by Elisabeth Robson | May 21, 2013 | blog, JavaScript, JSVideo, podcast, Teaser Video, Video
When you begin programming in JavaScript, you’ll need to use variables. A variable is just a bit of storage to hold a value. Just about every line of code you write will use a variable of one kind or another, so it’s a good idea to get familiar with the...
by Elisabeth Robson | May 10, 2013 | blog, JavaScript, JSVideo, podcast, Teaser Video, Video
Dive into JavaScript If you know HTML and CSS, you’re ready to begin learning JavaScript. But you might be surprised, because JavaScript looks quite different from both HTML and CSS. In part four of Head First JavaScript Programming Teasers, Eric shows you how...
by Elisabeth Robson | Mar 14, 2013 | blog, Featured, JavaScript, JSVideo, podcast, Teaser Video, Video
Getting JavaScript in your pages, the right way Everyone knows you put your <script> element at the top of your HTML page, right? Not so fast. In part two of Head First JavaScript Programming Teasers, Eric explains the nuts and bolts of the <script>...
by Elisabeth Robson | Mar 6, 2013 | blog, Featured, JavaScript, JSVideo, podcast, Teaser Video, Video
Exciting news: we’ve partnered with O’Reilly in two ways to bring you Head First JavaScript Programming, our most recent title. Head First JavaScript Programming Teasers First, we’re creating a video series that we’ll roll out with one video a...
by Elisabeth Robson | Feb 9, 2013 | Beginner's Mind, blog, JavaScript
In a previous post, I mentioned that Twitter is changing their API so that all requests to the API will now require authentication. Unfortunately, what this means is that you can no longer use JSONP to request timeline and search data from Twitter (which we showed you...
by Elisabeth Robson | Nov 30, 2012 | blog, JavaScript, JSVideo, podcast, Video
The third in a several-part series on JavaScript functions, taking you from first principles to advanced concepts. In this video, Elisabeth describes how to create and experiment with functions using the JavaScript console. This video is a follow on to JavaScript...
by Elisabeth Robson | Oct 12, 2012 | blog, JavaScript
In Chapter 7 of Head First HTML5 Programming, we create a JSONP web application called Tweetshirt. We use Twitter JSON data to create a tweet menu, so you can choose a tweet to add to a <canvas> element. Unfortunately, Twitter has deprecated the public API that...
by admin | Oct 8, 2012 | blog, JavaScript, JSVideo, podcast, Video
The second in a several-part series on JavaScript functions, taking you from first principles to advanced concepts. In this video, Eric describes how function names are just like other JavaScript variables: they’re variable names pointing to function values....
by admin | Oct 5, 2012 | blog, Featured, JSVideo, podcast, Video
The first in a three-part series on JavaScript functions, taking you from first principles to advanced concepts. Other videos in this series Part 2 of JavaScript Functions Part 3 of JavaScript...
by admin | Jul 10, 2012 | Beginner's Mind, blog, CSS, Featured, HTML, Web
Exciting news: we’ve partnered with one of our favorite online training sites, macprovideo.com, to produce a set of HTML5 and CSS3 tutorials, and our tutorials are up and ready for you. You’ll find the first, a FREE, hour-long, turbo-charged quickstart on HTML and CSS...
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