JavaScript

A new version of Firefox (70)…

Dan Knauss

October 25, 2019

A new version of Firefox (70) is out, and Chris Mills covers all the developer-focused enhancements. Firefox has made tremendous advances in developer tools and features — both in CSS and JavaScript — and I've enjoyed using it for the…

Want to strengthen your JavaScript skills?…

Dan Knauss

October 21, 2019

Want to strengthen your JavaScript skills? Read this post by Tania Rascia on "Understanding This, Bind, Call, and Apply in JavaScript." 💪 Simon Holdorf also has some ideas for helping you boost your skills as a front-end developer in 2020.…

Finally, bring some humor to your…

Dan Knauss

October 10, 2019

Finally, bring some humor to your weekend with a little JavaScript and honking. 🦆

Google has officially released its Native…

Dan Knauss

September 12, 2019

Google has officially released its Native Lazyload plugin for WordPress to take advantage of the Chrome browser's new native lazy-loading capabilities. For other browsers, there is JavaScript fallback. Jon Henshaw explains how the plugin works, with this advice: "If the…

If you know of anyone who…

Dan Knauss

September 11, 2019

If you know of anyone who wants to improve their JavaScript knowledge, Zac Gordon has a Bootcamp starting next week. He is offering monthly plans for his courses now too.

Kent C. Dodds explains what JavaScript…

Dan Knauss

August 26, 2019

Kent C. Dodds explains what JavaScript features you should be familiar with when you're learning and using React. Kent covers array methods, promises, async/await, template literals, and more.

Chrome now has native lazy-loading for…

Dan Knauss

August 16, 2019

Chrome now has native lazy-loading for images and IFrames. There are already several good explanations of how this works and how to adjust your markup. An initial Trac ticket for lazy loading in WordPress core exists, and it was mentioned…

Video and Podcast Picks 📹 Here’s…

Dan Knauss

July 15, 2019

Video and Podcast Picks 📹 Here's my recommendation for video watching this week: The "Cost of JavaScript 2019" video (and blog post) from Addy Osmani at the PerfMatters Conference 2019 shows the main costs of processing JavaScript are download and…

Keeping Up with Gutenberg 🚧 Gutenberg…

Dan Knauss

July 5, 2019

Keeping Up with Gutenberg 🚧 Gutenberg 6.0 is out with significant enhancements to the column layout block, widgets block, and block group functionality, among other things. Felix Arntz explains how to leverage the power of Custom Elements in Gutenberg. Like…

Summer School 🏫 Jen McFarland and Brian DeConinck…

Dan Knauss

July 5, 2019

Summer School 🏫 Jen McFarland and Brian DeConinck put together a

Long Time Running 🏃 Enjoy reading…

Dan Knauss

July 5, 2019

Long Time Running 🏃 Enjoy reading "HTML is the web" from Pete Lambert which has a quality developer rant in it. Even if you code in React, "if you’re making websites, then the most important thing you’re making is HTML. HTML…

Here’s a nice long (and updated)…

Brian Krogsgard

June 23, 2019

Here's a nice long (and updated) list of advanced JavaScript questions, compiled by Lydia Hallie. Test and refresh your knowledge or prepare for a coding interview.

Leszek Swirski offers some advice about…

Dan Knauss

June 20, 2019

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.