Category Archives: Technical

Sproutcore – Javascript Web Framework

Posted on September 29, 2011 by benwann

“SproutCore is an open-source framework for building blazingly fast, innovative user experiences on the web.” We use Sproutcore to build out innovative interfaces delivered via the web.   jWeb – delivering Silicon Valley to St.Louis. http://www.sproutcore.com/

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Cappuccino Javascript Web Framework

Posted on September 29, 2011 by benwann

Cappuccino is an open source framework that makes it easy to build desktop-caliber applications that run in a web browser. We have been evaluating this tool for clients that need rich functionality delivered over the internet.  Makes for excellent browser … Continue reading →

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Google – New Javascript Testing Framework

Posted on September 29, 2011 by benwann

Google just released a new Javascript testing framework.  We will no doubt work this into the regiment here at jWeb with the load of Fat Client javascript work we are doing these days. http://code.google.com/p/google-js-test/

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CentOS 6.0 Released

Posted on July 12, 2011 by benwann

We love linux here at jWeb.  Over this last weekend (July 10th, 2011) the CentOS Team released CentOS 6.0.  From the Red Hat Enterprise Linux team: Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. … Continue reading →

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Symfony – Convention over Configuration

Posted on July 7, 2011 by benwann

We all know the wheel, it was invented long ago, and has been used by many (all?) to drive places, move things, and generally lighten our load. That’s it isnt it?  Lightening our load.  That is one reason why we … Continue reading →

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Amplify – A Component Library for jQuery

Posted on May 5, 2011 by admin

Amplify – A Component Library for jQuery. This is an awesome library for building a client side RIA. Thanks to the appendTo() guys for building such a great tool.

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jquery/jquery-tmpl – GitHub

Posted on May 5, 2011 by admin

jquery/jquery-tmpl – GitHub. This is an awesome jQuery plugin that allows us to build out full html pages with jQuery.  Take some data, shove that into one of these bad boys, and voila you have yourself a rendered html snippet!

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Geek Quiz – Which one is faster?

Posted on November 5, 2010 by admin

OR   !! SPOILER !! If you run these two functions with an array of values ranging from 1-1000 ten times and take the average execution time here are the results: Average Steve Time: 0.0060594081878662 seconds Average Ben Time: 0.033687472343445 … Continue reading →

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YUI 2.7.0 Datatable Nested HTML Table Bug

Posted on November 4, 2009 by benwann

For all you javascript hackers out there, I ran into a pretty good gotcha while laying out a web application interface today. If you are using an HTML table element to do any layout (I know who does that really?), … Continue reading →

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Debugging Symfony with Zend Studio

Posted on November 4, 2009 by benwann

I must confess, Zend Studio 5.5 (haven’t upgraded to Zend Studio for Eclipse yet) is a fantastic tool.  I do all my php development in this environment, and the benefits are huge. While I have been using the debugger triggered … Continue reading →

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