JavaScript - Ian Thomas

Safer Programming With Types

As a dynamic programming language with a preference for coercion, JavaScript has a reputation for allowing us to do some odd things with unintended consequences. Some people introduce static types to help combat some of these issues but there's also another way.

reactjs

Autobinding, React and ES6 Classes

Moving from React 0.12 to 0.13 has seen us at Ticket Arena embrace many of the new features ES6 brings to JavaScript. We've been using Babel and Webpack to ensure we maintain browser compatibility while getting access to as many of the new features as possible. In particular,

Social Media

Tracking Social Engagement with Google Analytics

Google Analytics has recently introduced Social Interaction Tracking, a way to record and measure user interactions with social media buttons. While it has been possible to track social interactions using Events, there is now a dedicated section that makes analysing Social actions even easier. This post shows you how to

Social Media

Get people to like your Facebook page using gated content

One of the challenges that faces owners of Facebook Pages is the need to get visitors coming back. It can cost a lot of time, energy and money to get users returning to your page but thankfully Facebook has a feature that can make it easier to stay in touch,