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Creating Even Faster Websites Podcast

Frank Stepanski — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:04:00 +0000

Steve Souders is the author of High Performance Web Sites and the creator of YSlow, the Firebug extension gave a presentation at SXSW09 about how to speed up website performance.

Steve, now working at Google, discussed the next set of best practices he’s developed, including advanced techniques for loading JavaScript, where not to place inline scripts, and the importance of using multiple domains to improve web performance.

Here are his presentation notes (.pdf) as well.

John Resig Interview at Boagworld Podcast

Frank Stepanski — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:51:14 +0000

In a recent Boagworld podcast, Paul Boag interviews John Resig, creator of jQuery. Boagworld is a weekly podcast show that talks about topics for people who design, develop and run websites.

In this snipet of the full weekly podcast, Paul asks John questions such as: when is it appropriate to use a JavaScript library; do people need to learn JavaScript before using a library, do libraries hide too much, what are some pros and cons of choosing a library, and much more.

Feel free to listen to all Boagworld’s podcasts or learn and talk to other fellow designers in their forum.

Why and Which of JavaScript Libraries Podcast

Frank Stepanski — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:39:05 +0000

John Resig, creator of jQuery and author of Pro JavaScript Techniques, spoke at @Media 2008 in London about the different types of JavaScript libraries such as Prototype, jQuery, Yahoo! UI, and Dojo and why should one be used. John compares how each library can help the developer with DOM, Events, Animations, Ajax as well as interface widgets.

Here are the presentation slides (.pdf) he used for his talk.

Ajax Meets Accessibility Feng Shui Podcast

Frank Stepanski — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:55:10 +0000

Jeremy Keith and Derek Featherstone talked about how Ajax and Accessibility can live in harmony with each other at SXSW07. Topics covered include: progressive enhancement, the 3 layers of the web (content, presentation and behavior), thin vs. rich clients, XMLHttpRequest object, patterns, screen readers, and much more.

Here are their presentation notes (.pdf) as well.

Future of Web Interfaces Podcast

Frank Stepanski — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:26:27 +0000

Cameron Adams, web developer and author of Simply JavaScript gave a presentation at Web Directions North 08 about how JavaScript has affected the design and development of web interfaces.

Here are the presentation (.pdf) slides he used as well.

Ruining the User Experience Podcast

Frank Stepanski — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:10:32 +0000

Author and developer Aaron Gustafson and Sarah Nelson of Adaptive Path gave a talk at @SXSW07 about how JavaScript can be used to ruin and improve the user experience of a website.

Here are the slides (.pdf) that were used during the presentation.

Bluff Your Way in DOM Scripting Podcast

Frank Stepanski — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:07:32 +0000

Jeremy Keith author of DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and Bulletproof Ajax and JavaScript guru along with Aaron Gustafson gave a talk about JavaScript and the DOM at SXSW06.

Here are the online slides that were given during the presentation.

Maintainable JavaScript Podcast

Frank Stepanski — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:26:25 +0000

Christian Heilmann author of Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax, member of the DOM Scripting Task Force and well-known blogger of many JavaScript articles gave a talk on Maintainable JavaScript.

Here is the web post with code examples for his presentation.

Interview with Jesse James Garret Podcast

Frank Stepanski — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:55:19 +0000

Jesse James Garret is a user experience expert and co-founder of adaptive path coined the phrase “Ajax”, which gave a name to the implementation of exisiting technologies using JavaScript. In this interview he talks about how he came up with the name, his view of what Ajax is, usability issues and more.