Introducing.. Closure Tools
September 6th, 2010
In November 2009, Google released their previously internal Closure Tools package, consisting of the Closure Library, Compiler and Templates, to the open-source community with the intention of allowing users to create web applications as advanced as their own.
Initially considered a “20% project” for a selection of Google employees, the popularity of the Closure Tools has greatly [...]
VS 2010, vs-doc and Javascript Intellisense
August 27th, 2010
Recently I read Scott Guthrie’s post on improved JavaScript Intellisense in Visual Studio 2010. Whilst the post is very impressive, showing off Visual Studio’s ability to parse the JavaScript in order to provide intelligent Intellisense, when I came to apply it to more real world examples and use vs-doc to give the Intellisense hints, I [...]
What is this?!
May 5th, 2010
This post discusses the this keyword, what it represents, how it can catch you out and how to avoid those problems. It also introduces the functions call and apply from the Function prototype.
Let’s start with a definition –
The value of this is determined at the point at which the function is invoked, and is [...]
Determining Silverlight Version Installed
April 29th, 2010
The other day I wanted to find out what version of Silverlight is installed on my computer. This task is actually not as simple as it sounds as the Silverlight plugin is actually browser dependent: there’s a different one installed for Internet Explorer and a different for other browsers. The only way I’ve found to [...]