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- Feb 25 2011
Training: jQuery San Francisco
Now that the jQuery Bay Area conference has been announced, we’re very excited to announce that Bocoup will, once again, be offering a full day pre-conference jQuery Primer (aka. Beginner) training session. Here’s the low-down: jQuery. You’ve heard about it. You’ve dabbled. You’ve struggled. Now, you’re ready to understand. At Bocoup’s one-day jQuery Primer, you’ll work […]
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- Jan 31 2011
Hacking Your Event Space
One of the best things about working at Bocoup has been the fabulous lineups of speakers we’ve had over the past year and the top-notch development squads who show up month-after-month to learn/lobby/scheme over querying, scripting, and visualizing the future. Our event crowds have (more often than we’ve even expected) been so large that we’ve […]
Continue ReadingHacking Your Event Space - Jan 20 2011
Inset shadows with HTML5 Canvas
This question was recently posed on Quora. “How can I draw inset shadow on HTML canvas?” The answer is surprisingly simple. But first you will need to understand a little thing called “Opposite Winding”. Opposite Winding is a technique employed by most graphics tools and packages. The rule of Opposite Winding states that when two […]
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- Jan 19 2011
Bocoup recommits to Boston Innovation District
I am excited to announce that we are moving the Bocoup Loft to a new loft space in the Fort Point section of South Boston. The new location is conveniently located on the 3rd floor of 355 Congress Street, just above Lucky’s Lounge at the corner of Congress and A Street, a short walk from […]
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- Jan 12 2011
Popcorn.js 0.2 Released
I am very proud to announce that Popcorn.js hit 0.2 today. The Popcorn.js team has been working hard to deliver a stable, documented and unit tested JavaScript toolbelt for working with HTML5 <video>. Popcorn.js 0.2 rethinks Popcorn.js 0.1 as an event system for HTML5 <video> with an API, a plugin system, and strong adherence to […]
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- Dec 29 2010
The “catch” with try…catch
I’ve recently been working on an update to JavaScript Debug, which has me doing a lot of cross-browser testing, and I noticed a few “interesting quirks” with try…catch in Internet Explorer 6-8 that I couldn’t find documented anywhere. The Backstory Since the primary goal of JavaScript Debug is to normalize the console cross-browser, I’ve been […]
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- web applications
- Dec 20 2010
Using dataTransfer and other HTML5 event properties with jQuery Events
Update: I put this utility up at datauri.com for convenience. Update: The jQuery.event.props event property list has since been documented in the Event Object documentation. This past weekend, I made a handy utility for converting files to data URLs. This utility is part of a larger tool that we are developing for a client. I […]
Continue ReadingUsing dataTransfer and other HTML5 event properties with jQuery Events - Dec 07 2010
Think long term, focus short term
This is a command. A mantra. A tenet of project management. Every decision you make will have long-term and short-term effects on the project’s flow. You might hear folks referencing the direction, the heading, or the path of a project. They might spend time aligning the project, course-correcting, or adjusting the heading. All of this […]
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- Dec 06 2010
Popcorn.js 0.2 Facelift
Popcorn.js, the HTML5 <video> framework, is getting a facelift. Rick, Al and I spent last weekend working on Popcorn with Anna and Scott from the Centre for Development of Open Technology (CDOT) at Seneca College on the forthcoming release of Popcorn JS. The History Bocoup’s own Nick Cammaratta attended a week long code sprint for […]
Continue ReadingPopcorn.js 0.2 Facelift - Nov 23 2010
JavaScript: jQuery Bug Fixing Guide
This article describes processes and policies that are no longer in use. It’s preserved in its entirety for historic record only. If you’ve ever been interested in contributing to jQuery, but simply had no idea how to get started, I’ve created the following jQuery Bug Fixing Guide to walk through the steps of fixing bugs […]
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