JavaScriptr

A blog about JavaScript and other web development technologies

Most templating languages suck Ok, if your like me then you hate all templating langauges- they suck, they really suck. I hate them because I hate the rules they enforce upon me, they are slow, and they slow me down. Because of this, usually I end up making code that looks like this: UGLY: function display(data) { var output = "<div>" + data.text + "</div>"; ...

Jonathan Snook has a great article on 24ways.org about creating an Adobe Air application using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. This is a great way for web developers who don't know much or don't care about Flash to get started. I'd like to push this further by creating a desktop app that can also live on the web. Maybe even communicate with the desktop version. You can check out Snook's article ...