Recording of my ORA Static Site Presentation
Here is the recording of the presentation I gave yesterday – enjoy: http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=1001065&s=1&k=DAD5EBAFFBD67B61E8DAF6719D546A2A. Note that you will need to register with O’Reilly...
View ArticleSpeaking on Cordova, Ionic, and MobileFirst/Bluemix in Manilla
So I mentioned my other presentations in Asia next week, but here is the final one – an event in Manilla covering Apache Cordova, Ionic, and MobileFirst/Bluemix. Free for all – attend just to see how...
View ArticleNew MobileFirst Slack!
If you are interested in learning more about MobileFirst or are already working with it, come join our new public Slack channel to discuss problems, questions, Star Wars trivia and cats with other...
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Is it time to stop using ColdFusion for remote APIs?
So, let me begin by saying I’m a bit frustrated, and so this blog post may be one I regret later on, but, I try to be as honest as possible here and right now, I’m kinda ticked off about something and...
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Working around Ionic’s cached views
Just a quick tip here as it came up in the presentation I did today – how do you handle running code when a particular view runs in Ionic? Let me begin with an example so you get what I’m talking...
View ArticleNode 4 and libsass issues?
Yesterday I updated to Node.js 4 and today I noticed problems with two apps, Harp and Ionic. Harp was totally broken but Ionic only had issues with the Gulp script. I tried various things, like...
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Working with Directories and HarpJS
First off – a quick apology. The blogging here has been extremely slow over the past few weeks. Two weeks ago I was in Australia and New Zealand. This week I’ve been in Malaysia, Singapore, and Manila....
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Want to learn about client-side storage?
I’m happy to announce that my latest video series for O’Reilly is now available: Client-Side Data Storage for Web Developers. This series covers everything from cookies to IndexedDB and all the fun...
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Ionic Example: ion-slide-box
One of my favorite parts of the Ionic framework is the ion-slide-box. It is a simple directive that allows you to create a pretty handy little widget for your mobile application. (Widget isn’t really...
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Creating a custom display for Google’s Analytics Embed Library
I’ve blogged a few times now about Google’s Analytics Embed library. I really dig it as it makes working with their Analytics API pretty darn simple. It really opens up the ability to create...
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Integrating the Calendar into your Ionic App
For today’s demo, I decided to try something I’ve been meaning to make time for – integrating with the calendar on the mobile device. Luckily there is a great plugin for this –...
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Finally! A good (darn good) Star Wars book
I make no secret of my Star Wars obsession – and yes – I’m counting the days till the next movie. (88 days if you’re curious.) As the new trilogy approaches, Disney is firing up the marketing machine...
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Another Cordova Mashup – Pixelatize
One of the things I love about Cordova is how you can take existing client-side libraries and mash them up with the device features Cordova provides. The example I typically give of this is a demo I...
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“Beginning JavaScript”
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve got a few videos available at O’Reilly (JavaScript Templating and Client-Side Data Storage). You can now get my “JavaScript Templating” video as part of a bigger series...
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New book on Static Sites Generators
As you know, my current passion tech-wise is static site generators. I’m speaking on it Sunday at NCDevCon. My buddy Brian Rinaldi, another SSG fan, released a free e-book today on SSGs that you can...
View ArticleAssets from my NCDevCon Preso
Today’s presentation was a bit rough without power, but I want to thank everyone who attended and worked with me to – well – make it work. I really appreciate it. The slide deck can be found here:...
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Switching platforms with Ionic Serve
Yesterday a question came up in an Ionic session I was attending involving ionic serve and platforms. When you use ionic serve, it will fire up the project in your Chrome browser. You may not be aware...
View ArticleSpeaking on Ionic Services at Ionic-SF
The title pretty much says it all. I’ll be speaking at the next Ionic-SF meetup on October 14th. I’ll be talking about Ionic Services, which luckily hasn’t changed at all since the last time I spoke on...
View ArticleNew ColdFusion docs (and some tips for handling it)
Yesterday, the Adobe CF team announced an update to the ColdFusion docs: ColdFusion documentation update. The summary is that the wiki we have used for a while now is gone and the docs are back in a...
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Ionic 1.6.5 and updates to Services
As a quick aside, I worked with Eric Bobbitt of the Ionic team while writing this. I asked him a lot of questions very quickly and he never complained. Big kudos to him for being patient with me! A...
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