What is Node? The simplest answer, albeit a simplistic answer, is that Node (or Node.js) is JavaScript on the server. Actually, it’s a more than just that, but you can read about the more in other places . This is a good enough answer for us n00bs. Unless you’ve been living in in cave, you might have...
Just the other day I had a need to use arguments.callee and I realized that's not something you really see every day in JavaScript. Maybe I could talk about it a bit. Anonymous functions everywhere It's not news to anyone reading this blog that one of JavaScript's workhorses are anonymous...
Do you like JavaScript? Have you been looking for a reaon or an idea to learn and start using HTML5? Google Chrome extesions are a great way to get into HTML5 and all its new APIs with bite sized applications. Anatomy of a Chrome Extension A Chrome extesion is nothing more than a tiny website that runs...
After a successful first Chicago Code Camp last year, we're back to announce the second edition of this unique technical event. The Chicago Code Camp 2 will happen on May 1 st . In this event we are addressing one obvious and recurring feedback: Make it closer to the city . We're thrilled to...
This last week I learned a new thing about jQuery custom events, particularly the ones of global nature. There's good documentation and examples about custom element events, but not much for the global ones. Why do we need custom events? Custom events make it easier to keep complex pages under control...