Does Browser Sniffing Still Have a Place?

Why and How Did We Use Browser Sniffing?

Adding jQuery Deferred Support to AmplifyJS Request

A common feature request in the AmplifyJS Google Group is for the request component to support jQuery Deferreds.

Mocking jQuery AJAX with AmplifyJS Request

In my opinion the most powerful part of the AmplifyJS library is the request component. The documentation is nice, but I wanted to highlight the mocking piece in particular because it is very powerful, but is easy to miss.

Don't Initialize All the Things in jQuery.ready()

One of the first impressions a user gets is loading your web application for the first time. Users don’t have a high tolerance when it comes to page speed. They want to see something almost immediately and then be able to start interacting with your web site shortly after.

Control the Complexity of Your JavaScript Functions with JSHint

New JSHint Features