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What Is Larry Thinking? #61 => Taking JavaScript Further

October 1, 2012

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Speaking at BostonPHP, December 12, 2012

September 24, 2012

I’m very happy to say that on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, I’ll be speaking to the BostonPHP group in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The title of my speech is “How To Be A Web Developer”. In the speech, I’ll provide a blueprint for how one becomes a Web developer considering the current standards, technologies, and business environment of 2012 and going into 2013. The overarching discussion is on the specific technologies you’ll need to learn and in what order. The role that each technology plays in Web development will be explained, as will some of the issues to watch out for. You’ll also be introduced to some of the applications and other tools that you would be expected to know and use. Towards the end of the presentation, extra time will be given to my favorite PHP framework–Yii–as well as how to get experience and jobs in the Web development field.
For more information, and to indicate your attendance, see this post.

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What Is Larry Thinking? #58 => Design Patterns and More!

July 30, 2012

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JavaScript Style Guides and Beautifiers

July 27, 2012

Some time ago, I came across Addy Osmani’s article on JavaScript Style Guides and Beautifiers. Mr. Osmani, in case you’re not familiar with him, is a JavaScript expert and a wonderful writer.

In the article Osmani starts by explaining what style guides are, why they’re important, and what the most common options are. Then the article explains how one might applies style rules to some sample code. The article concludes with a discussion of beautifiers.

All in all, well worth reading if you do any JavaScript programming.

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Introduction to Mobile Web Development Slides

July 9, 2012

Two weeks ago, I had the honor of doing two days of training on JavaScript, jQuery, and Mobile Web Development for a group of about 20 community college instructors. For the JavaScript and jQuery parts, I used presentations created as ancillary materials for my “Modern JavaScript: Develop and Design” book. Because those ancillary materials are owned by the publisher (who will freely give then to instructors), I cannot post those parts of the presentation online. Here, however, are the slides for the “Introduction to Mobile Web Development” part of the training.

The presentation introduces the core concepts when it comes to mobile Web design, and then discusses jQuery Mobile in particular. Most of the information comes from various online resources, and whatever else I’ve figured out along the way. The one book I have read that discusses mobile Web design is O’Reilly’s Head First Mobile Web. I absolutely detest the Head First series, but found that book to be a decent introduction to the topic.

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