Sammy.js: Tutorial – The JSON Store, Part I
Its a week late, but as promised I’ve started working on a series of tutorials for Sammy.js. The first series is based around a simple E-commerce front end with Sammy, ‘The JSON Store’. I’m starting...
View ArticleWejetset City Notes Interactive: Notes from Sammy.js in Production
Last week I had the pleasure of launching a big new feature set into production for one of my favorite clients, Wejetset. The excitement was greatly enhanced by the fact that City Notes Interactive...
View ArticleSammy 0.4: Here’s looking at you
It’s been a good while in the making, and I’m proud to announce the next major release of Sammy.js. Also, I’ve published Part II of the Sammy Tutorial. Part II introduces post routes as well as some of...
View ArticleComing to a town near you
I’m very excited to announce some engagements coming up in the next couple of months. First and closest, I’ll be giving a talk today (Tues. Feb. 9th 2010) at my hometown Ruby Brigade, nyc.rb The talk...
View ArticleSammy 0.5: Something for Everyone
I’m pleased to announce the next major release of Sammy.js, 0.5.0. I’ll go over what I think are the most import changes, but you can check out the HISTORY or just cut to the chase and download it....
View ArticleMaking Bacon/Making Code: JSConf 2010
To say JSConf was awesome would be an understatement. EPIC is definitely the word Not only did I have an amazing time, drinking beer with brilliant people, but the conference itself – the...
View ArticleSammy is getting busy
This week has been filled with a bunch of great news in the Sammy.js department. First of all, Sammy v0.5.4 has been released. Nothing too major, but just excited with a bunch of new contributors...
View ArticleSammy 0.6: California Suite
It’s a couple months in the making, but I’m happy to say that Sammy.js 0.6 is finally here. Check out the HISTORY and the Changes. I’m calling this release the California Suite in honor of my move to...
View ArticleSammy.js Tutorial finally updated for 0.6
The title really says it all but this has been a long time coming. Since the RenderContext changes in 0.6 there were some incompatibilities between the code in the tutorial and what actually worked....
View ArticleGetting to know Sammy.js: Helpers
For part of this month’s writing I’m going to write focused posts about features of Sammy.js that people may not know about or have used. In the end I hope to compile these into part of the new...
View ArticleSammyJS.org
Sammy.js is finally official because now we have a real dedicated website: http://sammyjs.org. It only took two years. Along with the website the logo I designed before JSConf.eu last year now has an...
View Article#-ish
I’ve been sitting back and watching from the sidelines this week as a lot of smart people [de]ride the hash (or more specifically the #!). Most of this has come from the recent switchover of the...
View ArticleFlash Rules
I’m probably going to get in trouble for this, but I’ll let you in on a little secret. Your hatred of Flash is wrong and misplaced. I love web standards and I love the magical unicorn that is HTML5. I...
View ArticleGet your Sammy.js Stickers
Thanks to the awesome folks at stickermule I now have a big stack of Sammy.js stickers I want to share with all you fine folks. There are a couple ways to get them: I’ll be at JSConf (duh) and a bunch...
View ArticleSammy 0.7: Boy Meets Girl
Another long time in the making, Sammy 0.7 is here and its sexy. Check out the HISTORY and the full Changes to get the full details. The Boy of “Boy meets Girl” is Sammy, and the Girl is HTML5....
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