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First post in some time. There is a good reason thoug. I joined Mozilla almost a month ago, will write more about that soon, and have been crazy busy getting set-up etc. Also, I will be blogging less here and will mostly be posty my articles over on the Mozilla WebDev blog. Today then is the first time of many, that I will post short excerpts here that will point to the WebDev blog, enjoy:

Node.js is an evented system, that …

Localization is an area that’s lacking in JavaScript and during this discussion I got the idea of implementing a solution based on the methods used be server side languages. Today I am happy to announce the first release of i18njs to fill this gap.

Building an Air application with HTML, CSS and JavaScript has it’s challenges and specifically when it comes to windowing features such as minimizing an application to the system tray and adding menu items to the system tray icon. In this quick tip, I will show you how to accomplish these.

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By now you have most likely either worked with or are looking for the first opportunity to try out CoffeeScript and find out what it is all about. But what is CoffeeScript anyway? From the CoffeeScript site:

CoffeeScript is a little language that compiles into JavaScript. Underneath all of those embarrassing braces and semicolons, JavaScript has always had a gorgeous object model at its heart. CoffeeScript is an attempt to expose the good parts of JavaScript in a simple way.

I agree, …

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Design Patterns are invaluable in software development. They typically result from best practices that has been demonstrated to be the best way to solve common problems. They also help developers avoid common pitfalls that lead to bugs and generally, makes your code more readable and reusable.

Design patterns is no stranger in the world of JavaScript and developers employ many of the well known patterns as well as adding some that is uniquely it’s own. Today I am going to be looking at the …