Category: javascript

Microsoft spills the tea on TypeScript

September 21, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

▶  TypeScript Origins: The Documentary — You know you’ve made it when you get your own documentary! This has just dropped but is well produced, packed with stories from TypeScript’s co-creators, users, and other folks at Microsoft, and kept me entertained. It goes particularly deep into…

JavaScript, ML and LLMs

September 14, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Bun 1.0: Is It a Toolkit? Is It a Runtime? It’s Both — You’ve used Node, you’ve seen Deno, now Bun has grown up too. It’s a performance-oriented server-side JS runtime built atop JavaScriptCore and makes the unique claim of being “a drop-in replacement for…

Why is Low-Code the Future of App Development?

September 8, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Low-code application development has been experiencing explosive growth in recent years, and it’s time you learned more about it. For as long as computers have been part of the workplace, application development has been a necessity for businesses of all kinds. So, a question on…

TypeScript 5.2, Node 20.6, and Astro 3.0

September 7, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

😅 We’re back! After two weeks enjoying the blistering desert heat of Las Vegas and downpours of Storm Hilary, I’m ready to get back to the weekly JavaScript roundups – fingers crossed we’re here each week till Christmas now 🙂__Peter Cooper and the Cooperpress team Good…

Updated Version Of Next/Tailwind Stack

August 24, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Exciting news from Next/Tailwind! We’re happy to announce updates to our frontend v0.1.6 and backend v0.2.2, which now include a handy bulk import feature. You can upload a CSV file to create multiple records simultaneously with one click – it’s that easy. Say goodbye to…

College Student’s Guide to Mobile App Development: From Idea to App Store

August 18, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

In our increasingly digital world, apps have transcended mere entertainment or task management tools. They’ve become symbols of innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, and imaginative flair. Amidst the tech-driven wave, many college students are shifting from being mere spectators to proactive innovators. If you’re a student who’s…

We’re taking a few weeks off, but..

August 17, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

🏝️ I’m taking two weeks off and will be back on Thursday, September 7. So if you don’t see the newsletter turn up for a while, it’s our fault 😉 As I’ve had to produce much of this issue a few days in advance, I’m mixing…

College Students’ Guide to Future Tech: Web Development Trends

August 12, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

The tech landscape is ever-changing, and web development stands as no exception. With an upsurge in digital evolution across all sectors, web development skills remain in high demand. The digital epoch requires web developers not only to master the latest technologies and trends but to…

Svelte 5 is going to be radical

August 10, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

My Experience Modernizing Packages to ESM — What a post! Mark, well known for his work on React, Redux, and much more, details the painful experiences and hard-earned lessons he picked up while migrating the Redux packages to ES modules. Mark ‘acemarke’ Erikson Things You Forgot (or…

Taking JavaScript into Python

August 3, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

A Tale of Evading JavaScript Anti-Debugging Techniques — When you’re poking arounddebugging code written and distributed by a third party, there might be some sneaky traps thrown in your path to prevent your usual techniques from working. What next? Disable breakpoints in DevTools? Use a…