JavaScript Vocoder Puccini

November 25, 2022 By Mark Otto Off

The State of JavaScript 2022 Survey is Open — JavaScript’s most popular annual survey is open once again. The results (2021’s, for example) are always fascinating to see, so go share your knowledge so we can see where JavaScript is headed. There’s a ‘guest’ mode…

An npm package naming pitfall

November 24, 2022 By Mark Otto 0

💡 While we like to support new, promising projects, it’s not as if it hasn’t been done before though. AdonisJS and Sails are good options in this space. Node.js Architecture Pitfalls to Avoid — Beware: opinions ahead. It’s a little scattershot but the author, who…

React performance profiling with the DevTools

November 23, 2022 By Mark Otto 0

Improving React Interaction Times by 4x — This is about as practical and real world as it gets. Causal’s engineers noticed some sluggish UI interactions in their React app (as many of us do) and were determined to get to the cause of the problem.…

Nuxt 3.0, TypeScript 4.9, Angular 15..

November 18, 2022 By Mark Otto Off

What’s So Great About Functional Programming? — If anyone has excitedly insisted you check out Elm, PureScript, Haskell or F#, they may have caught Functionitis™ and want you to catch it too. James, author of the forthcoming Skeptic’s Guide to Functional Programming with JavaScript, sells…

Now npm fans can walk the Deno-saur

November 17, 2022 By Mark Otto 0

Deno 1.28 Released (Now with 1.3 Million New Modules..?) — Yes, we know Deno isn’t Node (it is an anagram of it, though 😏) but given its shared provenance and now that Deno now officially supports using npm modules in a ‘stable’ way, this is…

Particle-arly impressive React

November 16, 2022 By Mark Otto 0

The Magical World of Particles with React Three Fiber and Shaders — An interactive introduction where you’ll learn all sorts about shaders and rendering particle effects with them. There’s actually a fair bit of JS here, it’s not all GLSL incantations. Does your next CRUD…