As a web developer, probably the question that keeps me up at night with the highest frequency is: what does this new-fangled framework do? Their webpages don't give you any clues. They all say exactly the same thing - "Foo Framework is designed to make y... (more…)

In this episode, we are creating a sticky navigation that starts at the bottom and then sticks to the top of the screen when we scroll passed it. It's going ... (more…)

By @wagslane (twitter) Let’s look at the JavaScript with statement. We will go over the simple uses, as well as a deep dive into some more advanced concepts. Note: Use of the with statement is discouraged. It can lead to strange bugs. That said, it is imp... (more…)

A site for cataloging the many technical musing of Andy Desmarais... (more…)

I was recently working on an application at work which was stable but had no automated test coverage. As it got bigger, I grew more worried about the fact that I couldn’t keep the entire code base in my head anymore.As an app gets larger, it becomes harde... (more…)