Improving Web App Performance With the Chrome DevTools Timeline and Profiles

We all want to create high performance web applications. As our apps get more complex, we may want to support rich animations and that ideal 60 frames a second that keep our apps responsive and snappy. Being aware of … Continue reading →

Woo! The last five episodes of The Breakpoint (our show on tooling) are now up and you can keep track of them by subscribing to this playlist. We're hoping to cover finding and nailing memory leak issues soon, so watch this space, maybe <3zz.

The Breakpoint with Paul Irish and Addy Osmani: Episode 1

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In this first episode of the The Breakpoint – a new show dedicated to developer tools and time-saving techniques—Paul Irish and I talk about Yeoman and new experimental features in the Chrome Developer Tools.

We also have special guest Brian Ford from the AngularJS team joining us to take you through how to rapidly build Angular apps with their Yeoman generator.

I know I'm a little late sharing this on the blog, but thanks to 10,000+ people that have been watching.

The Breakpoint will be returning for it's second episode on November 1st.

Lets Tincr: Bi-directional Editing And Saving With The Chrome DevTools

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Following on from my post last year on the Chrome DevTools AutoSave project, I’d like to share another useful extension Nikita Vasilyev brought to my attention called Tincr, by Ryan Ackley. We often find ourselves switching back and forth between the … Continue reading →

About

I'm on the Chrome team at Google, working on tools to help improve developer productivity and satisfaction.

My personal projects include TodoMVC, which helps developers compare JavaScript MVC frameworks and AuraJS. I've also written 'Developing Backbone.js Applications' and 'Learning JavaScript Design Patterns'.

Fundamentals

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.

Friends

I feel honored to have quite a few friends involved in OSS, many of who are spread across the world but remain active and passionate at what they do. Thanks to my wife, family and the OT-crew for being ah-mazing.