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    • GET GOLINGO
    Hey! Go play Golingo, our new mindbending wordgame for the iPhone made with HTML5, CSS3 & JavaScript!
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    We have designed a course on JavaScript RIA development for Linnaeus University in Kalmar, Sweden. These post tells the story of our efforts trying to wrench advanced JavaScript theory into the conservative world of Academia.

    The main focus of Krawaller is to utilize our existing web technology skills in creating smartphone applications, mainly targetting iPhone and Android.

    In our never-ending quest to better ourselves in the frontend field, we rely quite heavily on our well-stocked bookshelf. Here we share reviews of our latest acquisitions!

    Our first major foray into mobile applications was Golingo, a lovingly crafted word game made with web technologies. Read up below on what the game is about, the creation, and where to snoop through the open-sourced (!) code.

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    Krawaller's iPad design flow - productivity app recommendations

    Reviewing our favourite iPad productivity apps!

    While waiting for my younger brother to post some long-promised content, I thought I'd give a quick overview of our design flow iPad usage. When I first got my pad, I bought it mainly as a testing device, not really anticipating to use it as an actual productivity tool. Because let's face it, in what fields could it possibly bester my trusted MacBook Pro? 

    In quite a few, as it turned out! Obvious...

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    Book review - JavaScript Patterns

    Does Stoyan Stefanov's latest book deserve a place on the bookshelf of a JavaScript ninja, in spite of having a partridge on the cover? Read on to find out!

    Back in April, Yahoo's JavaScript guru Stoyan Stefanov set a very ambitious goal for himself; to publish 5 books before the end of the year. An amazing feat, even when accounting for his generous definition of the task.

    So, how did he fare? Well:

    1. His "High Performance WebSites for dummies...

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    Book review - JavaScript Testing

    Reviewing Packt's latest offering on JavaScript testing. Ninja lore or newbie lark? Find out here!

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    Before we start off, I must admit to my purchase being a badly researched one. I saw the title of this book glancing by in a Packt ("Since you bought X you might be interested in Y") email, and clicked the Purchase button before realising that this book has absolutely nothing to do with Test-driven JavaScript Development that I was really...

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    Book review - High Performance JavaScript

    Is the town of JavaScript performance big enough for both Souders & Zakas? Can High Performance JavaScript hold its own against Even Faster Websites? Catch the captivating conclusion here!

    Is the town of JavaScript performance big enough for both Souders & Zakas? Can the newly released book High Performance JavaScript hold its own against the established bible Even Faster Websites? Catch the captivating conclusion here!

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    Nicholas Zakas...

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    Book review - Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS and JavaScript

    Just how good is Jonathan Stark's new book on iPhone web app development? Find out here!

    I've just finished Building iPhone Apps by Jonathan Stark, and what an excellent read it is! My little brother has spent ages and ages trawling docs and blogs and forums, gathering the knowledge he needed to bester objective C with JavaScript. I had pretty much given up on the hope of ever catching up with him, but thanks to mr Stark we can now do it in just...

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