Tag: Javascript
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Creating your own React validation library: the basics
Posted on May 26, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Ever wondered how validation libraries work? This article by Kristofer Selbekk will tell you how to build your very own validation library for React step by step.
Tags react javascript web-development programming
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CORS tutorial: guide to cross-origin resource sharing
Posted on May 13, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
In this article you will learn all about Cross-Origin Resource Sharing, the circumstances under which it is needed, the benefits it provides, and how to configure a Node + Express application to support CORS. Written by Steve Hobbs.
Tags nodejs javascript programming infosec
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Full-Stack TypeScript with Ionic, Angular, NestJS
Posted on May 11, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Ely Lucas published series of articles focusing on developing with TypeScript and explained benefits of using TypeScript on both the client and server, shared an introduction to NestJS. Following this series you will insights how to build a simple app.
Tags nodejs javascript app-development
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Improving third-party web performance at the Telegraph
Posted on May 5, 2019, Level advanced Resource Length medium
Written by Gareth Clubb this article is about improving the performance of the telegraph frontend. Improving the performance impact of third-party scripts on a website takes time; results won't come overnight, but by being patient and chipping away slowly, eventually these efforts will be rewarded.
Tags web-development performance how-to frontend javascript
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Deep-dive tutorial series on React, TypeScript, and TDD
Posted on March 23, 2019, Level beginner Resource Length long
Paul Everitt, PyCharm Developer Advocate form JetBrains, posted this article with links to resources for learning React, TypeScript and Test Driven Development (TDD). React is obviously super-hot, TypeScript has recently become super-hot, and the combination is attracting increasing interest.
Tags javascript react web-development app-development
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Better error handling in JavaScript
Posted on March 13, 2019, Level beginner Resource Length medium
An article by Iain Collins on how and why to use custom error types in JavaScript. Handling errors can be tricky. How Error() historically worked in JavaScript hasn't made this easier, but using the Error class introduced in ES6 can be very helpful.
Tags javascript programming
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JavaScript-Free Frontend
Posted on March 12, 2019, Level beginner Resource Length medium
An article by Matt Reyer from Slimvoice -- a webapp without JavaScript is a series where he documents how he rebuilt his app, Slimvoice, using as little JavaScript as possible. He's tried to present JavaScript alternatives and encourage those who reach for a SPA for every project to give it a second thought.
Tags miscellaneous programming learning javascript frontend css
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Common API mistakes and how to avoid them
Posted on February 24, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Thomas Hunter II is author of this guide on hot topic how to avoid common API mistakes. The advice in this article applies to any API. However, some of the issues author considers are easier to encounter when the application is written in a dynamic language, such as JavaScript, versus a more static language, such as Java.
Tags javascript nodejs apis devops
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Practical introduction to functional programming
Posted on February 5, 2019, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Mary Rose article focusing on practical aspects of functional programming. Many functional programming articles teach abstract functional techniques. That is, composition, pipelining, higher order functions. This one is different. It shows examples of imperative, unfunctional code that people write every day and translates these examples to a functional style.
Tags javascript programming web-development functional-programming
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Structurae: Data structures for high performance JavaScript
Posted on February 3, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Maga D. Zandaqo published an article about high performant data structures in JavaScript. After author's last attempt to speed up a Node.js server by replacing some JavaScript with a native addon yielded less than exciting results, he has decided to collect and share some common structures he uses to optimize my JavaScript code: structurae.
Tags web-development programming javascript performance
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Authentication at Edge with StackPath
Posted on January 22, 2019, Level beginner Resource Length long
Jason Byrne thoughts on using cloud Edge for some common tasks. As we spread our applications out into serverless microservices, what better place for our entitlement checks than on the CDN?
Tags web-development serverless apis infosec javascript
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React Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
Posted on January 5, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
John Tucker wrote this little guide in which he explores React BDD using Gherkin syntax with Jest Cucumber.
Tags programming tdd javascript nodejs frontend app-development