Dev Derby Articles
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Interview: Vanco Stojkov, winner of the No JavaScript Challenge
Vanco Stojkov won the highly contested No JavaScript Challenge with Honey Pursuit: Yet Another Love Saga, his wonderful bee-inspired open Web game. Amazingly, Honey Pursuit does not use a single line of JavaScript, but instead exploits the growing power of HTML and CSS to manage everything from keeping score to hit detection. I recently had […]
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Announcing the September Dev Derby winners!
Last month, web developers young and old showed us what they could do with Geolocation in the September Dev Derby contest. After looking through the entries, our three expert judges–David Walsh, Joe Stagner and John Hammink–have decided on our top picks. Not a contestant? There are many other reasons to be excited. Most importantly, all […]
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Announcing the August Dev Derby winners!
Last month, you pushed the envelope with the Camera API in the August Dev Derby competition. After looking through the entries, our three expert judges–David Walsh, Joe Stagner and (filling in for John Hammink this month) yours truly–have decided on our top five picks. Not a contestant? There are other reasons to be excited. Most […]
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Interview: Paul Brunt, WebGL Dev Derby winner
Paul Brunt won the WebGL Dev Derby with SnappyTree, his incredibly powerful (and even a little addicting) 3D tree designer. SnappyTree provides a wonderful example of what we can do with the Web today — it even has an export function for using your trees in native applications (move over Blender), not that we will […]
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Announcing the No JavaScript Challenge (July Dev Derby) winners!
What can I say? Wow. The No JavaScript Challenge was absolutely incredible. It was our most successful Dev Derby yet, and by far. You shared more than seventy amazing demos of what you can do without touching a single line of JavaScript. More than seventy amazing demos of how powerful declarative markup can be. That’s […]
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Interview: Ondřej Žára, Websockets Dev Derby winner
Ondřej Žára achieved a first in the Websockets Dev Derby this past May. In one month, he won three spots in the top five: a finalist spot for Collaborative Draw, third place for Atoms, and first place for Just Spaceships!. I recently had the chance to learn more about Ondras, his work, and his thoughts […]
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Announcing the June Dev Derby winners!
Last month, creative web developers from around the world showed us what they could do with WebGL in the June Dev Derby competition. After looking through the entries, our three expert judges—Guillermo Rauch, Peter Lubbers, and Rob Hawkes—have decided on three winners and two runners-up. Not a contestant? There are other reasons to be excited. […]
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Interview: Jay Salvat, Audio Dev Derby winner
Jay Salvat won the Audio Dev Derby with Buzz demo, his wonderful children’s game powered by the open web. Using a JavaScript library that he wrote himself, Jay demonstrated that web audio can be not only useful, but also practical and even engaging. Recently, I had the opportunity to learn more about Jay: his work, […]
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Announcing the May Dev Derby winners!
Last month, ten excellent WebSocket demos were shared in the May Dev Derby competition. After looking through the entries, our three expert judges—Guillermo Rauch, Peter Lubbers, and Rob Hawkes—have decided on three winners and three runners-up. You don’t have to be a contestant to get excited. Because these demos are completely open-source, they provide wonderful […]
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Announcing the April Dev Derby winners!
Last month, more than twenty amazing HTML5 audio demos were shared in the April Dev Derby competition. After looking through the entries, our three new expert judges—Peter Lubbers, Rob Hawkes, and (filling in for Guillermo this month) Chris Heilmann—have decided on three winners and two runners-up. You don’t have to be a contestant to get […]