3 COMMENTs
JavaScript
Naveen Karippai, Mar 16
Quick Tip: How JavaScript References Work
Naveen Karippai takes a close look at how JavaScript references work, how they differ from primitive values, and shows how to avoid some common gotchas.
JavaScript
Simon Codrington, Mar 15
Top 5 jQuery UI Alternatives
Simon Codrington evaluates 5 widget libraries providing high-quality UI components for building websites & apps. Are they jQuery UI alternatives?
JavaScript
Craig Buckler, Mar 13
How to Pass Command Line Parameters to Gulp Tasks
Have you ever wanted to write Gulp Tasks that accept command line arguments? Craig Buckler shows you how and covers some potential use cases.
Web
Jonathan Saring, Mar 10
How to Easily Share Code Between Projects with Bit
Jonathan Saring introduces Bit, new OSS distributed code component manager built to make components reusable across repositories, and much more.
2 COMMENTs
JavaScript
Elio Qoshi, Mar 09
Interview with Kris Borchers, JS Foundation Executive Director
Elio Qoshi is joined by Kris Borchers, JS Foundation Executive Director, to talk about the organization's beginnings, current projects and what lies ahead.
1 COMMENT
JavaScript
Tim Jenks, Mar 08
Building Gorgeous 3D Maps with eegeo.js and Leaflet
Display 3D maps in just a few lines of code and overlay data from a 3rd-party API. Tim Jenks creates a dynamic map of the London Underground with eegeo.js
3 COMMENTs
JavaScript
Artem Tabalin, Mar 07
Create Offline Web Apps Using Service Workers & PouchDB
Artem Tabalin teaches you to build offline web apps using Service Workers for client-side caching and PouchDB to store data locally and sync to a server DB.
HTML & CSS
Tom Hodgins, Mar 07
How We Built EQCSS & Why You Should Try Building Your Own Polyfills Too
Tom Hodgins recounts how they put together EQCSS and shares why he believes all web developers should try building their own polyfills.
JavaScript
James Hibbard, Mar 06
What Is the Best Book for Learning JavaScript?
What is the best book for learning JavaScript? James Hibbard presents 3 of his favorites, outlining their target audiences & their strengths and weaknesses.
JavaScript
Olayinka Omole, Mar 01
Quick Tip: How to Sort an Array of Objects in JavaScript
Olayinka Omole shows you how to dynamically sort an array of objects in JavaScript, using Array.prototype.sort() and a custom compare function.
Web
Craig Buckler, Feb 28
Front-End Tooling Trends for 2017
Are you using the best development tools? Is your CSS compilation complicated? Have you bungled your JavaScript bundling? Craig discusses what we're using.
JavaScript
Almir Bijedic, Feb 28
Make a Skype Bot with Electron & the Microsoft Bot Framework
Almir Bijedic builds a chatbot to hold daily scrum meetings via Skype. Learn to use Microsoft Bot Framework and Node to connect to multiple chat networks.
HTML & CSS
Craig Buckler, Feb 28
How to Build Your Own Progressive Image Loader
Craig Buckler shares a very handy technique for progressive image loading — loading a smaller blurred version first, followed by the full resolution image.
1 COMMENT
JavaScript
Yaphi Berhanu, Feb 27
What Tutorials Don't Tell You: How to Approach Projects
Yaphi Berhanu demonstrates how to plan your web dev projects, making them an iterative process and breaking large problems into small bite-size pieces.
5 COMMENTs
JavaScript
M. David Green, Feb 23
Functional JavaScript for Lazy Developers (Like Me)
Applying functional techniques improved my programs, problem-solving skills, process; my code was cleaner and easier to maintain — with less work.
1 COMMENT
JavaScript
Simon Codrington, Feb 22
jQuery Pagination Plugins
jQuery pagination plugins provide an easy way to separate your information into generated hyper-linked pages. Simon Codrington compares 5 plugins.
JavaScript
Pavels Jelisejevs, Feb 21
React Storybook: Develop Beautiful User Interfaces with Ease
Pavels Jelisejevs introduces React Storybook, demonstrating how it aids collaboration and eases the pain of maintaining the UI components in your projects.
JavaScript
Nilson Jacques, Feb 20
Behind the Scenes: A Look at SitePoint's Peer Review Program
Nilson Jacques takes a look at how SitePoint uses peer review to help ensure we publish high-quality content, and gives you the opportunity to get involved.
JavaScript
Azat Mardan, Feb 16
How to Work with and Manipulate State in React
An excerpt from Azat Mardan's "React Quickly" book, which explains how to work with state in React and takes a look at the difference between state & props.
Web
Kushagra Gour, Feb 15
Web Maker, an Offline, Browser-based CodePen Alternative
Kushagra Gour introduces Web Maker, a browser extension for front-end developers needing a blazing-fast, offline web playground.
2 COMMENTs
JavaScript
George Martsoukos, Feb 15
Quick Tip: User Sortable Lists with Flexbox and jQuery
George Martsoukos shows how to build a simple Flexbox and jQuery plugin which sorts elements based on the values of their custom data attributes.
JavaScript
Baljeet Rathi, Feb 13
A Comprehensive Look at jQuery DOM Traversal
Learn how to select elements that are parents, children, or siblings of an element, and more! Baljeet Rathi explains jQuery's many DOM traversal methods.
JavaScript
Roman Lubushkin, Feb 09
Introducing GraphicsJS, a Powerful Lightweight Graphics Library
Create beautiful graphics with ease, as Roman Lubushkin introduces you to GraphicsJS, a new and powerful open-source, SVG-based JavaScript drawing library.
5 COMMENTs
JavaScript
Camilo Reyes, Feb 07
Building a Microblog Using Node.js, Git and Markdown
Camilo Reyes shows how to write robust, testable code using SOLID principles by building a small but functional microblog with only minimal dependencies