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Microlibs: The FUD Challenge.

jdalton — Mon, 09 May 2011 17:39:43 +0000

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)

Better JS Blogs For Us, By Us

jdalton — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:17:26 +0000

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

What I learned from creating xStats.js

jdalton — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:37:11 +0000

In my eleventh screencast I review what I learned creating xStats.js.

(mp4 available here)

The cost of pre DOM load reflow.

jdalton — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:56:32 +0000

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

Exploring the removeChild() single page memory leak.

jdalton — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:20:43 +0000

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)

The cost of feature testing

jdalton — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:57:10 +0000

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)

Exploring the single page memory leak of jQuery.fragments

jdalton — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:04:40 +0000

My fifth screencast looks at the pseudo memory leak associated with jQuery.fragments.

(mp4 available here)

Promote JS!

jdalton — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:13:12 +0000

Better JS docs, for us, by us

JSConf US 2010 Video

jdalton — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:00:07 +0000

My JSConf US 2010 video was just posted. Huzzah, power ‘fro!

JSConf EU Ultraa Comboo

jdalton — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:00:02 +0000

OMG! I will be rock’n @fusejs in Berlin at @jsconfeu! Ultraaa Combooo http://bit.ly/8X2kko :{D