All posts tagged with 'javascript'
Mission jQuery Zero: How FreeAgent removed jQuery from our application
Just over 3 years ago FreeAgent was running with 4 front-end frameworks, Stimulus, React with Redux, Rails UJS and jQuery and we were about to start adding Turbo to the stack. Running all these different frameworks was not sustainable and we chose to reduce our number of dependencies and first up was jQuery. We called this our legendary jQuery code, code that had helped us grow a business and provide… Continue reading
Hiding Elements on the Web
For many of us the word hiding has visual connotations. But remember that the web is perceived both visually and non-visually. In this talk, Laurence Hughes from our Design System team explains that hiding is a tricky front-end development technique, used for both user interface experiences and accessibility-related purposes. He also provides some tips on how we can avoid doing DIY hiding completely. https://youtu.be/AZ6uw4KCOQA Continue reading
A brief history of mobile
It's been a year since we launched our mobile app! In March 2015 we launched FreeAgent Mobile for iOS. Initially limited to a small feature set, we quickly added new things over the next couple of months: expenses and mileage rebilling, updating and explaining bank transactions, and linking expenses and transactions to projects. In January 2016 we launched our Android version (with the same feature set as iOS), and more… Continue reading
CoffeeScript with jQuery sprinkles
This is part two of a two part intro to CoffeeScript. part one part two So my last article on CoffeeScript certainly seemed to provoke some thought. Some of you even found it useful, which is all sorts of awesome. If you haven't had a look at that article, I'd advise doing that first, as this one builds on it. There is one more thing I’d like to touch on… Continue reading
! ‘CoffeeScript: two sugars, no bitter aftertaste’
This is part one of a two part intro to CoffeeScript. part one part two The FreeAgent web application runs on Rails, and around the corner for us is an upgrade to Rails 3.1. This will bring many benefits to performance, but one of the things I'm most excited about is the asset pipeline. This makes JS and CSS assets first-class Rails citizens, and as a bonus, allows us built-in… Continue reading