JavaScript namespace utility

By On August 23, 2011 · 7 Comments

Over the past 10 or so years I’ve written a lot of JavaScript. From very early on, at Caplin Systems, I had to write things in a way which ensured that code was clear, usable, discoverable, reusable, extensible and can easily built upon. One of the concepts that was used was to put [...]

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Notes on Falsy Values

By On May 24, 2011 · 1 Comment

I spent the majority of last week in Warsaw at Falsy Values where I attended a Games Workshop and a conference day. It was also my first week working as a Developer Evangelist working for Pusher. A big and exciting week all round.

HTML5 Games Workshop

The HTML5 games workshop was [...]

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Looking for a C# (ASP.NET MVC), jQuery & Real-Time Web Contractor

By On March 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I'm very hopeful that I'll be looking to hire a contractor very soon and I thought I would post this to get a feeling for who is out there and interested. The skills I'm looking for are as follows:EssentialC#Advanced JavaScriptTD…

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Kwwika Powered Real-Time Opta Sports Cricket Widget

By On December 17, 2010 · 1 Comment

Over the past couple of weeks we’ve been involved in developing a Real-Time Cricket widget. It’s been a collaboration, with Opta Sports providing the data, Kwwika powering the real-time client push as well as doing a bit of dev on data archi…

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Kwwika support for webOS

By On December 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

We've got a potential client interested in using Kwwika on HP webOS so we've been working with them to test the Kwwika JavaScript library on a platform that we've not been directly targeting. After a problem glitch with the 64bi…

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Client Push Services Open Up Real-Time to Everyone

By On September 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Real-timeThe number of services offering real-time APIs is slowly but surely expanding and it looks like we’re going to have to add quite a few more. Since the start of the year a new type of service has started to appear–client push services, which help developers include real-time updates in their web apps.

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Geo Grandfather ESRI Makes Strides on the Web

By On August 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment

ESRI ArcGIS JavaScriptMost of the time we write about mapping, it admittedly includes Google Maps (we list over 2000 Google Maps mashups). However, ESRI, the biggest supplier of geographic tools for the enterprise, has made huge strides this year with its tools, including its own web mapping platform, ESRI ArcGIS JavaScript API.

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Plotting tweets in real-time using Smoothie Charts and Kwwika

By On August 13, 2010 · 1 Comment

I noticed a tweet today about real-time JavaScript charts and couldn’t resist having a play. The charts are call Smoothie Charts and have been developed by Joe Walnes. You can read the blog post where he announced the release of them here.

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Kwwika Silverlight API – Chat Example

By On May 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment

This video shows a chat application built using the Kwwika JavaScript API and a chat application built using the Kwwika Silverlight API. Both applications can communicate with each other in real-time using the Kwwika service.

We'll release the source code for both applications in the very near future.

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Defining the Kwwika API

By On April 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Update: Hang on a minute. You’ve not explained what Kwwika is!
In a really informative chat using Nurph, which has been really useful in getting feedback, it was pointed out to me by @rythie and @NeilCauldwell that I need to explain what problem Kwwika is trying to solve [...]

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