Sergio Pereira

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• Language Envy - hash literals

  It's easy to let a small language feature go unnoticed. The more I spend time writing JavaScript and Ruby, the more one little detail shows itself loud and clear when I go back to my trusty C# (well, it shows itself by not being absent, if that makes... Posted Jan 05 2009, 02:38 AM by sergiopereira with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: .NET, Ruby, Series, JavaScript, Language Envy

• jQuery Character Table

  The other day I was looking for the HTML code for the ⌘ (in case you can't see it, that's the command key symbol), found in mac keyboards. It was not the first time I was looking for the HTML code for one of those funky characters. I remember... Posted Dec 29 2008, 07:31 PM by sergiopereira with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Tips & Tricks, JavaScript

• Thank you LCNUG

  Thanks to the brave souls that ignored the incredibly exaggerated Winter storm warnings and insane weather forecast for last night. These folks came to the LCNUG meeting and were home before the first snow flake hit the ground. Also, thanks LCNUG for... Posted Dec 19 2008, 08:18 AM by sergiopereira with | with no comments Filed under: .NET, JavaScript, Community

• Talk: JavaScript - Beyond the Curly Braces

  Next week I'll be speaking at the Lake County .NET Users' Group , in Grayslake, IL. The topic will be something that is near and dear to me and which I have talked and written about quite a number of times. If you live in the North 'burbs... Posted Dec 09 2008, 12:09 PM by sergiopereira with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: .NET, JavaScript, Announcement, Community

• Don't tell me you did that with JavaScript

  This week I experienced something that made me feel more confident about the viability of JavaScript as a first-class language in ASP.NET development. And I'm not talking about JavaScript's capabilities — those I have re-discovered long... Posted Aug 22 2008, 04:35 PM by sergiopereira with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: .NET, JavaScript

• Interview for the Prototype blog

  Recently, Tobie Langel from the Prototype blog asked me to answer a few questions about Prototype.js and my involvement with it. The interview has been posted today . The folks in the Prototype team have been producing some wicked cool code for a while... Posted May 13 2008, 09:03 PM by sergiopereira with | with no comments Filed under: JavaScript

• JavaScript: The Good Parts - book review

  I just finished reading Douglas Crockford's JavaScript: The Good Parts and it only took me a few hours to go through it this weekend. This is a short and delightful read. The book has not been released in print yet and I read it via O'Reilly's... Posted May 11 2008, 05:48 PM by sergiopereira with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: JavaScript, book, review

• Give JavaScript a chance

  Let me be the first one to admit taking way too much time to give in and embrace JavaScript. This language is arguably one of the most widely deployed and most misunderstood at the same time. There must be an award somewhere for this amazing feat. I don't... Posted May 03 2008, 01:37 AM by sergiopereira with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: Development, JavaScript