ember.js Adding autoplay to games The main feature I added this week to Sac Sac Mate is the ability to autoplay a game, so that the user doesn't have to click (or tap) the "make next move" potentially
ember.js Setting link activeness – the modern way I realize a blog post with "modern" in its title regarding a JavaScript framework will be laughed at a few years down the line, but it makes for a catchy title. "Setting link
sac-sac-mate Implementing conditional linking In the previous post, I outlined what I need and a possible solution to make it work. Here, I'm going to briefly write about how I implemented it and include the screencast which
api Thinking about conditional linking In certain apps, there's a need to show data from related resources that might or might not exist. One example that comes to mind is a wiki where an article can link to
emberjs Rendering the chess board – declaratively. Part 1. Having decided that I want to include the ability of stepping through chess games in the MVP, I set to implementing that feature. My first thought was to not reinvent the wheel and
sac-sac-mate Extending the original MVP (aka. moving the goal posts) At this point, I realized I've completed the pieces needed for my original, self-inflicted MVP . However, I reckon that MVP wasn't ambitious enough. At the risk of moving the goal posts, I can
sac-sac-mate Adding fly-over animation from list to details After I made list resorting animate I got excited about how much ember-animated can do with how little code. I was hooked and signed up to EmberMap's animation workshop at EmberConf. Having finished
ui Using ember-animated to re-sort a list Animations can spice up user interaction but their best use is to help the user understand what's going on on the page, as a result of their action. I wanted to use animations
d3 Coming closer to understanding D3's data joins This is one of those posts where I'll describe the challenge I've faced and how I overcame it, so that you, dear reader, can hopefully learn how not to get bogged down with
emberjs New project: Sac Sac Mate There are always several things in the broadly interpreted world of software development I want to learn about. What usually works for me is instead of (or rather, in addition to) reading articles and books or watching videos about the topic, I build something with those tools.
