Earlier I explored some of the basic drawing methods available on the 2D context of the new canvas element in HTML5, moving on from there, I’ve put together another quick demo here (see image below) which lets the user scribble inside the canvas element. [...]

One of the cool new features introduced by HTML5 is the new <canvas> tag, which defines an area for you to draw graphics on using javascript. Basics To create a canvas element is as easy as inserting a <canvas> tag like this: Typically you will give it an[...]

As I go through the HTML5 spec, I find some useful new feature just about everywhere, and the new contenteditable attribute is certainly one of those. It’s supported by most elements and provides a simple and yet effective way for you to allow the users t[...]

HTML5 includes two new ways to store data on the client – local storage and session storage. Local storage has no time limit on how long the data should be kept around, session storage on the other hand (as the name suggests) stores data for only one sess[...]

As a late Christmas present I bring this to you dear readers: I recently invited David Pollak (of Lift fame), Jason Zaugg (of Scalaz fame), Philipp Haller (of Scala Actors fame) and myself to collaborate on a feature matrix that would allow people to see [...]

I’ve got some ideas for conference/group talks that I have yet to assemble, but I thought I’d let the community have a vote in what they’d think be interesting. Proposal 1: Git things done Approx time: 45 minutes “This is a case-study on moving from CVS/[...]

WebSharper sitelets provide the essential mechanism to encapsulate entire websites as F# values. In this talk, I will present how you can use sitelets to develop dynamic, template-based, markup-less web applications with WebSharper that seamlessly combin[...]

I am proud to announce the availability of the third F# book that I coauthored, Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Six-in-One by Wrox.

Thanks to r# we do not need to add interfaces for internally accessible code unless there is a need for it. Of course this is not the same if the interface is an implementation (or part of) of an externally visible api.

We’ve recently released version 5.1.1 of the Agile Platform. It’s got a lot of great new features and an improved look & feel. And better yet, it’s compatible with 5.1.0, so you don’t need to upgrade your server. Check the post New-in-the-Agile-Platfo[...]