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I'm a Canadian web developer, a staff writer at Nettuts+, and the author of the Rockable Press eBook Getting Good With Git. I prefer JavaScript and Ruby. Soon, I'll be doing some writing on my personal site; of course, you can follow me on Twitter.
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JavaScript Testing From Scratch: New on Premium
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JavaScript Testing From Scratch: New on Premium

Andrew Burgess on Feb 5th 2012 with 4 comments

This likely isn’t the first tutorial on testing that you’ve ever seen. But perhaps you’ve had your doubts about testing, and never took the time to read them. After all, it can seem like extra work for no reason.

This tutorial (with screencasts) intends to change your views. We’re going to start at the very beginning: what is testing and why should you do it? Then, we’ll talk briefly about writing testable code, before actually, you know, doing some testing! Let’s get to it.

Become a Premium member to read this tutorial/screencast, as well as hundreds of other advanced tutorials and screencasts from the Tuts+ network.

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Meet Crockford’s JSDev
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Meet Crockford’s JSDev

Andrew Burgess on Jan 24th 2012 with 26 comments

Recently, Douglas Crockford released a neat tool that makes the process of developing and testing your JavaScript a bit easier. Interested in learning more? Watch today’s quick tip to find out!

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Testing your PHP Codebase with EnhancePHP

Testing your PHP Codebase with EnhancePHP

Andrew Burgess on Jan 20th 2012 with 13 comments

You know it; I know it. We should be testing our code more than we do. Part of the reason we don’t, I think, is that we don’t know exactly how. Well, I’m getting rid of that excuse today: I’m teaching you to test your PHP with the EnhancePHP framework.

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Digging into Dojo: Premium Video Series
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Digging into Dojo: Premium Video Series

Andrew Burgess on Jan 18th 2012 with 3 comments

If you prefer the written word, we have a fantastic session on working with Dojo Toolkit, created by Andrew Burgess. However, for the visual learners among us, I also asked him to prepare a series of screencasts for the series as well. I’m pleased to announce that, today, we’ve released these videos exclusively to our Tuts+ Premium members.

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Dig into Dojo: DojoX

Dig into Dojo: DojoX

Andrew Burgess on Jan 9th 2012 with 10 comments

Maybe you saw that tweet: ”jQuery is a gateway drug. It leads to full-on JavaScript usage.” Part of that addiction, I contend, is learning other JavaScript frameworks. And that’s what this four-part series on the incredible Dojo Toolkit is all about: taking you to the next level of your JavaScript addiction.

In this, the final episode of our session, we’ll look at the last member of the Dojo trinity: DojoX.

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This entry is part 4 of 4 in the Dig into Dojo Session
10 New Year’s Resolutions Every Web Developer Should Make

10 New Year’s Resolutions Every Web Developer Should Make

Andrew Burgess on Dec 27th 2011 with 103 comments

In less than a week, we’ll be in 2012. I know it’s a cliché, but where has the year gone? Naturally, we’re now at the time of year when folks set goals for the new year. While you might have some goals for your “real” life, how about a few resolutions for your developer life?

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Dig into Dojo: Dijit

Dig into Dojo: Dijit

Andrew Burgess on Dec 15th 2011 with 13 comments

Maybe you saw that tweet: “jQuery is a gateway drug. It leads to full-on JavaScript usage.” Part of that addiction, I contend, is learning other JavaScript frameworks. And that’s what this four-part series on the incredible Dojo Toolkit is all about: taking you to the next level of your JavaScript addiction. In this episode, we’ll take a tour of Dijit, Dojo’s UI library.

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This entry is part 3 of 4 in the Dig into Dojo Session
Dig into Dojo: NodeList Modules and Ajax

Dig into Dojo: NodeList Modules and Ajax

Andrew Burgess on Dec 2nd 2011 with 8 comments

Maybe you saw that tweet: ”jQuery is a gateway drug. It leads to full-on JavaScript usage.” Part of that addiction, I contend, is learning other JavaScript frameworks. And that’s what this four-part series on the incredible Dojo Toolkit is all about: taking you to the next level of your JavaScript addiction.

In this second episode, we’ll be discussing loading modules and using some of the DOM-enhancing modules.

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This entry is part 2 of 4 in the Dig into Dojo Session
Dig into Dojo

Dig into Dojo

Andrew Burgess on Nov 16th 2011

Maybe you saw that tweet: “jQuery is a gateway drug. It leads to full-on JavaScript usage.” Part of that addiction, I contend, is learning other JavaScript frameworks. And that’s what this four-part series on the incredible Dojo Toolkit is all about: taking you to the next level of your JavaScript addiction.

Dig into Dojo: DOM Basics

Dig into Dojo: DOM Basics

Andrew Burgess on Nov 16th 2011 with 38 comments

Maybe you saw that tweet: “jQuery is a gateway drug. It leads to full-on JavaScript usage.” Part of that addiction, I contend, is learning other JavaScript frameworks. And that’s what this four-part series on the incredible Dojo Toolkit is all about: taking you to the next level of your JavaScript addiction.

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This entry is part 1 of 4 in the Dig into Dojo Session
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