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Kyle Neath was the first designer hired at GitHub. He has had a hand in most of the projects shipped during that time (the website, GitHub Issues, GitHub for Mac, and others). Kyle is a master of his tools and takes a practical approach to design. Rather than focusing solely...

It’s Part 2 of Full Stack Node.js! In Part 1 we started building a real-time menu system for a pie shop. In this 80 minute conclusion, we continue our deep dive into Node.js, the Express web framework, Mocha tests, the CoffeeScript language, and Socket.io real-time push.

Node.js is one of the fastest dynamic language implementations available today. While useful for all kinds of scripting, it excels at building web applications. But assembling a full stack of models, controllers, views, tests, and client-side assets isn’t comprehensively documented anywhere. And books on the topic have been repeatedly delayed....

Jim Weirich is the author of the ubiquitous Rake build tool for Ruby. He’s the Chief Scientist at EdgeCase and is a popular speaker and teacher. Given Jim’s proven skills in designing APIs for programmers, we wanted to see him design an API from scratch in real time. We gave...

Aaron Patterson (@tenderlove) is one of Ruby’s most respected and loved programmers. He’s a committer to both Ruby and Ruby on Rails. He also has an epic sense of humor. In this Play by Play video, we gave Aaron the task of writing a Rails app that queries GitHub and...

Browser caching is one of the least understood features of HTML5, but can make a dramatic improvement in your users’ experience of your website. It can speed up your site for both online and offline applications, desktop and mobile. The syntax for using local storage and offline caching is simple,...

The Git source code control system is a beautifully engineered piece of software. But using it can often be rough. Trying to use it day to day can be confusing, especially since a few commands conceal dozens of useful features. We learn a lot by watching other developers work, and...

by Geoffrey Grosenbach. Graphics by Paula Lavalle. Music by Giles Bowkett. Previously: Backbone Part I Backbone Part II Backbone.js is a capable framework for building client-side applications. But even with method-by-method documentation, the details of how to actually build full-featured, useful applications can be elusive.

Ryan Singer designs user interfaces at 37signals. In Part I, he thought through several user interface problems with pen and paper. In this 75 minute video, he builds a prototype with HTML/CSS. He also uses Rails 3.1 and the Vim text editor, but you don’t need to know either to...

Ryan Singer designs user interfaces at 37signals. We flew to Chicago to learn how he works…first hand. We gave him a small task and watched him design a user interface out loud and on paper. The result is possibly the most insightful, educational, and thought provoking video we’ve produced so...