Tag Archives: javascript
Firefox Ethology
Barely related: I’ve written a design document (of sorts) for my implementation of web workers in GWT. Like the library itself, the document is fairly rough, but it does give a pretty good overview of the current state of things. … Continue reading
On Web Workers, GWT, and a New Physics Demo
That original proof of concept gwtBox2d demo has slowly evolved along with the rest of the GWTns library. Though only a small portion of the original code remains, it has ended up being a pretty great stress test for new … Continue reading
On the Behavior of 2d Transformations in Internet Explorer, Part 2
Unsurprisingly, the last post ran overlong. I’ll endeavor to stick to code and equations wherever possible, as they are generally faster for me to write and you to parse. Amateur-hour Illustrator work takes a little longer. All previous provisos still … Continue reading
On the Behavior of 2d Transformations in Internet Explorer
In my work on the box2d and web worker modules in gwtns, I’ve needed the ability to put things up on the screen. To really make sure I was doing the word “overkill” justice, I decided to use my old … Continue reading
Web Worker Example: The Rationals
The Web Worker library I’m writing for GWT is getting to the point that it needs some examples. At least one of them needs to be simple enough that what is being done doesn’t distract from how it’s being done. You can see various examples … Continue reading
I love Firefox 3.6 loves Workers
This post is late (of course), but I wanted to put in a plug for Firefox 3.6. Tremendous, tremendous work has been done since 3.5 and it all shows. In many ways the drumbeat doesn’t even need to be codified … Continue reading
This page best viewed with a quad-core CPU
[Update: this demo has evolved quite a bit and now has some actual interactivity and a few more options. See the updated version here.] I wanted to post the simple demo I mentioned in the last entry, compiled against the … Continue reading
gwtBox2d, Worker Threads, and SpiderMonkey
I’m going to try and keep this update short so that I actually finish editing it and it can be published. I’ve also been inspired by David Humphrey’s recent posts about his work to expose <audio> data in Firefox (and his efforts … Continue reading
Rip Van Winkle
Just saw this slide about Javascript engine speed in the video of Google’s latest Campfire One. Apologies for the youtube screengrab. I left for the Family Islands of The Bahamas (and $.10/MB internet) in the summer of 2006. I came … Continue reading
Transformable DOM elements in GWT
In high school, any time I was bored in class I usually turned to programming my graphing calculator. I’m not sure what fancy compiler software they have now (TI doesn’t seem to be in a rush to update the hardware, … Continue reading