Yahoo! User Interface Blog (YUIBlog)

YUI: Open Hours Thurs Feb 16th

Yeti update

Reid has freed up some time for Yeti development recently, and there are some worthwhile updates to broadcast in the world of automated JavaScript testing. There have been the standard issue bug fixes and enhancements, of course, but during the hour, we’ll talk about some of the more important changes, including:

• the new iframeless design
• the new ability to share a testing hub with a team of developers, and
• how to follow development and when to expect a release

Time & Details

We’ll be online on Thursday from 10am to 11am PST.

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YUI: Open Hours Thurs Feb 9th

Checking in with Dav Glass

It’s been a while since we checked in with Dav Glass. You know he’s always good for some interesting innovation, and it’s about time to get a report on the new shiny (or green-on-black) stuff he’s been working on for the last few months.

Since Dav took over Loader, he’s been pretty busy doing the usual thing of adding test coverage and improving performance, but there are a few new things on top of that that are worth noting. Otherwise, he’s made some updates to the YUI core and npm packages to make YUI development even easier in Node.js. And, knowing him, he probably has a few more rabbits to pull out of a few more beanies.

Recording

The recording is available in the YUILibrary YouTube channel.

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YUI Theater — Gonzalo Cordero: “Yahoo! Local Mobile Case Study” (33 min.)

In this talk from YUIConf 2011, Yahoo! frontend engineer Gonzalo Cordero (@goonieiam) reveals how Yahoo! Local used YUI 3 to develop their iOS app using a native Objective-C wrapper with HTML5 and YUI running in a UIWebView. He argues that there’s no such thing as a desktop web and a mobile web — there’s just “the web”, and YUI is the perfect framework for people who want to write web apps that run everywhere.

Links

• View in HD on YouTube
• Full YUIConf 2011 Playlist on YouTube

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YUI: Open Hours Thurs Feb 2nd

3.5.0pr2 is available

We deployed the second 3.5.0 preview release right on time, celebrated for a couple minutes, then went back to work on PR3, which will be the gating preview before 3.5.0 GA in mid-March.

But we’ll stop to take a breath and highlight some of the changes in PR2. You’ve read the short list on the release blog post, so join us for a little more detail and probably some live tinkering.

As is the case with all preview releases, we’re eager to get your feedback and any bugs you find. Or if you’re note yet convinced to give it a try before the GA, maybe we can convince you.

Recording

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YUI 3.5.0 PR2 Is Now Available

YUI 3.5.0 Preview Release 2 has been released to the developer community for feedback and testing. It is now available on the Yahoo! CDN at yui.yahooapis.com/3.5.0pr2/build/yui/yui-min.js, or as a download if you plan to test it locally.

The rollup of 3.5.0 changes introduced up until PR2 is available on our GitHub Wiki. You can also review the list of tickets that were resolved in this release.

Work-in-progress user guides and API docs for 3.5.0 can be found on our staging site, but beware that these docs may be incomplete or even broken, since this is where we test new stuff. Official docs for the latest stable release can always be found on our production site, yuilibrary.com.

Some highlights in this release include:

• New HTML5 File Uploader with Flash fallback
• Major DataTable refactor. If you’re a DataTable user, please read the user guide for details about API changes.
• CSS Button, Button and ButtonGroup modules
• Many bug fixes and feature enhancements for App Framework components

To file bugs against this release, please visit our bug tracking system. If you’d like to provide input on these and future modules, the ongoing discussions on various topics relating to the 3.5.0 release are happening on our GitHub wiki.

We will release YUI 3.5.0 GA in mid-March. Happy testing!

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YUI Theater — Derek Gathright: “Why YUI?” (27 min.)

In this talk from YUIConf 2011, YUI engineer and former jQuery user Derek Gathright (@derek) explains why you should consider using YUI to build your web apps. In particular, he stresses how YUI is designed to serve as an extensible set of building blocks (like Legos) and not just a collection of ready-to-use components (like pre-molded plastic toy cars).

Links

• View in HD on YouTube
• Full YUIConf 2011 Playlist on YouTube

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YUI Theater — Ryan Cannon: “There is no off-season: NFL.com’s move to YUI” (42 min.)

NFL.com’s Ryan Cannon (@rcanine) joined us at YUIConf 2011 to share the story of why NFL.com chose YUI over jQuery, how they migrated a large codebase from Prototype to YUI 3 on a tight schedule, and how they use YUI to create websites and mobile apps for one of the world’s most popular sports leagues.

Links

• View in HD on YouTube
• Slides
• Full YUIConf 2011 Playlist on YouTube

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