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Books 2008 #2 High Performance Web Sites

High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge for Front-End Engineers This book? All kinds of interesting. I’ve been writing about performance a little bit here recently and this well written, concise book has really helped to expand my understanding of some … Continue reading

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Books 2008 #1 Pro JavaScript Techniques

Pro JavaScript Techniques (Pro) Reading this book I finally understand why I don’t really immediately grasp JQuery code. Resig’s doesn’t use verbs for his function names. Instead of something like getElementsByClass(), he uses something like class(). I like verbs in … Continue reading

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On My Radar: November 2007

Anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya I don’t buy anime series very often (Cowboy Bebop is the only one i own), but this one is going into the permanent vaults here at the Rob React manor. It’s really that good. … Continue reading

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Books 2007 #14 PPK on JavaScript

ppk on JavaScript, 1/e (VOICES) Another excellent introductory book. I got this mostly as a way of thanking Pete Paul Koch for all of his invaluable work over the years at quirksmode.org, but reading it was still a worthy way … Continue reading

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Books 2007 #12 The Design of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things I’m embarrassed it’s taken me this long to (a) start reading this book and (b) finish it. It’s been on my radar for several years and it was only earlier this year that I got … Continue reading

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