Author Archives: Sam Dutton

About Sam Dutton

I am a Developer Advocate for Google Chrome. I grew up in rural South Australia, went to university in Sydney, and have lived since 1986 in London, England. Twitter: @SW12

Search Shakespeare

Posted on 19 February, 2019

Fast search for the complete plays, poems and sonnets of Shakespeare (including locations and stage directions) using data derived from the PlayShakespeare project. Continue reading →

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A manifesto for teaching web development

Posted on 4 June, 2018

Ten principles for teaching HTML, CSS and JavaScript to absolute beginners. Continue reading →

Posted in HTML, Uncategorized, Web development | 4 Comments

JavaScript linting: moving from JSHint and JSCS to ESLint

Posted on 14 October, 2015

JSHint and JSCS are both brilliant JavaScript linting tools, but ESLint provides more functionality than both of them combined. It’s quick, too. This post is a quick guide to moving from JSHint and JSCS to ESLint. Continue reading →

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Search Google developer videos

Posted on 1 August, 2015

I built a prototype API and application for searching Google developer video transcripts and metadata: shearch.me?q=webrtc simpl.info/s      Why? 1. I work for a search company. 2. More and more content online is video. 3. Video is inherently opaque to textual … Continue reading →

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High performance HTML

Posted on 2 April, 2015

How can you improve the performance of web pages? Most developers look to JavaScript, images and other kinds of optimisation.

Poor old HTML gets neglected despite being the core language of the web.

In this article you’ll learn how to write clean, concise HTML that enables you to create content that loads fast and works well across a variety of devices. In the process, you’ll learn how to build sites and apps that are easier to debug and maintain. Continue reading →

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Media Newsletter: audio, video and realtime communications

Posted on 6 March, 2015

I’ll be publishing a monthly roundup of news about media tech. Sign up at bit.ly/signupmedia. Archive at medianews.me.

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Fundamentals of video on mobile

Posted on 1 July, 2014

Watch my Google I/O video: Fundamentals of video on mobile: Responsive media Coping with variable connectivity Accessibility and fallbacks Formats and codecs    

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