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A Backbone Application Framework 12 Jul 2012 | 09:39 am
Backbone is a library of tools that simplify the design and implementation of client-side web applications. It is explicitly not a framwework. Backbone does not provide guidance about how to assemble ...
My Open Source Projects 8 Jul 2012 | 06:21 am
I have a lot of projects on github now, some active and some archival. This post is a short summary of the projects that I actively maintain. watchn https://github.com/liammclennan/watchn Watchn is...
Named Method Arguments: From connascence of position to connascence of name 6 Jul 2012 | 06:36 am
From wikipedia: Connascence is a useful tool for discussing different types of coupling that occur within software. Again from wikipedia, "connascence of name is when multiple components must agree ...
Hosted Backbone.js Server 20 Jun 2012 | 07:26 pm
This morning I published my zero-config backbone.js server. It is an in-memory, restful server that implements the protocol required by Backbone.js, which is basically the same as couchdb except that...
Zero Configuration Backbone.js Server 20 Jun 2012 | 06:25 am
Backbone-Server is a zero configuration backbone.js server. For teaching, experimentation and debugging it provides an instant server-side for backbone.js apps. Once installed it is started like so: ...
Team Pomodoro 19 Jun 2012 | 08:49 am
Many people like the pomodoro technique because it helps them focus intently on tasks. It is also helpful for preventing interruptions. If your team, and extended team, know that you are in the middle...
Fixing my blog 14 Jun 2012 | 06:12 pm
My blog has been down for a couple of days, because github turned off the power. Fortunately, there is a new api, so after a few tweaks withouttheloop is back up and running.
Extending Underscore.js - findOr 8 Jun 2012 | 10:57 am
As good as underscore.js is, sometimes you want to add functions of your own, and you can, using the mixin() function. findOr Underscore has a find method that returns the first element of a collect...
Backbone.js Style / Patterns 7 Jun 2012 | 02:33 pm
Naming Rules Use PascalCase for constructors, namespaces and modules: Prefix private properties with _ This is a convention to compensate for JavaScript's lack of private properties on objects. Bei...
Git Deploy - Automatic deployment via git 3 Jun 2012 | 02:50 pm
This file is a fantasy readme for an tool that doesn't exist yet. I wrote it in an attempt to apply readme driven development. The idea is to force yourself to define a vision for your product/tool/wh...