Christian Heilmann
Christian Heilmann grew up in Germany and, after a year working with people with disabilities for the red cross, spent a year as a radio producer. From 1997 onwards he worked for several agencies in Munich as a web developer. In 2000 he moved to the States to work for Etoys and, after the .com crash, he moved to the UK where he lead the web development department at Agilisys. In April 2006 he joined Yahoo! UK as a web developer. He publishes an almost daily blog at http://wait-till-i.com and runs an article repository at http://icant.co.uk. He is a member of the Web Standards Project's DOM Scripting Task Force and the author of Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax: From Novice to Professional.
Articles by Christian Heilmann
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17 12/2009 The Web Is Your CMS
Christian Heilmann uses the Yahoo! Query Language to assert that we already have a content management system in the form of the web. YQL unifies interfaces and combines requests to make working with APIs much easier.
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4 12/2008 Sitewide Search On A Shoe String
Christian Heilmann introduces a handy ‘build your own search’ web service from Yahoo that enables ordinary developers to harness Yahoo’s search technology for their own sites and web applications. Roll your sleeves up and get ready for some code.
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18 12/2007 Keeping JavaScript Dependencies At Bay
Christian Heilmann delves into the world of JavaScript application dependencies with a smart technique to help manage the loading of parts of your application as and when needed. Just as Santa only loads the presents he needs for each trip into his sleigh, keep your loading lean and the reindeer will thank you.
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3 12/2006 Flickr Photos On Demand with getFlickr
Christian Heilmann frolics with Flickr and provides a super simple way of using photos on your site without the need for server-side scripts or the full API. Want to bore the internets with pictures of your cat? Well now you can, without even touching the server, Gran.