JavaScript
Dan Prince, May 24
Understanding ASTs by Building Your Own Babel Plugin
Dan Prince demonstrates how you can bend JavaScript to your will by writing your own Babel plugin (in this case adding immutable data by defaut).
JavaScript
Chris Ward, May 23
Create Cross-Platform Desktop Node Apps with Electron
Chris Ward looks at Electron, an application framework for building desktop Node apps using HTML5 and JavaScript that work on Windows, Linux and MacOS.
Mobile
Jay Raj, May 20
Creating a Mobile Application with Reapp
Jay Raj introduces us to Reapp, a faster and easier way to develop cross platform mobile applications with React and JavaScript.
JavaScript
Julian Motz, May 19
10 jQuery Text Highlighter Plugins
Julian Motz presents 10 jQuery text highlighter plugins that make it easier for users to search for specific terms in web pages and apps.
3 COMMENTs
Web
Jonathan Saring, May 18
Find JavaScript Code Snippets by Functionality with Cocycles
Jonathan introduces Cocycles, a new code search engine that can read code and search open-source code snippets by functionality.
JavaScript
Moritz Kröger, May 18
Untangling Spaghetti Code: How to Write Maintainable JavaScript
Refactoring a legacy code base? Moritz Kröger shows you how to achieve maintainable JavaScript with tests, linting and modularization.
4 COMMENTs
Web
Kevin Kononenko, May 17
A Beginner's Guide to Data Binding in D3.js
Kevin Kononenko introduces "data binding" or "data joins" in d3.js, explaining how data is tied to actual elements in the DOM.
JavaScript
Jay Raj, May 17
Upgrade Your App to Angular 1.5 Components and Beyond!
Refactor your app to use Angular 1.5 components. Jay Raj shows you how to prepare your code for eventual migration to Angular 2.
JavaScript
James Hibbard, May 16
Three Skills Every New Programmer Should Learn
In a recent interview Joel Spolsky detailed 3 skills every software developer should learn. Read on to find out what they are and let us know if you agree.
JavaScript
Imran Latif, May 16
Custom PDF Rendering in JavaScript with Mozilla's PDF.Js
Take control of rendering PDF documents in the browser. Imran Latif introduces PDF.js as a flexible solution for custom PDF rendering with JavaScript.
JavaScript
Artem Tabalin, May 12
How to Make Accessible Web Components — a Brief Guide
Artem Tabalin demonstrates how to make web components more accessible via ARIA attributes, keyboard support and validating their visual accessibility.
JavaScript
Ravi, May 11
Modular JavaScript: A Beginners Guide to SystemJS & jspm
Ravi Kiran introduces you to jspm and SystemJS that let you load any module format (ES6, AMD, CommonJS and globals) directly from any registry.
4 COMMENTs
JavaScript
Gaurav Ramesh, May 10
Build Your Own Custom SlackBot with Node.js
Learn how to execute custom commands from Slack by building a custom Slackbot with Node.js and the slack-terminalize library in this guide by Gaurav Ramesh.
Microsoft Tech
Microsoft Developers, May 10
Using Internet-Scale Data to Guide Product Planning
Microsoft tech evangelists and engineers talk about using Internet-scale data to guide product planning.
JavaScript
Michaela Lehr, May 09
Build Your Own Chrome Extension Using Angular 2 & TypeScript
Add new functionality to your browser! Michaela Lehr shows you how to create your own bookmark manager Chrome extension using Angular 2 and TypeScript.
4 COMMENTs
JavaScript
Patrick Catanzariti, May 09
Connecting a Raspberry Pi to IBM Watson, Bluemix and Node-RED
A guide to connecting up a Raspberry Pi to various services and platforms including the IBM Watson IoT Platform, IBM Bluemix and Node-RED.
Mobile
Jay Raj, May 06
Easy App Publishing with React Native and Siphon
Jay Raj looks at Siphon, a tool that makes publishing React Native apps easy.
5 COMMENTs
JavaScript
Giulio Mainardi, May 05
How to Implement Smooth Scrolling in Vanilla JavaScript
Forget jQuery plugins, Giulio Mainardi shows how do smooth scrolling in vanilla JavaScript, and refactors an ES6 library to ES5.
4 COMMENTs
JavaScript
Sergey Laptick, May 04
Creating Forms with the Webix Framework — 4 Practical Examples
Sergey Laptick demonstrates how to harness the power of the Webix UI framework to create stylish, multi-step forms.
JavaScript
Dan Prince, May 03
How to Build a Todo App Using React, Redux, and Immutable.js
Dan Prince shows how to build a Todo app using React, Redux, and Immutable.js.
4 COMMENTs
JavaScript
Elio Qoshi, May 02
Interview with Brendan Eich, CEO of Brave
Elio Qoshi is joined by Brave CEO, Brendan Eich, to talk about the Brave browser, its controversial business model and its safer, faster browsing experience
2 COMMENTs
JavaScript
Elio Qoshi, Apr 28
Quick Tip: Try WebAssembly in Your Browser Today
Elio Qoshi summarizes the recent developments, and shows how you can try WebAssembly in your browser, with the experimental support in Chrome and Firefox.
JavaScript
Rasmus Schultz, Apr 27
Avoiding a JavaScript Monoculture
Rasmus Schultz argues that ES6 was a step in the wrong direction, and the language must be stripped back to move away from a JavaScript monoculture.
JavaScript
Dan Prince, Apr 26
3 Lightweight React Alternatives: Preact, VirtualDom & Deku
Dan Prince presents an in-depth comparison of 3 React alternatives (Deku, Preact & Virtual Dom) and looks at why they might be right for your next project.