angular with foreign (jQuery) promises

When using angular turns out that it’s not as straightforward when it comes to foreign libraries.

REMs

REMs – the new hotness in css.

knockout cart

I recently had an opportunity to put some new knockout knowledge into use.  Tekpub has a very nice training video on the subject, which was a great starting point, so let me show you the result.

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.

MV* javascript libraries

You probably heard about knockout.js. Well, there are others like it.

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

jQuery deferred

The Deferred object has been in jQuery since version 1.5 but I haven’t had the chance to get to know it until recently – turns out that it’s rather handy to have in your toolset.

Getting MIME type for file

All I can say is THANK YOU.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2013/02/14/getting-a-mime-type-from-a-file-extension-in-asp-net-4-5.aspx

QUnit

Another handy javascript lib for your toolbox, but this time, for a slightly different purpose than usual – unit testing

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).