Thank You Microsoft. Really, Thank You for modern.ie

As a front-end developer I have to always be sure that whatever feature I roll out works for my customers.  In the past I had to stand up multiple VMs of various Windows OSs and Internet Explorer versions.  The Windows XP with IE6 is a favorite of mine. But now, thanks to Microsoft, there is modern.ie
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JavaScript is a Language You Need to Learn

It’s been a while since my last post, the reason being is that I have been rather busy.  Between conferences, work, and family my “free time” has been rather limited.  When I have found some free time I spend it immersing my self in JavaScript.  Yes, JavaScript!  I have spent the past few years working with Flex and more specifically ActionScript, and only working with JavaScript when I needed too.

Many years ago I spent a great deal of time learning and developing with JavaScript.  I always found it to be frustrating, not because of the language itself but rather the browser environment.  Over the past couple of years some great libraries have been created to work past the issues found in various browsers, and browsers have improved their JavaScript engines quite a bit.

So why am I going back to JavaScript after all these years?  There are a few reasons. Continue reading

cfObjective Presentations – HTML5

I have enjoyed my time at cfObjective() 2011 immensely.  The community is really awesome and I have met so many interesting and intelligent people.  There have been some really great sessions and I am very thankful for having the opportunity to not only present, but attend this conference.

There is a strong showing of folks from The Triangle in NC and people from all over the world as well.

Below are the downloads from my presentations, do as you will with them and don’t hesitate to provide feedback or ask questions.  I am always on twitter @adrianpomilio.

Here is the code and presentation from my session: .Deep Dive – Building HTML5 and CSS3 Applications

Here is my Lightning Presentation – AdrianPomilio-CardboardBubble

Now on to the live Run Time Expectations show!