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November 25, 2021
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Mark Otto
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…
November 24, 2021
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Mark Otto
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…
November 22, 2021
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Mark Otto
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…
November 19, 2021
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Mark Otto
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…
November 18, 2021
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Mark Otto
The upcoming trend of 2021 shows that eCommerce growth is inevitable due to COVID consequences, remote work, and a bunch of commonly known factors, that’s why offline sales will strengthen the market of digital solutions. The current situation has increased the demand for the development…
November 18, 2021
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Mark Otto
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…
November 17, 2021
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Mark Otto
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…
November 12, 2021
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Mark Otto
‘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.…
November 11, 2021
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Mark Otto
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…
November 11, 2021
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Mark Otto
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…