jQuery: JavaScript That Doesn’t Suck Chris Poteet, February 29, 2008February 29, 2008 I hate JavaScript. I mean I really hate JavaScript. Dealing with different implementations of the DOM between browsers is a menace I couldn’t duplicate if I tried. I’ve tried JS libraries from Mootools, script.aculo.us, and so on until recently. I knew jQuery existed, but I didn’t realize how powerful the… Continue Reading
The Value-Up Paradigm Chris Poteet, February 9, 2008February 25, 2008 The paradigms I’m going to contrast are how we view the entire development process. I will refer to two different paradigms: the first is the “work-down” approach which I will contrast with the “value-up” approach. I read about this in Software Engineering with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System concerning the… Continue Reading
Economical Usability Testing Chris Poteet, January 31, 2008December 28, 2008 Usability testing is often overlooked to the peril of both the developer and the consumer. I was convicted reading Steve Krug’s book on usability to go ahead with testing even if it’s small and cheap. In doing this for the recent design of this site I wanted to share how… Continue Reading