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- Jun 02 2014
Welcome Carl Danley
With the beginning of summer upon us, we’re excited to announce the first Floridian addition to our engineering team: Carl Danley! Carl’s been an active contributor to the WordPress community over the past few years while plying his trade at 10up, all the while his zest for JavaScript growing. He’s also been fairly prolific working […]
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- Jun 02 2014
CSS: Should we change the default for overflow?
For the CSS overflow property, should auto or hidden be the default instead of visible? If you write a lot of CSS, there is a good chance your immediate response would be “no way!” But hear me out! There are several awesome benefits to one of these being the default, and in my opinion, many […]
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- May 29 2014
Visualizing OpenVisConf: Analyzing 10 hours of video
Bocoup recently hosted OpenVisConf and we wanted to think of a fun and useful way to present the proceedings. We created a visualization that uses the slide transitions in speaker videos to produce a visual overview of each video. You can see the result here. You can click on the colored rectangles to expand them […]
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- data visualization,
- design
- May 23 2014
JavaScript: Relay Control with Johnny-Five on Node.js
The Johnny-Five Tutorial Series is geared towards Arduino programming on Node.js, using the Johnny-Five framework. Get caught up here. Do not attempt this tutorial with a voltage source greater than 24V A Relay is a type of actuator, or electrically controlled switch, that allows controlling one circuit with another circuit. The controller circuit is completely […]
Continue ReadingJavaScript: Relay Control with Johnny-Five on Node.js - May 15 2014
Announcing Summer 2014 Classes
We’ve had more and more requests recently to expand our curriculum in a number of different directions. I’m happy to announce that we’re bringing some of these classes to you this summer. New dates have been added in Boston for all of Bocoup’s much-loved Open Web classes. We’ll also teach our three most popular classes […]
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- May 15 2014
JavaScript: Tilt Sensor with Johnny-Five on Node.js
The Johnny-Five Tutorial Series is geared towards Arduino programming on Node.js, using the Johnny-Five framework. Get caught up here. A tilt sensor is a component that senses its own change in inclination. Similar to a button, tilt sensors are activated through a physical interaction mechanism; in the tilt sensor case, this is the act of […]
Continue ReadingJavaScript: Tilt Sensor with Johnny-Five on Node.js - May 07 2014
Git Workflows For Successful Deployment
One of the best parts about working at Bocoup is the freedom we have to explore ideas and open source projects. The diverse range of experience and interest we all bring to the table means there are always interesting open conversations taking place in the office; both about the implementation of specific ideas and the […]
Continue ReadingGit Workflows For Successful Deployment - Apr 30 2014
Welcome Sue Lockwood
Sometimes you have a bit of news so good you can’t bear to hold it in any longer, and indeed, I am fortunate today to herald the arrival of the latest Bocoup engineer: Sue Lockwood! Sue’s been leading the charge on the development of fauxton, a revamped interface for administering CouchDB, and joins us from […]
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- Apr 29 2014
On-Board: Intel Galileo Programming with JavaScript and Node.js
Nearly two years has passed since I wrote the article that introduced Johnny-Five as a new way to program Arduino microcontrollers with JavaScript on Node.js. In those two years a lot of exciting things have been created, despite the potentially restrictive paradigm that Johnny-Five programs exist in. The underlying Firmata platform protocol forces Johnny-Five programs […]
Continue ReadingOn-Board: Intel Galileo Programming with JavaScript and Node.js - Apr 28 2014
Welcome James Smith
I’m thrilled today to announce the newest member of our burgeoning engineering squad is James Smith! James comes to us from OneTwoSee, and we first became acquainted with James because of his work on the grunt-contrib suite of plugins. He’s also a member of the Marionette.js team. Once we saw that his profile picture depicted […]
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