I'm a Technical architect at Scott Logic, in Bristol. I have a full-stack .Net background, but lately I'm most interested in all sorts of web technology.
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As a front-end developer working on real-world applications, WebAssembly isn't something I can actually use, is it? Let's find out how easy it can be using AssemblyScript.
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Is WebGL faster than Canvas for drawing 2D shapes, and if so can we harness that speed to visualise very large data sets? I wanted to learn WebGL so I decided to investigate this question and learn at the same time.
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The d3fc cartesian chart provides a simple way to compose the most commonly used type of chart, while keep its API simple. But would it be possible to keep that simplicity while making a chart component that is more flexible?
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Recently we've been looking at enhancing the D3 axis component to implement a number of common features including more flexible label placement (e.g. positioning labels between ticks) and rotation / offset of labels to avoid collisions. This blog post demonstrates some of these features and how they were implemented.
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A working example of how to create a new plugin for Perspective, using a ready made template to get started quickly, and open source mapping API from OpenLayers.
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How we built a plugin for Perspective from JP Morgan, using d3fc to display a generic charting view that can show multiple chart types.
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Mock the back-end of your web application, using Node.js, to make developing and testing the front-end easier.
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How to create hero transitions with AngularJS, similar to those implemented by Google's Material Design and Polymer's core-animated-pages.
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Some lessons I've learned trying to optimise a HTML5 mobile App so that it's fast and responsive even on old or budget phones with limited performance.
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How to use a long-press to trigger re-ordering a list in Ionic Framework, instead of Ionic’s default implementation, which requires a button to switch modes.
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Using Cordova and Ionic Framework to turn an AngularJS web application into a cross-platform mobile application.
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How to use Asp.Net's built-in bundling and optimisation feature to optimise AngularJS templates
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Writing end-to-end tests for a Single Page Application (SPA) built with Angular or Knockout, and how to improve the robustness of those tests.
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A comparison of Angular and Knockout in an enterprise scale single page application, by building the same sample application with both tools.