Author: Mark Otto

7 ways to improve Node performance

November 25, 2021 By Mark Otto 0

Getting Started with Validation in Node — You’ve got a webapp and you want to validate the data it’s sent, but there are lots of options. Here Simon breaks down one approach using JSON schemas along with Ajv. Simon Plenderleith Another Bug Bites the Dust…

Remix goes open source

November 24, 2021 By Mark Otto 0

A Visual Guide to React Rendering: Refs — We return to the author’s well-regarded Visual Guide to React Rendering series (we’ve previously shared instalments on both Props and useMemo). This time he turns his attention and animation skills to the nuances of rendering refs. Alex…

Top Ten Vue Templates to Choose in 2021 | FrontEnd Matters!

November 22, 2021 By Mark Otto Off

Introduction There is no construction that can be completed without the proper tools. And that statement is not only true when it comes to actual physical constructions. It is just as true when it comes to web applications. In order to make a worthwhile web…

Etsy’s journey to TypeScript

November 19, 2021 By Mark Otto Off

Etsy’s Journey to TypeScript — These sorts of stories always seem to be popular as teams weigh up the best way to progress. Etsy had a lot of JavaScript code but felt some of the problems they were encountering could be solved by TypeScript. This…

A major npm registry vulnerability

November 18, 2021 By Mark Otto 0

GitHub on npm Ecosystem Security (and a Major Bug They’ve Fixed) — GitHub became the custodians of the main npm registry in 2020 when it acquired npm Inc. and in this post they share details on how they’re improving its security. Rather worryingly, they recently identified…

React 18 is now in beta, but..

November 17, 2021 By Mark Otto 0

React 18 Now in Beta — ..but as the official React Twitter account explains in this useful thread: “Most developers don’t need to think about React 18 yet … The audience .. is highly-engaged community members who want to help us prepare our new features…

‘Moving more and more into a post-React world.’

November 12, 2021 By Mark Otto Off

‘Rust is the Future of JavaScript Infrastructure’ — It’s an opinion but the growing evidence is compelling. Rust (as well as Go) is now being heavily used to replace parts of the JavaScript tooling ecosystem that might have otherwise been written in JavaScript before (e.g.…

How to Create React App in 2021 [Guide]

November 11, 2021 By Mark Otto Off

Introduction Say whatever you will about the world of app creation, but there is no denying that it is exceptionally vast and contains practically endless possibilities within itself. And you don’t have to go that far, for example, supporting that claim. Just think of any…

A proposal to make npm safer?

November 11, 2021 By Mark Otto 0

Node-RED in Industrial IoT: A Growing Standard — Node-RED is a very long standing Node.js-based ‘low code’ environment where you wire components together. As explained here, it’s heavily used in IoT scenarios and is even taking on established commercial systems. United Manufacturing Hub QUICK BITS: The…