GitHub pages is a blessing to get a simple website up and running without much fuss. For example, library documentation, which quite often is a mess in the corporate world, can be made much easier with GitHub pages. GitHub and GitHub pages lower the threshold to maintain documentation and include in the development team’s task list. There are many options when it comes to the technology to...
What’s right and wrong about ExtJS There is much to say about ExtJS. There are things which make it great but there are just as many arguments against it. Essentially it is a JavaScript framework with a bunch of built-in widgets such as grids, trees, date pickers, charts, etc. Back-end developers will find the programming model quite pleasing as it has an object-oriented feel to it. View...
Static websites are nothing to get excited about. To avoid being scorned, it’s probably best not to put it as a skill on your resume or to bring it up at a networking event. Even so, they are everywhere. And for good reason. From a developer’s perspective, quite a lot has happened since the early days of the web. New technologies and frameworks have popped up like mushrooms. They have...