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01:39:43 pm on May 9, 2011 |
In this screencast I respond 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 or framework instead of a bunch of independent microlibs.
(mp4 available here)Related Links:
Bean test
domReady test
Emile test
Emile alt test
$script test
MooTools animation test
MooTools event test
MooTools domReady test
MooTools script load test
MooTools custom gzipped
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05:17:26 pm on April 6, 2011 |
In my twelfth screencast I highlight some things to avoid when creating dev blog posts.
My next screencast will cover some good things to do when creating dev blog posts.

(mp4 available here)Related Links:
Promotejs.com
Ben Alman’s Blog
Kangax’s Blog
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11:37:11 pm on February 28, 2011 |
In my eleventh screencast I review what I learned creating xStats.js.

(mp4 available here)Related Links:
xStats.js
Stats.js
BunnyMark
xStats.js x4 Test
Stats.js x4 Test
xStats.js Large Test
Stats.js Large Test
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02:56:32 pm on February 17, 2011 |
My tenth screencast explores the cost of pre DOM load reflow caused by some feature tests. For this screencast I created a special build of has.js that runs all of its 177 unminified tests upfront before DOM load. This is an extreme case and executes 3-8x more tests than most projects will use.

(mp4 available here)Related Links:
The cost of feature testing
Ajaxian test page
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03:20:43 pm on February 16, 2011 |
My ninth screencast looks at the single page memory leak associated with `removeChild()`. I tested for the leak on Chrome 11.0.663.0, IE8, IE9 RC, and IE9 Platform Preview 8.

(mp4 available here)Related Links:
Download Process Explorer
Test page for removeChild() leak
Initial bug report (marked fixed)
Follow-up bug report
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07:57:10 pm on February 5, 2011 |
In this series of screencasts I present my response to Alex Russell’s recent blog posts over the cost of feature testing.
Screencast One: (uses my real iPhone 3GS via iDemo)

(mp4 available here)Screencast Two:

(mp4 available here)Screencast Three: (thanks Chris Newman for the Kindle tests)

(mp4 available here)Related Links:
The cost of pre DOM load reflow
http://jsperf.com/has-js-suite
http://jsperf.com/jquery-support
https://gist.github.com/812950
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01:04:40 pm on October 17, 2010 |
My fifth screencast looks at the pseudo memory leak associated with jQuery.fragments.

(mp4 available here)
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12:13:12 pm on September 28, 2010 |
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12:00:02 am on July 1, 2010 |
OMG! I will be rock’n @fusejs in Berlin at @jsconfeu! Ultraaa Combooo http://bit.ly/8X2kko :{D


