development
3 Steps to Mobile First Modules in LESS
When I first started mobile first design I used a pretty rigid template for my LESS files. All my designs were split across 5 or so LESS files named: mobile.less, tablet.less, desktop.less, etc. This...
Custom HTML Element Architecture: Why its Awesome and How to Use it Today
Custom HTML Element architecture involves building JavaScript applications entirely from, you guessed it, custom HTML elements.
Live Style Guides for Teams, Powered by DocumentJS
A team with both designers and developers needs a simple resource to share a project's styles and best practices. DocumentCSS generates a Live Style Guide so style documentation evolves along with...
JavaScript Frameworks Don't Matter - The Real Reasons Why Projects Fail
In this article, we'll discuss the results of Bitovi's checklist experiment and what key lessons we learned about making projects successful.
Creating A JavaScript Project Checklist
This article provides a simple JavaScript project checklist that you can use in your own projects.
Why You Need a JavaScript Project Checklist
Last November, Justin gave a talk at DotJS all about JavaScript Project Checklists.
Getting Started with Cordova in 15 Minutes or Less
This article will provide a quick guide to getting up and running with Cordova.
Modlet Workflows
One of Bitovi's earliest, and most important, development strategies was the introduction of the "modlet" workflow. It's a very simple concept - every module should be developed as its own...
Hot module replacement comes to StealJS
StealJS 0.10.0 just landed with a new feature that could change the way you develop: live-reload. Live-reload is an extension for Steal that speeds up development by eliminating the need to ever...
Free Weekly Online JavaScript Training!
Bitovi is providing a public 45 minute JavaScript training every week. The trainings are for intermediate to advanced JavaScript developers looking to take their frontend skills to the next level.
8 Best Practices for Perfect CSS Documentation
In the world of CSS, documentation is underused. Since documentation is not visible to the end user, its value is often overlooked by clients. Also, if it’s your first time documenting code, it can be difficult...
Envato Tuts + Article
The Key to Building Large JavaScript Apps: The Modlet Workflow
You're a developer working on a "large JavaScript application" and you've noticed some issues on your project. New team members struggle to find where everything is located...
CSS-Tricks Article
The Nine Principles Of Design Implementation
Recently, I was leading a training session for one of our clients on best practices for implementing designs using HTML and CSS. Part of our time included a discussion of...
every test and demo page you want to make.
Smashing Magazine Article
Streaming Data with Fetch() and NDJSON
Streams are trickling into the scene as we search for ways to improve performance. What if instead of waiting for our entire ajax response to complete, we could start showing...
David Walsh Blog Article
Free Web App Checklist
We use a set of checklists to keep us on track and ensure reproducible quality on every project.
