Feb 21, 2008 | Category: Reviews
Tags: book, javascript
Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model
Author: Jeremy Keith
Publisher: Friends of ED
Since I started observing web standards and trying to produce websites that were accessible to the widest possible audience I’ve tried to avoid JavaScript assuming my sites wouldn’t be accessibly to those users with screen readers or JavaScript turned off.
Jeremy Keith, from Brighton’s web consultancy Clearleft, explains how to write good, clean code that degrades gracefully in this fantastic book. Starting at the beginning with the history and basics of JavaScript, he steers you comfortably through best practices and real world, useful examples. Whatever your technical ability you can soon become proficient with writing your own JavaScript and you’ll soon be ready for his next book - Bulletproof Ajax (review coming soon - I’m still reading it!)
Buy DOM Scripting at Amazon.co.uk
Buy DOM Scripting at Amazon.com
Jan 21, 2008 | Category: News & Events
Tags: personal, website
So here it is! After many months of nothingness I’ve finally got my site back in order. I’ve introduced a blog so I can rant and rave about the industry, share my thoughts and generally say good things about my chums! And, of course, you can view samples of my recent work in the portfolio area.
I’m using the Wordpress blogging platform to power the site and have created my own theme, semantically coding the HTML & CSS from the ground up. I’ll be preparing a version of theme and making it available for download some time soon.
Hope you like the new look and please feel free to leave comments.
Jan 20, 2008 | Category: News & Events
Tags: friends, website
Mike Armstrong, one of our talented designers at Bluestone, has finally got round to getting his personal site up and running. When he’s not working, playing Xbox games or watching dodgy B-movies, he’s scribbling away creating characters and illustrating comics. The Catalyst Studios site will showcase his work and his thoughts in what promises to become a popular blog.
www.catalyststudios.co.uk
Made up of scribbles and scraps of paper it’s a great design that has a real feel of an artist’s website. The design has been ported into a Wordpress theme and demonstrates his excellent CSS skills - I’m privileged to have him in my team.
