April 2012
1 post
JSConf.US '12 Slides
November 2011
1 post
Red Dirt JS ’11 Slides
October 2011
1 post
JSConf.us ’11 Video
May 2011
1 post
The FUD Challenge
My response to a Twitter challenge by @thomasfuchs. I <3 modules and dig microlibs, but I think that consistent cross-browser support is more easily obtained by using a modular/buildable library instead of a bunch of independent microlibs.
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March 2011
0 posts
Performance Monitoring For All
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February 2011
4 posts
Reflow Costs
Explore the performance cost of pre DOM-load reflow caused by some feature tests. I created a special build of has.js that runs all 177 unminified tests upfront before DOM load. This is an extreme case and executes 3-8x more tests than most projects will use.
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The removeChild() Memory Leak
Tested on Chrome 11.0.663.0, IE8, IE9 RC, and IE9 Platform Preview 8.
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Feature Testing Costs
My response to Alex Russell’s recent blog posts over the performance cost of feature testing. The iPhone tests are from my real iPhone 3GS via iDemo. Special thanks to Chris Newman for providing the Kindle tests.
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October 2010
1 post
The jQuery.fragments Memory Leak
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August 2010
2 posts
JSConf.eu ’10 Video
JSConf.us ’10 Video
May 2010
2 posts
Web Optimization Summit ’10 Slides
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JSConf.us ’10 Slides
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January 2010
4 posts
Fusebox Wrap Up
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From Sandboxes To Fuseboxes
A code review of the Fusebox constructor.
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Creating Sandboxes
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What’s A Sandboxed Native?
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