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A Refreshed View on Community : Clojure Conj 2011

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Clojure Conj is THE conference for Clojure developers, which is promoted and sponsored by Relevance.

Today was one of the more interesting days I have had, in the tech world, in a long time.  As many of you know I am a front-end developer, so finding myself at Clojure Conj was quite an experience.  I was sure that I would feel like a duck out of water, and be reminded of that fact with every interview.  Boy was I wrong.  Instead, my co-host Ben Farrell (Runtime Expectations) and our CodeBass Radio Producer, Vicky Ryder, were welcomed with open arms.  Now with that being said let me explain the title of this post. Continue reading →

HTML5 – Let’s Have an Understanding

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Never has a W3C specification had such a rousing impact on the technology world as HTML5.  So rousing in fact that not everyone could agree when creating the specification.  So now we have the WHATWG version of the HTML5 specification.  Then you throw in all the technical religious battles about what technology HTML5 will kill, the HTML5 as a mobile strategy discussions, and you get a lot of hype and misunderstandings.  So let’s try and clarify three misunderstandings I have heard and read.

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Front End Field Guide: CSS and JavaScript – Scripting Stylesheets

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So everyone seems to manipulate an elements style properties with JavaScript, but how about actually manipulating the stylesheet or creating one on the fly? In this edition we are going to cover the basics of enabling/disabling stylesheets, manipulating rules, and even creating stylesheets all with JavaScript.

So let’s begin!
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