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		<title>#ThatConference: Summer Camp for Geeks</title>
		<link>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/05/15/thatconference-summer-camp-for-geeks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Kay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JavaScript]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sencha Touch]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=1048</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apparently I&#8217;ve developed some serious JavaScript credibility in the Chicago-land area. I just found out that both of my sessions were accepted for ThatConference in August! The titles of my sessions are: Sencha Touch 101: Mobile Apps Built with HTML5 &#8230; <a href="http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/05/15/thatconference-summer-camp-for-geeks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Problem Solving and Programming Concepts</title>
		<link>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/05/02/book-review-problem-solving-and-programming-concepts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/05/02/book-review-problem-solving-and-programming-concepts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 21:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Kay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book/Product Reviews]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=1040</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Disclosure: Pearson Education is a sponsor of the Chicago Sencha User Group, and they provide discount copies of of their books to our members. I have not been paid for this review, although I did receive this book for free. &#8230; <a href="http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/05/02/book-review-problem-solving-and-programming-concepts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Node Beginner Book</title>
		<link>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/04/30/book-review-the-node-beginner-book/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/04/30/book-review-the-node-beginner-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Kay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book/Product Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JavaScript]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=1037</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my New Year's resolutions for 2012 was to learn more Node.js... so I did a bit of Googling for good beginner's resources, and I stumbled across The Node Beginner Book by Manuel Kiessling.

Considering the book's title, I think the content is spot-on. Developers who are looking for an introduction to Node.js will find this book to be easy to understand, full of useful examples that are expanded in each chapter, and generally enlightening. <a href="http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/04/30/book-review-the-node-beginner-book/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Building Apps with Sencha Touch 2</title>
		<link>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/04/27/building-apps-with-sencha-touch-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/04/27/building-apps-with-sencha-touch-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Kay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chicago Ajax Developers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sencha Touch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=1032</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night at the]]></description>
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		<title>JavaScript Mergesort: Top-Down vs Bottom-Up</title>
		<link>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/04/13/javascript-mergesort-top-down-vs-bottom-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/04/13/javascript-mergesort-top-down-vs-bottom-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Kay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Algorithms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JavaScript]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=1004</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my continuing series on JavaScript algorithms, I thought it might be fun to examine two methods for implementing "mergesort".

Mergesort is essentially a "divide and conquer" technique, where the algorithm breaks an array into smaller pieces. Each of the small pieces is sorted and then recursively merged back together.

Mergesort is an attractive option for sorting large arrays because it is fast... and we'll look at its efficiency in a moment. However, it also has a disadvantage: the algorithm requires more memory than Selection Sort and Insertion Sort, so for systems in which memory usage must be kept low mergesort may not be a good option. <a href="http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/04/13/javascript-mergesort-top-down-vs-bottom-up/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Specification By Example</title>
		<link>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/04/06/book-review-specification-by-example/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/04/06/book-review-specification-by-example/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Kay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book/Product Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=989</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Disclosure: Manning Publications is a sponsor of the Chicago Sencha User Group, and they provide free copies of of their books as giveaways for our monthly meetings. I have not been paid for this review, although I did receive this &#8230; <a href="http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/04/06/book-review-specification-by-example/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on JS Unit Tests: Phantom.js vs Node.js</title>
		<link>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/03/21/thoughts-on-js-unit-tests-phantom-js-vs-node-js/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/03/21/thoughts-on-js-unit-tests-phantom-js-vs-node-js/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Kay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JavaScript]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have written before about using the Jasmine framework for unit testing your client-side JavaScript code. If you're not writing tests, you need to start... today.

I recently started exploring the option of using Node.js to run my tests... but after spending several hours diving into the matter I wanted to share some immediate thoughts. <a href="http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/03/21/thoughts-on-js-unit-tests-phantom-js-vs-node-js/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Sencha Touch Mobile JavaScript Framework</title>
		<link>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/03/20/book-review-sencha-touch-mobile-javascript-framework/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/03/20/book-review-sencha-touch-mobile-javascript-framework/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Kay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book/Product Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sencha Touch]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=972</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For many web developers, JavaScript seems like a magical language that simply modifies an existing page built with HTML and CSS. Sencha Touch (much like ExtJS) approaches web development from an entirely different angle - developers create an application by almost exclusively writing JavaScript, and the framework handles most of the HTML and CSS for you.

Sencha Touch Mobile JavaScript Framework is a wonderful starting point for web developers looking to make the jump into highly interactive mobile web applications. <a href="http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/03/20/book-review-sencha-touch-mobile-javascript-framework/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: jQuery Tools UI Library</title>
		<link>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/03/16/book-review-jquery-tools-ui-library/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/03/16/book-review-jquery-tools-ui-library/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Kay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book/Product Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JavaScript]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=963</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[jQuery Tools is a tiny (4k) standalone JavaScript framework that allows website developers to create common UI widgets without requiring the overhead of its larger jQuery cousin or a cluster of plugins.

I’m glad I was introduced to the jQuery Tools UI library, and I will probably use it when I build some upcoming websites. <a href="http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/03/16/book-review-jquery-tools-ui-library/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: ExtJS 4 First Look</title>
		<link>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/03/11/book-review-extjs-4-first-look/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/03/11/book-review-extjs-4-first-look/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Kay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book/Product Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ExtJs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=953</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you an experienced ExtJS developer currently using version 3.x but looking to migrate your application to version 4.x? ExtJS 4 First Look will be an excellent place for you to start.

ExtJS4 First Look is an excellent book for the right audience, and I hope those people choose to read this book. I will probably recommend this book to a lot of Sencha developers! <a href="http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/03/11/book-review-extjs-4-first-look/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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