This is the first tech coming out of Microsoft in several years that I’m excited about….really excited about. So, I thought I would take you, dear reader, on a learning adventure with me. Let’s dive in… What is TypeScript? TypeScript is a new programming language that Microsoft...
N.B. If you don’t know anything about WinJS, take a moment to peruse this primer . Also, the context of this post is the p&p Hilo project . Derick Bailey also wrote about promises on his blog. A Bit About Promises Promises are an abstraction for asynchronous programming. If you don’t know anything...
N.B. If you don’t know anything about WinJS, take a moment to peruse this primer . Also, the context of this post is the p&p Hilo project . One of the first questions we’ve been struggling with is how to best test a WinJS app. (I’m going to use the term “unit test” somewhat...
I’ve alluded before that I did a large chunk of my development in some form of ECMAScript for the first ten years of my professional life. Now, JavaScript is cool again for the first time. Everyone wants to learn it. So, like me, you probably already kinda maybe knew JavaScript. But times have...
I’m lazy. I remember reading somewhere that that was a desirable trait to have in a developer. I’m not sure where though, and honestly it’s just too much effort to bingle it. This laziness came to the forefront recently as I was playing with Node. In my last post , I showed you how to spin up a quick...