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For some reason, it goes without questioning that networked applications of significant complexity require a centralized server. Much of the nature of the web and the cloud are basically a result of this. In a number of cases, it's relatively legitimate. Some things just are significantly easier whe...
I've been using it to work on the projects I do (I've made it a goal to write a few free books on web frameworks and programming languages this year as a learning exercise and just to help others learn) and it is absolutely wonderful. There's even an offline editor. Check it!
Make your libraries work for you and simplify changes in your applications by throwing up a Facade or Adapter. You're not stuck with your library's API.
asm.js performance improvements in the latest version of Firefox make games fly!
(hacks.mozilla.org)
When I first heard about the next version of JavaScript - known as ECMAScript 6 (ES6 for short) or JavaScript Harmony - I got really excited about all of the new features that we'd be getting to simplify and improve our lives as JavaScript developers... until I thought about it for 5 more seconds an...
Link is to a message from Jay McCarthy, discussing why continuations are a nice way to solve session management.