Meteoric (source: http://github.com/richstokoe/Meteoric, documentation: http://richstokoe.github.com) is a JavaScript framework that allows UIs to be built on-the-fly driven by JSON metadata. The JSON metadata is parsed by “writers“, very focussed JavaScript functions which understand the specific requirements of that metadata and spit out HTML to the DOM. Styling is done through
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An ASP.NET MVC4 Razor2 Bug? (Updated)
Let’s Get Geeky!! This week I have been updating a project I’m working on from ASP.NET MVC3 to ASP.NET MVC4 (Beta). MVC4 ships with an improved version of the Razor view engine. But “updated” apparently also means “broken”… That is, if you’re using jQuery UI Widgets. Which I am. So
Continue reading8 Things Windows 8 Needs to do to Be a Success
1. Stop Stealing My Focus!!! I can’t stress this enough. The single greatest threat to the economic recovery, continuation of the species and integrity of my sanity is the way Windows is completely dense about giving applications focus. I simply can’t count the number of times I’ve been typing away
Continue readingMicrosoft Unveils New “Windows” Logo for Windows 8
Microsoft have clearly unleashed a 1st year GCSE Graphic Design student on their Windows logo and she has crapped out this supposedly minimalist (read: lazy) monstrosity:
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