Using Web Workers to Speed-Up Your JavaScript Applications

The performance of JavaScript applications running in the browser has increased considerably over the past few years. This is mainly due to continued work on the underlying JavaScript engines (such as V8) that actually execute the code. But as these JavaScript engines get …Continue reading

Treehouse Show Episode 11 – Moment.js and HTML5

In this episode of The Treehouse Show, Nick Pettit (@nickrp) and Jason Seifer (@jseifer) talk about Moment.js, jQuery joyride, and discuss web trends. Here are the links for the week: Moment.js http://momentjs.com/ jQuery joyride http://www.zurb.com/playground/jquery-joyride-feature-tour-plugin Emmet for Sublime https://github.com/sergeche/emmet-sublime USA …Continue reading

I Don’t Speak Your Language: Frontend vs. Backend

“I Don’t Speak Your Language” is a series of articles designed to give you a quick overview of all of the tech terms in our industry. Knowing these terms will help you in your communications and allow you to build …Continue reading

Web Development Tips | Treehouse Show Episode 7

In this episode of The Treehouse Show, Nick Pettit (@nickrp) and Jason Seifer (@jseifer) talk about typing practice for programmers, design tricks FaceBook uses, and Python books. They also discuss BigScreen.js for full screen JavaScript, navigation patterns for responsive design, …Continue reading

Responsive Web Design in the Browser Part 2: The Tools

Now that we’ve killed Photoshop, we need to get into the nitty gritty of how to still make a living without our favorite, yet most frustrating app. After all, talking about what’s broken without offering a solution doesn’t do anyone …Continue reading