Mike West works and plays on the internet. Currently working as a software engineer on Google's Chrome team in Munich, he tries to make the web platform marginally less insecure than it generally is. Drop him an email at mike@mikewest.org follow him on Twitter or circle him on Google+
Yesterday at the Silicon Valley GTUG meetup, I gave a presentation introducing the IndexedDB API. I’ve thrown the slides on Slideshare, but the transcription there is absolutely miserable. I’ll reproduce it here in a readable format, and add a few notes where appropriate.
One question you’re almost certainly not asking yourself is “What’s Mike West been up to?” That’s a shame, really, as I’ve got some projects floating around that I’m proud of, and that I’d like to share with you. Moreover, I’d like to point out the project documentation pages that I’ve put together as a meta-project; I think it’s worth your time to take a look.
One of the few tools that I consider truly indispensable when developing websites is JSLint. Too bad it’s almost impossible to contribute back to the project, and that the project’s run by someone who “will hurt your feelings.”
Progressive enhancement of our sites and applications has become a relatively well accepted best practice for web development. This article outlines a technique I’ve used successfully to ensure that core functionality is available without JavaScript, while maintaining a quality experience for the majority of users with JavaScript enabled.
Apropos of nothing, a few CSS tips that have nothing to do with browser incompatibilities, and everything to do with your own sanity when dealing with code you’ve written.
Pagination is a basic building block of the web, but it’s often implemented with markup that makes it less accessible than it ought to be. Here, I’ve outlined my preferred solution to the problem.