Ed Spencer | A JavaScript Architect

A lot has changed in the last few years when it comes to implementing applications using JavaScript. Node JS has revolutionized how many of us create backend apps, React has become a widely-used standard for creating the frontend, and ES6 has come along...

The purpose of directed communication is to cause some change in understanding in some audience. All communication results in some change in understanding, though it may not be the change intended.
By definition, successful communication of this kind requires clear identification of the change in understanding desired. So long as the goal state is understood, success then hinges upon simplicity and clarity. Simplicity of the message, and clarity...

I use Jasmine as my JavaScript unit/behavior testing framework of choice because it’s elegant and has a good community ecosystem around it. I recently wrote up how to get Jasmine-based autotesting set up with Guard, which is great for development time...

So another great Sencha Con is over, and I’m left to reflect on everything that went on over the last few days. This time was easily the biggest and best Sencha Con that I’ve been to, with 800 people in attendance and a very high bar set by the speakers...