About Rob Hawkes

Rob (@robhawkes) thrives on solving problems through code. He’s addicted to visual programming, and can’t get enough of HTML5 canvas. Most of his waking life is spent working on crazy projects involving all sorts of new and exciting technologies, both on-line and off. Aside from his practical work, Rob is the author of Foundation HTML5 Canvas, which is all about making games with the new Web technology. He works for Mozilla as a Technical Evangelist, which puts him in the fortunate position of being able to work on his hobbies full time and still feed himself.

Link: Control component set : dat.gui

dat.gui is a cool JavaScript ilbrary that gives you a control panel for manipulating variables and calling functions in your code. It’s lightweight and simple to implement – just a few lines of code. Control panels like this are a … Continue reading →

JS question? Ask Mozilla’s expert panel

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Rob Hawkes

Ask MDN is a new initiative that I’m working on at Mozilla. It’s an event that will happen on Twitter for 1 hour each week, allowing developers like us to ask questions to a hand-picked panel of experts. Every week … Continue reading →