Proofing the App

Proofing the App

I wanted to make calzones for dinner last night.  It was getting late, but in my mind I could already see the ricotta and broccoli filling and smell the melted cheese.  I usually buy a blob of dough from one of the local pizza places, but this time I was going to...
Bootstrap ALL the Things?

Bootstrap ALL the Things?

Bootstrap is a CSS framework that serves as a starting point for your website or web-application’s user interface styling. It has become very popular now, being the #1 trending repository on Github.com as of August 20, 2013. It is definitely a great asset, but should...
Restoring iOS App State After an Upgrade

Restoring iOS App State After an Upgrade

When implementing view state preservation in an iOS app, it’s important to handle the case of restoring state after an app upgrade.  The iOS state preservation APIs automatically encode the restoration IDs of view controllers in order to recreate those...

A Visual Guide to Marionette.js Views

When I first began working on the front-end to this one interactive application, I decided to just write a few lines of JavaScript to handle some miscellaneous things behaviors on the front-end. However, that soon turned into a completely interactive front-end with...
Enter Foundation 4

Enter Foundation 4

My plan for this blog post was to introduce my preferred "front-end framework", Zurb Foundation. But then the folks over at Zurb saw fit to sabotage my effort by releasing a new version of Foundation. Can you believe the nerve? So instead I’ll just...