So, I finished up my new Pipe a bit ago, once I figured out how to add sub-modules to the For Each module. It’s a more interesting Yahoo Pipe than just the technorati one - obviously, I guess, since it incorporates it. The pipe itself is pretty straight forward, it pulls a feed (my rss [...]

Categories: javascript · pipes

Update: I’ve rewritten the AJAXy part of this to simplify the process, please check out the latest new PipeJAX.
Update: So it turns out that the For Each bug in the Pipes IDE was that I’m really stupid. You have to drag the sub-module onto the foreach loop directly from the left nav - not [...]

Categories: javascript · pipes

This is the text of my amazon review of this book. I gave it 5 stars and recommend it!
As a javascript dabbler, I was looking for a book aimed at someone already familiar with javascript and found this one. Having read a few apress books, I felt pretty confident that the quality of this one [...]

Categories: javascript · review

This is the text of my amazon review, I gave it 4 stars.
I have to say, I’ve been extremely impressed with all the Manning books I’ve read. These books remind me of O’reilly books back in the day. Ajax in Action is no exception, although it was not what I was expecting. To be honest, [...]

Categories: javascript · review

This is the text of my amazon review, I gave it 4 stars. I recommend it as a good introduction/reference for javascript development. It is featured in my Developer’s Bookshelf.
I was in the market looking for a good book on javascript and found… a marked lack of them. Most javascript resources seem targetted towards the [...]

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This is the text of my amazon review, I gave it 2 stars. This is featured in my Shelf of Shame.
I got this book looking to find more coverage on how dhtml/ajax works. I got a book very light on details and focused on very broad how-to/cut-and-paste type scripts. So, partly, it was my own [...]

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