I have had a few conversations recently with people asking about tools and resources so I thought I would put a post together pooling a few things together.

HTML5

I have come across a really useful video on the state of HTML 5 and what can be used now. This includes some great thoughts on how we can be using the new tags without depending on JavaScript for IE.

• http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/video.php?v=yuiconf2010-tantek

Also for those who haven't already come across HTML5 boilerplate, take some time to browse through the source.

• http://html5boilerplate.com/

JavaScript

Here's our solution for splitting out JavaScript in to separate files for development work. Rivet includes a console app which will combine them for use in a live environment.

https://davetayls.me/blog/2010/12/15/rivet-advanced-js-combiner-v2-released/

We run all our JavaScript through a validation process using jsLint. Go to http://www.jslint.com for more details on the validator itself. Here are a couple of useful articles on getting it integrated with Visual Studio and build scripts.

• https://davetayls.me/blog/2010/05/25/including-jslint-in-your-validation-using-nant-batch-files-or-ajax/
• https://davetayls.me/blog/2010/07/09/add-jslint-checking-to-visual-studio/

We use Google Closure compiler in our build scripts to minify the JavaScript:

• http://code.google.com/closure/compiler/

A great video series on the JavaScript Language

• http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/video.php?v=crockonjs-1
• http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/video.php?v=crockonjs-2
• http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/video.php?v=crockonjs-3
• http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/video.php?v=crockonjs-4
• http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/video.php?v=crockonjs-5

JS for people who have done C#

• http://enterprisejquery.com/2010/10/how-good-c-habits-can-encourage-bad-javascript-habits-part-1/
• http://enterprisejquery.com/2010/10/how-good-c-habits-can-encourage-bad-javascript-habits-part-2/
• http://enterprisejquery.com/2010/10/how-good-c-habits-can-encourage-bad-javascript-habits-part-3/

CSS

We use YUI Compressor in our build scripts to minify the CSS:

• http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/compressor/

IE hasLayout:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb250481(VS.85).aspx
• http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/onhavinglayout.html

Build Tools

NAnt is a free .NET build tool. In theory it is kind of like make without make's wrinkles. In practice it's a lot like Ant.

• http://nant.sourceforge.net/