Introducing Bedrock
Bedrock is a quick way to start an Express app with nice defaults without having to worry about setup and configuration. It’s free, open-source and MIT licensed.
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Cheers to YUI
A few days ago, Yahoo released a blog post announcing the end of active development on YUI. Having been a YUI Core Team member for the last two years (up until a month ago), I thought that I’d share my thoughts on my relationship with YUI, and the people who built it.
Quotes from Rework
I finished reading Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson a few days ago. It’s a great book – easily the best business book that I’ve read. Here are a few quotes from the book that I saved: On Building Things When good enough gets the job done, go for it. It’s way better […]
SailsJS with Handlebars
Want to use Handlebars with SailsJS? Find out how it works!
Git tips from the trenches
Csaba Okrana wrote a great post with useful git commands. I especially liked the section on removing merged branches.
Installing NodeJS on a DigitalOcean VPS
Lately, I have been hosting a bunch of NodeJS apps on DigitalOcean’s latest Ubuntu VPS. There are a bunch of articles online on how to set up NodeJS and npm on a VPS, but some of these articles are now outdated and others make things unnecessarily complicated. It’s actually pretty simple! I used this guide […]
The State of Gestures
Here’s the video and slides from my talk at YUIConf 2013, where I spoke about the stuff we are working on regarding gesture events. Video Slides
I’m speaking at YUIConf 2013
I’ll be speaking at YUIConf 2013 on Wednesday, October 6th. My talk will be about “The State of Gestures” in YUI. YUIConf will be held at The Hyatt Place in San Jose from Oct 6 – 7. Come on out if you’re in the Bay Area.
Building Beautiful Web Apps using Pure CSS
Slides from my Pure talk at Yahoo Open Hack USA 2013.
I’m presenting at Yahoo! OpenHackUSA
Yahoo Open Hack USA is a two-day hackathon that will celebrate collaboration, learning and innovation using the world’s top technologies from both YDN and tech partners. Developers from across the country will come together to build hacks, learn from experts and play with tech and interactive games. I’m giving a talk about Pure on Saturday, […]
Using Handlebars on the server and client
This article talks about how to use Handlebars templates on the client and the server, and how to avoid some pitfalls while doing so.
Quickly navigate your filesystem from the command-line
Navigate through your filesystem easily by copying and pasting these few lines into your .bashrc or .zshrc.
Share localhost for easier mobile testing
All web developers today should be testing their websites/web applications on mobile devices. I don’t mean simulators or emulators; I mean real-life devices that you hold in your hand. I’d like to share my development workflow, to help you understand how I develop on my local server, test changes on devices, and share the current state of my work with others via URLs.
My Western Canada Trip
I’m currently visiting Western Canada with my family, and I’m posting pictures as I go along! Here’s a list of places that I’m going to be visiting (in order): Calgary Banff (World Heritage Site) Lake Louise Village Jasper Whistler Vancouver I am posting a feed of all my photos on Flickr, albeit with some delay. […]
Launching Pure
Yesterday, I was super excited to launch Pure at CSSConf. Pure is a set of small, responsive CSS modules that you can use in every web project.