In the former post we have outlined a broad brushstrokes initialization flow of our external JavaScript Widget: What we did was to basically create a bootloader script that first loaded required resources asynchronously and then continued its flow with the initialization and rendering of the widget. Currently, those initialization and …

In the former part of the series we had a brief introduction on challenges in developing JavaScript widgets. In this article, we’re going to continue from where we left: We will start by installing necessary instruments to develop and test our code. First Things First Before we start actual coding, …

This is the beginning of a new article series where we will see best practices, common pitfalls, and “how to”s on creating JavaScript Widgets for external sites. Throughout the examples we will be using: node.js for the server; On top of node, expres.js framework as a higher-level abstraction; mongodb for …