Monthly Archives: May 2011

Build smarter, not harder

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Josh Matthews

I spent the past six weeks roaming around Europe with a netbook, and used that time productively to get some work done on Firefox. Part of that involved building on Windows for the first time, and experiencing the joy of … Continue reading →

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JS runnables: now with less boilerplate

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Josh Matthews

Actually, this little trick has been possible for at least a year and a half since I fixed the enhancement request, but I don’t believe it’s common knowledge. When writing something like someEventTarget.dispatch({ run: function() { … }), you can … Continue reading →

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