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bocoup builds & scales progressively enhanced JavaScript, HTML5 & CSS3 applications, frameworks & visualizations for tomorrow's WWW.
Client Projects
Below is a selection of our recent commercial consulting work.
Microsoft
We developed websocket and hardware accellorated canvas demos for the IE 10 and Windows 8 web platform team. View our work on IE Testdrive.
Subatomic
We worked with Gradient Studios to port the top ten iPad game Field Runners to HTML5 on behalf of Subatomic Studios. We used WebGL to achieve amazing 3D explosions, and WebAudio to achieve awesome real time synthesized sound effects. Install it now in chrome!
We worked with the Google Chrome team to improve the Web Audio API and develop tools for testing it.
Mozilla Foundation
Mozilla engaged Bocoup to work with Mozilla and CDOT to design and develop Popcorn.js, the new JavaScript Library for HTML5 Video. Bocoup continues to be an active member of the Popcorn.js community.
Cirrus Gmail App
We developed this Chrome extension and Firefox addon for the Cirrus Insight Gmail app, integrating Salesforce into Gmail. The app quickly became the numer 2 paid app i
Pixable
We built a responsive mobile web and desktop JavaScript application for Pixable, the social photo discovery tool. Visit the app here a
Brightcove
We worked closely with Brightcove to provide early feedback on the Brightcove App Cloud, an app platform for building native iOS and Android apps with HTML5, and used it to develop an HTML5 based iOS and Android application for a Brightcove customer.
Walmart
We developed a HTML5 mobile checkout software for Walmart's in store checkout app.
Ebay
Ebay engaged us to help the paypal group adopt new open technologies, open source workflows, and develop new products.
Newsweek
We worked with the Newsweek.com team to develop the Career Tree visualization, a cross browser, cross platform SVG/VML career visualization for Desktop, Mobile and Tablet. Read our weblog post about this project.
CloudKick
We developed this HTML5 <canvas> & ProcessingJS real-time server monitoring visualization tool for Cloudkick, the cloud management company. As seen on hacks.mozilla.org. [view demo]
Disney
We train Disney's engineers on using jQuery for internal and customer facing products across the organization.
Intuit
We train Intuits' engineers on using HTML5 for their customer facing products.
Mathworks
We developed curriculum and implemented open web training for Mathworks.
Network Solutions
We trained Network Solutions' engineers on using jQuery for internal projects.
Hasbro
We worked with Hasbro to improve internal management software, and business to business applications that use jQuery.
ESPN
We worked with ESPN to improve internal workflow software, and consumer facing applications that use jQuery.
Training
We offer comprehensive beginner and advanced jQuery, JavaScript and HTML5 training onsite and at The Bocoup Loft in Boston, MA.
Check out some of our latest course offerings:
- Comprehensive jQuery Training
- Building Web Applications with Backbone (New!)
- HTML5 For Programmers Workshop
- HTML5 Crash Course (New!)
The Loft
Bocoup's offices are located in the Bocoup loft, which is also home to coworking and bi-monthly lectures on subjects of JavaScript, Python, Web app development and entrepreneurship.
Coworking at the loft
A downtown boston coworking facility for technologists and hackers with plenty of bandwidth, plenty server space and other smart people.
Just for fun
A selection of some of the projects we've done Just for fun
Data URI
Data URI is a simple tool that uses native drag 'n drop events and the FileReader API to convert files into Data URIs.
[visit site]Etherpads Chrome App
Etherpads is a simple utility for chrome that keeps track of every etherpad you interact with. Etherpads runs in the background and analyzing each web page you visit. When you visit an etherpad, Etherpads remembers it for you.
[Install App]CSS3 Please
CSS3 Please is a cross-Browser CSS3 rule generator. We supported this small community project that grew out of the #jQuery channel on irc.freenode.net with documentation of browser support by browser version, and some sensible styles for the page.
[visit site]wantsforherbirthday.com
Wantsforherbirthday.com & Wantsforhisbirthday.com let people create their birthday lists on vanity domains like: http://presentsthat.leslie.wantsforhisbirthday.com. Make sure to sign up and try out the whish list Listmarklet, a bookmarklet for adding things to your list from any website
[visit site]Mandelbrot & Valentine
Here are two of the many toys we have made as exercises in browser hacking. Open the Mandelbrot in more than one window at the same time, and over lap them. Open the Valentine in Internet Explorer, and shake it to get a present.
[view mandelbrot] | [view valentine]Gul.ly
We worked on a url shortener for part of a client’s product, and decided we needed to get a short domain to put up our own little service.
[visit site]Weblog
The Bocoup web log is home to posts from the Bocoup staff covering code, business, and other Bocoup news.
Open Source
Below are some of the open source projects that Bocoup has produced and has been contributing to.
jQuery
We are actively contributing to the jQuery JavaScript library through community support, bug triage and fixing and new feature development.
source | view docs | visit sitejQuery UI
We are actively contributing to jQuery UI- the widget, interactions and effects library for jQuery- through project management, bug fixing, new feature development, and community development.
source | view docs | visit sitePopcorn.js
We are working on the development of Popcorn.js, the HTML5 video framework. Read our blog post on popcorn, and checkout the project site: popcornjs.org
download source | view demo | visit siteBackbone.js
We use Backbone.js frequently on medium size JavaScript applications and have contributed several patches and bug fixes along the way.
download source | view demo | visit sitejQuery Hive
jQuery Plugin for creating and managing web workers across implementations. Includes Hive.Pollen.js - the thread-safe utility library for connecting worker threads to the Hive.
source | download demo | project pagejQuery Twitter
A jQuery plugin for working with the Twitter Search API and putting twitter searches on websites with a simple syntax that follows the Twitter Search API URL parameters.
source | download demo | visit sitejQuery.org
We designed & built the jQuery Project's dot org site to house all of the Project's projects, including jQuery Core, jQuery UI, Sizzle and QUnit.
jQuery API Site
We supported the jQuery team in the development & release of the new documentation site coinciding with the release of jQuery 1.4. We contributed code demos, styled & laid out the site & implemented quick search, keyboard navigation and the xml feed.
Blueprint CSS
We use the Blueprint CSS library heavily on almost all the projects that we start from scratch. We have a custom copy that we carry around with us from project to project. One of our standard tricks for getting rid of white lines on the <hr> element was adopted in the August 20th 2009 release: Version 0.9.1
download source | view demo | visit site
