Earlier this week I ran a new grunt script that bundles and minimizes JavaScript. I copied the grunt configuration from another project because I am lazy. When

Recently I was listening to the Web Ahead podcast with Jen Simmons and Scott Jehl. The conversation revolves around modern web development in particular respons

Shark Tank is one of my favorite shows, it appeals to my inner entrepreneur. Recently ABC created a spin off show, Beyond the Tank, where they follow some of th

Web developers, especially enterprise web developers, create data entry forms everyday. Unfortunately most never consider the science behind good form design an

Earlier this year CODE Magazine published an article I authored encouraging the use of MicroJS libraries instead of large frameworks. One question I attempted t

I was listening to last week's Windows Weekly, Back From Build, and they hosts were talking about what Microsoft needs to do to encourage more adoption of its c

Today large JavaScript frameworks are all popular, but are they healthy? When we eat fast food 🍔🍟🍕 we get fat and slow & so do our websites.

Lately I have been reading more and more recommendations for isomorphic JavaScript in single page applications (SPAs). My last Blog post was a response to some

Recently there has been some high profile chatter promoting server-side rendering over client-side rendering. The argument made by Peter-Paul Koch and Tim Kadle

Last week Bank of America and Chase announced they are killing their Windows Phone native applications. The reason stated is lack of use. Does this mean Windows

A couple of weeks ago I sat down and had another conversation with Carl and Richard for DotNetRocks. This time we intended to talk about a mobile first developm

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Please Go Listen to DotNetRocks Episode 1075 SPA Using Knockout With Steve SandersonChristmas break is a great time of year for me. I get some time to separate

I love my Surface Pro, but since purchasing my Pro 3 in early August I have had chronic Wifi issues. In particular the Wifi fails to connect when coming out of

Modern web development means you spend a lot of time reading and writing JavaScript objects or JSON. It is easy enough to write and read these objects in most d

If you have read this Blog, my book, reviewed my code, worked with me or attended one of my presentations you know Grunt is a must have tool for modern web deve

Earlier this week I spent some time with Carl and Richard to record a DotNetRocks episode about modern web development. It just happened to be episode 1024, how

Setting up my new Surface Pro means having to install all the software and tools I need to get my work done. As a web developer this includes node, grunt and ot

As software development matures customer expectations rise, application complexity increases and the ability to have a 'full stack' developer an impossibility.

Over the past couple of years I have nibbled about enterprise mobility issues on this blog. Over same time I have talked to multiple enterprises about adopting

Grunt is a fantastic tool to automate JavaScript and CSS bundling and minification tasks. In this article we will learn to use Grunt uglify plugin in our project to bundle & minify JavaScript & CSS files.