Conference Updates The JavaScript for WordPress…
Conference Updates
- The JavaScript for WordPress event is happening from July 8 to 10th. π
A little while ago at LoopConf, Derek Springer wrote up some code samples and explanations to help kick start anyone wanting to use the WordPress Media Loader on the front-end of their site. It’s a great little example, with a couple of caveats, basically saying “this isn’t a complete solution intended for production use, it’s…
Eric Elliott, author of “Programming JavaScript Applications” (OβReilly), has composed a “list post” of JavaScript fundamentals, tools, and frameworks (both current and what to watch). There’s no way you can reasonably learn everything listed, but it’s likely a good birds-eye view of things. Eric has an interesting observation on React and Angular: Angular and React…
Leszek Swirski offers some advice about code caching for JavaScript developers to improve startup time on commonly visited sites. Leszek focuses on caching in Chrome/V8, but most of his examples probably apply to other browsers as well.
Chris Hutchinson has ideas for a better WordPress. Imagine a world where WordPress is lean, fast, and efficient. In this world, WordPress has just one task: to manage your content. >And he lays out his ideas for what WordPress would look like. His list is largely what it actually looks like, minus the REST API…
Facebook recently announced the open source release of Yarn, a JavaScript package manager that provides a “fast, reliable, and secure” alternative npm client. According to the release, Yarn can install packages more quickly and manage dependencies consistently across machines or in secure offline environments. It has compatibility with both the npm and bower workflows, along…
Amy Hoy, a Ruby & JavaScript developer, published a list of five things she wishes somebody told her before she founded her SaaS. These tips are applicable post-founding too.