http://www.akawebdesign.com Longtime nerd. Rockstar developer. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:23:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/31/pong-built-with-sencha-touch/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/31/pong-built-with-sencha-touch/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:23:00 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=933 Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/31/pong-built-with-sencha-touch/feed/ 0 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/26/book-review-learning-html5-game-programming/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/26/book-review-learning-html5-game-programming/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:53:04 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=909 Learning HTML5 Game Programming and thought "This is going to be a really cool book!" Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/26/book-review-learning-html5-game-programming/feed/ 0 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/23/automating-javascript-unit-tests-with-git/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/23/automating-javascript-unit-tests-with-git/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:07:17 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=913 EVERY TIME you touch your code... otherwise your tests aren't going to do anything (obviously). If your tests don't do anything, there's no point in having them. I'd like to share an example app in which I create a bash script that runs my unit tests via PhantomJS. By utilizing a Git pre-commit hook, I ensure my unit tests are run EVERY TIME I touch my code, and (best of all) it won't allow me to commit code that doesn't pass my tests! Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/23/automating-javascript-unit-tests-with-git/feed/ 0 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/18/book-review-algorithms-4th-edition/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/18/book-review-algorithms-4th-edition/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:32:36 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=781 Algorithms, 4th Edition. In the eight years since I took that class I've learned a lot about software engineering... this would be a great opportunity to see if I had learned as much as I thought! Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/18/book-review-algorithms-4th-edition/feed/ 0 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/09/4-lessons-from-godaddy-sopa/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/09/4-lessons-from-godaddy-sopa/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:32:18 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=859 Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/09/4-lessons-from-godaddy-sopa/feed/ 0 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/05/2012-new-years-resolutions/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/05/2012-new-years-resolutions/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:19:59 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=828 Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/05/2012-new-years-resolutions/feed/ 1 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/03/javascript-selection-vs-insertion-sort/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/03/javascript-selection-vs-insertion-sort/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:05:05 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=829 Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2012/01/03/javascript-selection-vs-insertion-sort/feed/ 0 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/12/08/product-review-eye-strain-reducing-computer-glasses/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/12/08/product-review-eye-strain-reducing-computer-glasses/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:46:12 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=792 "Why, of all things in SkyMall, did these glasses speak to me?". The answer is that I have been wearing similar products for a few years now. Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/12/08/product-review-eye-strain-reducing-computer-glasses/feed/ 0 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/12/07/javascript-binary-search-vs-linear-search/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/12/07/javascript-binary-search-vs-linear-search/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:31:31 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=783 Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/12/07/javascript-binary-search-vs-linear-search/feed/ 1 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/11/25/javascript-encapsulation/ http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/11/25/javascript-encapsulation/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:10:47 +0000 Arthur Kay http://www.akawebdesign.com/?p=766 encapsulation. We lamented the fact that many developers cannot adequately define, describe or otherwise communicate the concept during the interview process - even at the "senior developer" level. After our conversation, I went home and Googled "JavaScript encapsulation" just to see what came up. After seeing the search results I am not at all surprised that few JavaScript programmers really understand the concept. I didn't feel satisfied by any of the examples or definitions I found, so here's my crack at explaining things. Continue reading →]]> http://www.akawebdesign.com/2011/11/25/javascript-encapsulation/feed/ 10