Tutorial: Developing HTML5 Canvas Games for Facebook with JavaScript
Some days ago, my son asked me how computer games are made. The result is a simple yet fully-functional 2D space shooter, available on Facebook. Here’s how it’s done.
Author: Manuel Kießling
“We need to work longer” – Why this is not what you want to say
Every now and then, a manager at your company might say something like “We need to work longer” or “Our people need to work longer”. Here’s why I don’t think it is a good idea to say this.
True universal JavaScript modules with write-once-run-anywhere Jasmine specs
Writing JavaScript modules that can be seamlessly included in client-side as well as server-side applications, and providing Jasmine test suites which allow to test these modules in a browser environment as well as a Node.js environment is possible without any dirty workarounds.
Talk: PHP 5.4 – die wichtigsten Neuerungen im ÜberblickAm 14. März 2012 fand das erste Treffen der Symfony User Group Berlin statt. Ich habe dort einen kurzen Talk mit dem 'Titel PHP 5.4 – die wichtigsten Neuerungen im Überblick' gehalten. Folien und Videomitschnitt des Talks nach dem Klick.
Object-orientation and inheritance in JavaScript: a comprehensive explanation
Let’s talk about object-orientation and inheritance in JavaScript. The good news is that it’s actually quite simple, but the bad news is that it works completely different than object-orientation in languages like C++, Java, Ruby, Python or PHP, making it not-quite-so simple to understand. But fear not, we are going to take it step by step.