Typings for dojox/gfx April 25, 2017 dojox/gfx is Dojo 1.x’s vector graphics library, with support for SVG, Canvas, and other legacy rendering environments through a drawing API based on the semantics of SVG. This API also…
Making TypeDoc better April 20, 2017 Over the past several months, the SitePen team has been hard at work on Dojo 2 along with the tools and infrastructure to support it. Part of that infrastructure, and…
7 habits of highly ineffective developers April 18, 2017 While the SitePen team is widely known for its expertise in building JavaScript and TypeScript applications, providing support and training to enterprise teams, and for helping create Dojo and Intern,…
TC39: Open and Incremental Approach Improves Standards Process April 6, 2017 In our recent post about the key features in ES2017, I was reminded just how much the standards process has changed in the past 15 years. As someone who tried…
What TypeScript can offer to Dojo 1.x March 29, 2017 As many of you know, Dojo 2 is being built on TypeScript. Many of us involved in Dojo 2 believe that TypeScript brings several advantages to developing with web technologies…
Time for InnerSource? March 23, 2017 InnerSource is a series of strategies and tactics from the open source world that help companies share source code across teams. While it might seem odd at first, it turns…
The 5 features of ES8 and a wishlist for ES9 March 21, 2017 As we near the finalization of the proposal, it’s looking like ES8 is going to deliver much more than the simple updates of its ES7 predecessor! We wanted to take…
Functional reactive programming and Observables in JavaScript, TypeScript, and Dojo 2 February 27, 2017 Functional programming and reactive programming principles are not new to JavaScript, but their adoption has recently become widespread across most modern frameworks and toolkits. The ease of using these approaches…
Mixins and more in TypeScript 2.2 February 22, 2017 The TypeScript team recently announced the TypeScript 2.2 release candidate which will contain key improvements to the TypeScript language. Most notably, are the introduction of the object type and improved…
Microservices and SPAs February 20, 2017 The techniques involved in creating modern web applications are continually evolving. It can be difficult to separate out the ones that are truly improving how web applications are developed from…
Dojo FAQ: How do I optimize a Dojo app for mobile? February 14, 2017 Web applications can be deployed to many environments, including desktops, tablets, and mobile devices. We can even deploy web applications natively using a wrapper such as Apache Cordova to gain…
Moving 4-ward with Intern February 10, 2017 The motivation for Intern 4 is to make it easier to author tests with ES6+ features within tests, with or without transpilation. Want to skim? Here’s the Intern Roadmap which…
Introducing Milestone Mayhem February 1, 2017 Introducing Milestone Mayhem With years of building large scale web apps, we’ve experienced almost everything that goes right and wrong during software development projects. So we created Milestone Mayhem, a…
State of JavaScript 2017 January 25, 2017 It’s been two very active years since the release of ES6, and we’ve seen pretty substantial changes in how we build JavaScript applications. While some complain of fatigue, there’s never…
ChallengeStar Case Study January 20, 2017 To quote professional zoologist Jim Fowler, “The biggest challenge is how to affect public attitudes and make people care.” When a small startup has a big idea, they run into an…
New Year’s Resolutions for 2017! January 19, 2017 As the new year starts to unfold, it’s time to take a quick look at the things our team at SitePen resolves to do this year.
SitePen Podcast – Season 2 Episode 1 January 18, 2017 It’s a new year and a new season of the SitePen Podcast! In this episode, the gang talks about AWS re:Invent, ReactVR, AFrame 0.4.0, DayDream, a special CES Truthy/Falsey and…
SeleniumConf 2016 Recap December 20, 2016 Selenium is the leading tool for browser and mobile app automation and functional testing. Each year the Selenium community gets together to talk about emerging trends with Selenium and testing best…
Intern Visual Regression Plugin December 15, 2016 Thanks to a generous Mozilla Open Source Support program award, Intern has expanded its testing ecosystem to include new and robust sets of tools. Engineers can now easily write tests…
TypeScript 2.1 Goodness Coming Soon to Dojo 2! December 14, 2016 The TypeScript team has just announced the release of TypeScript 2.1 which contains several long-awaited features (pun intended) for Dojo 2. Rather than repeating the excellent summary from the TypeScript…
HalfStack 2016 Recap December 14, 2016 This was my second year attending Halfstack and creating, as well as compèring (M.C.ed in American English), the JavaScript Pub Quiz. Who can argue with a conference in a pub? The…
Accessibility Testing with Intern December 13, 2016 Intern already has a wide array of capabilities and today we’re pleased to announce one more: accessibility testing. Thanks to a generous award from Mozilla Open Source Support we’ve created…
Intern 3.4 Released December 8, 2016 Today we’re pleased to announce the release of Intern 3.4. This release brings usability enhancements and bugfixes, including a new benchmarking mode! We’ve outlined some of the features below, but…
Web Summit Recap November 16, 2016 Now in its 7th year, Web Summit is the world’s largest web conference, with more than 50,000 people in attendance. The conference possibly draws inspiration from SXSW Interactive, with a…
SitePen Podcast Episode 021 November 8, 2016 Is it a dongle? The Apple event happened and the team shares their thoughts on the future of the Mac. They discuss what they like and don’t like, and what…
