After several months of on and off tinkering, I finally managed to pack up and ship my latest personal indie project. I present to you, The Solar Journey. It's an interactive 3D, web app which allows you to explore and learn about the solar system in a rich and exciting way. Built in Html/css and Javascript then [...]
JavaScript developers will spend most their time in the Chrome debugger, only to discover when they actually deploy to a mobile device their fancy mobile app hits all types of script errors. The problem is, you don't have access to a console window on mobile browsers (out of the box) to see where the code failed. Let [...]
The Web Audio API is a BEAST. Most tutorials I have come across focus on the amazing features set it has. But how the hell do we play a simple sound or music file? Read on and I will show you. […]
If you have tried to build content for mobile web which requires audio, no doubt you have run into many issues. So called 'HTML5 audio' is not what it's cracked up to be, and was massively oversold by Apple (when it sought to destroy the flash browser plugin). When the dust settled we were left with [...]
I've recently been getting stuck back into mobile app development in javascript. Being able to detect orientation change allows is really useful, It can be used to force users into a specific orientation by throwing up a notification panel saying "Please hold the device in landscape for this app". Such scenarios are particularly important when developing [...]
A few months ago I started learning 3D WebGL using javascript, through my learning I banged together a mini game called Super Hero City. The game was made using Mr doobs Procedural City script, which I built upon to make some what of a game. The project available on my git. If you havn't yet [...]
I have decided to start the new year by taking a closer look at 3D programming for the web via Canvas and WebGL. For those that don’t know, I am trained as a 3D modeler and animator, although I turned from those paths to focus on development. I now feel accomplished enough as a developer to turn [...]
In this Post I will be sharing a DOM based game prototype I made. What are DOM games? DOM games are games which are made purely using the DOM, no canvas, no flash. They are essentially built like web pages, where DIVS are game elements which are styled with CSS style sheets, and elements then animated [...]
In this post i will be walking through the process of setting up TypeScript on jetBrains WebStorm IDE. Step 1. Download and install the latest TypeScript SDK from the microsoft website http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34790 Step 2. If you haven’t already, download and install the WebStorm IDE from the Jet Brains website http://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/ Step 3. Open Webstorm and select File > new [...]
jPlayer is the completely free and open source (GPL/MIT) media library written in JavaScript. A jQuery plugin, jPlayer allows you to rapidly weave cross platform audio and video into your web pages. jPlayer's comprehensive API allows you to create innovative media solutions Platforms and Browsers Windows: Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, IE6, IE7, IE8, IE9 OSX: Safari, [...]
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