ScriptJunkie Launches!

Earlier this week a new site launched on the Microsoft Developer Network named ScriptJunkie. ScriptJunkie is a site geared solely at client side development and is surprisingly* unbiased given that it is on a Microsoft run network. There is no assumption that the readers are using Visual Studio or developing on PC, etc. It is a new resource for client side developers to learn from industry leaders like Christian Heilmann, Elijah Manor, Emily Lewis, Juriy Zaytsev and others about the latest and greatest practices and techniques.

* Or unsurprisingly for those who have followed Microsoft’s ongoing efforts to reach out to the development community and embrace open technology.

A little info from their about page reveals the goal of the site:

By providing solutions-based articles, videos and code samples, developers will be able to have a concise resource to go to for the latest in web application development techniques.

There have already been a number of great articles posted on ScriptJunkie, but here are two to get you started:

• “How to Debug Your jQuery Code” by Elijah Manor
• “Be a CSS Team Player: CSS Best Practices for Team-Based Development” by Emily Lewis

I feel very privileged to have been asked to contribute some articles to ScriptJunkie as well! If you are feeling up to learning about the jQuery UI Widget Factory, I’d love you to check out my first SJ article: “Introduction to Stateful Plugins and the Widget Factory”.

Do we need “another” resource?

In a world where our RSS readers are overflowing with “content,” it becomes difficult to embrace newly launched sites. I think ScriptJunkie is a site that is worth embracing. Though it has just launched, the material already present on the site reflects a wealth of techniques and information for any client side developer. I hope you will take a moment to check it out, and even give some feedback to Microsoft about what you want to see covered on the site.

What do you think? Are you excited to see Microsoft embrace and support the client side development community? Are there topics not yet covered on ScriptJunkie you feel are really important? Be sure to leave a comment with your thoughts!