Author Zack Grossbart

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Zack Grossbart is an engineer, designer, and author. He’s an Architecting Engineer and Human Factors Specialist at Micro Focus where he focuses on enterprise identity and security. Zack began loading DOS from a floppy disk when he was five years old. He’s been getting paid to code since he was 15 and started his first software company when he was 16. Zack lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife and daughter.

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Writing Unit Tests For WordPress Plugins

March 7, 2012 — When my WordPress plugin had only three users, it didn’t matter much if I broke it. By the time I reached 100,000 downloads, every new update made my palms sweat. My first goal for the WordPress Editorial Calendar was to make it do anything useful. I was new to JavaScript … Read More…

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Web-Drawing Throwdown: Paper.js Vs. Processing.js Vs. Raphael

February 22, 2012 — Paper.js, Processing.js and Raphaël are the leading libraries for drawing on the Web right now. A couple of others are up and coming, and you can always use Flash, but these three work well with HTML5 and have the widest support among browser vendors. Read More…

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How To Create Web Animations With Paper.js

November 21, 2011 — The Web is just starting to use animation well. For years, animated GIFs and Flash ruled. Text moved and flashed, but it was never seamless. Animations had boxes around them like YouTube videos. HTML5 canvas changes everything about Web animation. Read More…

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Searchable Dynamic Content With AJAX Crawling

September 27, 2011 — Google Search likes simple, easy-to-crawl websites. You like dynamic websites that show off your work and that really pop. But search engines can’t run your JavaScript. That cool AJAX routine that loads your content is hurting your SEO. Google’s robots parse HTML with ease; … Read More…