JavaScript has come a long way. There was a time it was easily dismissed – maybe suitable for noncritical validations, but not much else. Over the years, the worst of the obstacles to writing large-scale JavaScript programs have fallen away, or at least been mitigated. JavaScript dialects are more consistent among browsers than they once were, and tools like jQuery can …
Enterprises are feeling the pressure of the need to develop applications that allow users to use their own devices to access enterprise applications. What options do enterprises have to solve this problem? If an organization has one homogenous device, then native, non-browser applications could be an option. But most enterprises would have to develop capabilities in multiple mobile platforms (for …
Single Page Application architectures allow rich, responsive application user interfaces to be developed. Enterprises have the ability to expand applications to more devices by implementing browser-based SPAs with JavaScript and HTML5. But developers need a deep understanding of JavaScript and HTML5 features to fully take advantage of SPA. This tutorial will describe the new features of HTML5, making an attempt to …
If you’ve been developing enterprise web applications, it’s likely that you have applied JavaScript in some fashion – probably to validate user input with a JavaScript function that validates a form control, manipulate an HTML document object model (DOM) for a user interface effect, or even to use AJAX to access the server to eliminate a page refresh. Single Page …
Marionette-Require-Boilerplate (MRB) is a simple boilerplate I created to help get Single Page Applications off the ground with a small starter project. It incorporates a number of great tools and best practices to save time in the early stages of a project. MRB integrates such cutting edge libraries as Backbone, Marionette, Require, Grunt, Jasmine, Bootstrap, and jQuery Mobile, among others. These libraries work together to help you start your …
