Andrej Koelewijn

I create most of my presentations using Inkscape (here’s an example: Presentation: Introduction to Scrum). This is quite a bit of work, as i need to export all the separate images, and import them into LibreOffice Impress. I’ve created a small javascript script that can be used to directly use the svg image as a [...]

Derick Bailey has some good advice regarding the backbone router: Stop Using Backbone As If It Were A Stateless Web Server. A javascript application using backbone is stateful, and implementing MVC doesn’t mean that all actions have to be handled by the router. Only use the router when you want to expose a url in [...]

I’m convinced that open webtechnologies are suited for more than just web page development. I don’t see why you can’t write desktop applications using open webtechnologies. So, I’m also pretty optimistic about what Google is trying to do with Chrome OS. Many of the problems people currently see with Chrome OS are in my opinion [...]

I’ve just been watching the google wave presentation. Pretty amazing application, it’ll probably scare the hell out of a number of communication software providers. But what’s even more amazing is that it’s almost entirely build using HTML 5. Just one feature needs the Google Gears plugin: drag and drop of desktop resources to the web-page. [...]

Think you need flash to create a good looking scalable interactive chart on your webpage? Think again. Raphaël is a small javascript library that can be used to generate svg graphics, embedded in your html page. Here’s an example chart: Analytics. Pretty nice. The homepage has a number of impressive svg demos. Code examples can [...]

Just a simple tip, if you’re just starting out with css. I see a lot of html developers adding ids or class names on every html tag they want to target in their stylesheet. This is really not necessary. You can combine tags in your css rules. Simple example: suppose you want to style your [...]