In the past few years I’ve gotten very familiar with JavaScript and many of the libraries and frameworks out there to build and create web applications. Luckily this fits right in with my views on where things are headed. BackboneJS and AngularJS are two of the libraries I’ve gotten to work with the most recently and I’ve enjoyed both. I’ve also worked with EmberJS and some others, but I’ll talk about those later, maybe. I’ve enjoyed both backbone and Angular for different reasons, which makes … [Read more...]
Using Angular’s $log provider
The AngularJS $logProvider Logging and debugging is a daily occurrence when developing JavaScript based applications. AngularJS provides a simple, effective way to enable logging in your applications - the $logProvider. $logProvider is a used to enable logging and the $log object is used to log within your applications objects. Enabling Enabling the $logProvider is as simple as injecting the $log object into your object and then calling $log.debug(); to send logs to the … [Read more...]
AngularJS: Getting Started
Getting Started AngularJS is a JavaScript framework that provides lots of solutions to many of web development’s problems. This isn’t to say that it is the end-all-be-all of web development tools, but it does provide a great jumping off point for your web application. There are a few things that you’ll need to wrap your head around before jumping in full force but let’s take a quick look at the basics with the following super-simple web application. HTML Nothing in the HTML should … [Read more...]
AngularJS, what is it?
AngularJS, Simply Put AngularJS is a JavaScript framework. It provides an Application Programming Interface (API) that allows you to build web applications using JavaScript, HTML, & CSS. The API that Angular provides is a well thought out and robust set of solutions that provide you the ability to create powerful web applications more simply & quickly. AngularJS lets you extend HTML vocabulary for your application. The resulting environment is extraordinarily expressive, readable, … [Read more...]
AngularJS: Simple Tabs
Because of projects and personal interest, I've been working with AngularJS lately. A recent project needed a tab component to switch between views. The following is a simple prototype of the tab component that I created. With a background in Flash and Flex it is interesting and exciting to have to change my perspective on how to create and use these types of UI components. Angular forces you to think about the structure of not just the components, but also the entire application in a … [Read more...]
The Browser is Where It’s At
I used to create a lot of Flash based content - be it video players, widgets, or full on applications what I built was built using the Flash Platform. I haven't opened the Flash IDE or Flash Builder to create a SWF in a long, long...long time. What does this mean? First, technology is changing - no doubt. Second, I get to learn some new stuff. Guess what? I'm okay with that. Users, platforms, and developers have have forced browsers to evolve. The browser is no longer just a window to view … [Read more...]