As a writer and developer, I take a lot of pride in anything I publish or release that helps make other developer's lives a little bit easier. I thoroughly enjoy sharing knowledge and I'm happy when people come up … Continue reading
Today I am happy to announce the release of jQuery UI Bootstrap 0.2. This release includes a number of bug fixes and new additions to the theme and can be downloaded from the release site now.
I recently released the first version of a new project called jQuery UI Bootstrap – a Twitter Bootstrap inspired theme for UI widgets. For a demo of the theme or to download it, hop on over to the project homepage.
About a week ago, I began working on a new article about Backbone.js. It was due to cover some concepts and insights intermediate or advanced users might appreciate, but I found myself wanting to reference topics beginners might need to … Continue reading
These days we have embeddable share and follower buttons for almost every aspect of the web, except of course for GitHub. I wanted to help remedy that, so over the weekend I created a customizable JavaScript button (that uses the … Continue reading
I just really dig JavaScript. I'm a writer, speaker and a JavaScript developer for AOL (yes, we're still around!).
I'm also a member of the jQuery core [Bug Triage/Docs/Learning] teams where I (try) to assist with bugs, documentation and developer evangelism. Some of my other OS work has included contributions to Modernizr and other similar projects.
My personal OS projects include jQuery UI Bootstrap and TodoMVC, which helps developers compare JavaScript MVC frameworks. I've also written 'Backbone Fundamentals' and 'Essential JavaScript Design Patterns' and occasionally tech review books like 'JavaScript Web Applications'.
First do it, then do it right, then do it better. This is one fundamental I always keep in mind when developing anything.
If you're a developer wishing to learn something new, regardless of skill-level, remember that as important as it is to read, it's equally as important to get out there and *do*.
Create a new gist or fiddle, pop open the console and experiment. It's effing fun.
Finally, try to be open to constructive criticism - none of us know everything and at worst, you might just learn something new that will help you become a better developer.
I feel honored to have quite a few friends, many of who are spread across the world but remain active and passionate at what they do.
Thanks to @mathias and @jdalton for giving us jsPerf, @divya, @necolas and @paul_irish for h5bp, @peolanha for always being available for a tech review, @jaubourg for just being awesome, the guys at @bocoup for their constant badassery and the rest of the OT-crew for being ah-mazing.
Last but not least, thanks to @elleohellez for understanding my obsession with the web and being the best a guy could ask for.
