.
By eidias on (tags: css, categories: tools, web)CSS grids, frameworks and boilerplates
I thought it’s about time to pick a ‘favorite’ css grid (not framework nor boilerplate). I’ve used the grid from foundation (version 3) a couple of times and I liked it, but I figured that it should be worth the while to look what else is there – turns out, quite a lot.
By eidias on (tags: css, grid, categories: tools, web)Bringing “Create Unit Tests…” option back
Since I stared using Visual Studio 2012 I noticed a lack of quite helpful and commonly used (I guess) feature which is Create Unit Test context menu option. It turned out that this is still there…
By Mirek on (tags: Unit test, Visual Studio 2012, categories: tools)MV* javascript libraries
You probably heard about knockout.js. Well, there are others like it.
By eidias on (tags: javascript, categories: tools, web)
jQuery alternative – zepto.js
If for some reason you think that jQuery is ‘too much’ to use in your web app, then here’s an interesting alternative – zepto.js
By eidias on (tags: javascript, zepto, categories: tools, web)QUnit
Another handy javascript lib for your toolbox, but this time, for a slightly different purpose than usual – unit testing
By eidias on (tags: qunit, categories: tools, web)Web sockets
Web socket is a technology developed to establish a bi-directional communication between client and server, over the web. It works on top of TCP and hopefully will render hacks like long polling obsolete. It’s supported by all modern browsers with 2 exceptions – opera mini and the default android browser (chart can be found here).
By eidias on (tags: web sockets, categories: tools, web)sammy.js
Another nice javascript lib that’s handy to have in your utility belt. From the library website - sammy is “a small web framework with class”. I’m sure there’s much more to it than what I will describe here, but there’s one aspect I’d like to focus on: view switching.
By eidias on (tags: javascript, sammy, categories: tools, web)CoffeeScript
There’s been a lot of fuss about coffee script in the last few months. It’s a language that compiles into pure javascript. Some people like it, some don’t. So what’s it all about?
By eidias on (tags: coffeescript, javascript, categories: tools, web)knockout.js
Knockout is a MVVM framework for javascript. It has been around for a while, but I never spent too much time with it until recently, when pluralsight released a free training that included knockout. My impressions – this is definitely something I could utilize in quite a few places, but it carries a pretty big startup cost, so I’d think hard before using it in a project.
By eidias on (tags: javascript, knockout, categories: tools, web)