You’ve Got Options for Removing Event Listeners — Unnecessary event listeners can cause all sorts of odd problems so it’s good to clean them up when you don’t need them anymore. How? There are several approaches and Alex looks at their pros and cons. (once is a good one to consider if your use case supports it as it’s ‘set and forget.’)
Alex MacArthur
Fast and Flexible Gantt Chart Components for Your Web App — Bryntum’s suite of web components includes powerful Gantt and resource scheduling widgets used by thousands of businesses. The API is very flexible and allows you to configure everything from colors to details of the scheduling logic. Free 45-day trial.
Bryntum
Netlify Acquires Gatsby — The company behind the Gatsby React-based framework is joining Netlify with many Gatsby Cloud features expected to be integrated into Netlify’s own platform. This places Netlify more directly against Vercel who are behind Next.js (and don’t forget Shopify with Remix too).
Kyle Mathews (Gatsby)
The Future of Create React App and Why It Exists — An extensive write up from Dan Abramov on the state of Create React App, a route to take it forwards, and how he sees React as a library working within an ecosystem of frameworks.
Dan Abramov
📒 Articles & Tutorials
How To Lose Functional Programming at Work — An amusing piece you might recognize parts of. It’s certainly possible to have too much of a good thing. “If you’re looking to lose functional programming at work, here are a bunch of mistakes I’ve made on JS-heavy web teams over the years that can help you do the same.”
Robert Pearce
🛠 Code & Tools
Platform Engineer – Dev Ops — Come help Qwire modernize how studios, composers, artists, publishers, labels, and the rest of the industry manage music rights. Qwire
Find JavaScript Jobs with Hired — Hired makes job hunting easy-instead of chasing recruiters, companies approach you with salary details up front. Create a free profile now. Hired
