Introduction to Data Management & Visualization in JavaScript
JavaScript
By Brian Greig,
From choosing the right data store to charting libraries, Brian Grieg introduces the tools, techniques, and concepts behind data management in JavaScript.
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REST 2.0 Is Here and Its Name Is GraphQL
JavaScript
By Michael Paris,
What is GraphQL, and why should you use it? Michael Paris looks at this extremely powerful successor to REST for building efficient data-driven applications
Modern JavaScript Development Is Hard
JavaScript
By Nilson Jacques,
Has JavaScript become overly complicated? In this editorial, Nilson Jacques responds to those who are unhappy with the state of modern web development.
10 jQuery HTML5 Audio Players
JavaScript
By Michael Wanyoike, Sam Deering,
List of jQuery HTML5 Audio players available today, allows native audio streaming - something that your visitors would enjoy while they are on your webpage
Optimizing React Performance with Stateless Components
JavaScript
By Peter Bengtsson,
Writing inefficient React components can cause them to rerender too often. Peter Bengtsson looks at ways of creating and optimizing stateless components.
Patterns for Object Inheritance in JavaScript ES2015
JavaScript
By Tim Severien,
Tim Severien looks at different possibilities for code reuse with ES2015 classes, exploring various ways of implementing multiple inheritance in ES6.
Editorial: To Benchmark, or Not to Benchmark?
JavaScript
By Nilson Jacques,
In this week's editorial, Nilson Jacques asks whether JS benchmark results are all they're cracked up to be, and should we be bothered about speed anyway?
Learning JavaScript Test-Driven Development by Example
JavaScript
By James Wright,
James Wright introduces test-driven development and walks through creating and refactoring a simple form validation library, step-by-step, as an example.
Easily Migrate Your Existing Users to Auth0
JavaScript
By Ado Kukic,
Learn how to painlessly migrate your existing users to Auth0 without requiring password resets.
Writing Better JavaScript with Flow
JavaScript
By Nilson Jacques,
In this article Nilson Jacques introduces you to Flow, its main features, & how to integrate it into your project to discover bugs in your JavaScript code.
How to Choose the Right Front-end Framework for Your Company
JavaScript
By Chris Lienert,
Chris Lienert talks about selecting the right front-end framework for his company and compares the pros and cons of Angular 2, Aurelia, Vue.js and React.
Simplifying Asynchronous Coding with Async Functions
JavaScript
By Joe Zimmerman, Nilson Jacques,
Joe Zimmermann takes a look at async functions (which are coming our way in ES2017) and how we might use them today to avoid the callback pyramid of doom.
Life after JavaScript: The Benefits of Learning a 2nd Language
JavaScript
By Nilson Jacques,
How many programming languages do you know? In this editorial, Nilson Jacques takes a look at some of the benefits of making time to look beyond JavaScript.
Quick Tip: How JavaScript References Work
JavaScript
By Naveen Karippai,
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.
Top 5 jQuery UI Alternatives
HTML & CSS
By Simon Codrington,
Simon Codrington evaluates 5 widget libraries providing high-quality UI components for building websites & apps. Are they jQuery UI alternatives?
How to Pass Command Line Parameters to Gulp Tasks
JavaScript
By Craig Buckler,
Have you ever wanted to write Gulp Tasks that accept command line arguments? Craig Buckler shows you how and covers some potential use cases.
Building Gorgeous 3D Maps with eegeo.js and Leaflet
JavaScript
By Tim Jenks,
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
Create Offline Web Apps Using Service Workers & PouchDB
JavaScript
By Artem Tabalin,
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.
Make a Skype Bot with Electron & the Microsoft Bot Framework
JavaScript
By Almir Bijedic,
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.
jQuery Pagination Plugins
JavaScript
By Simon Codrington,
jQuery pagination plugins provide an easy way to separate your information into generated hyper-linked pages. Simon Codrington compares 5 plugins.
Behind the Scenes: A Look at SitePoint’s Peer Review Program
JavaScript
By Nilson Jacques,
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.
Quick Tip: User Sortable Lists with Flexbox and jQuery
JavaScript
By George Martsoukos,
George Martsoukos shows how to build a simple Flexbox and jQuery plugin which sorts elements based on the values of their custom data attributes.
A Comprehensive Look at jQuery DOM Traversal
JavaScript
By Baljeet Rathi,
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.
Building a Microblog Using Node.js, Git and Markdown
JavaScript
By Camilo Reyes,
Camilo Reyes shows how to write robust, testable code using SOLID principles by building a small but functional microblog with only minimal dependencies
Animated Filtering & Sorting with the MixItUp 3 JS Library
JavaScript
By George Martsoukos,
George Martsoukos introduces MixItUp 3, a high-performance JavaScript library that allows you to animate filtering and sorting of page content.
A Beginner’s Guide to JavaScript Variables and Datatypes
JavaScript
By Tania Rascia,
Get a solid understanding of the language from first principles, as Tania Rascia explains the basics of JavaScript variables and datatypes.
Building a Facebook Chat Bot with Node and Heroku
JavaScript
By Joyce Echessa,
Create a simple Facebook Chat bot that responds to movie queries from users via Facebook messenger. Joyce Echessa steps you through the process in detail.
SitePoint Needs You: The 2017 JavaScript Survey
JavaScript
By Nilson Jacques,
Nilson Jacques asks you to help SitePoint make the JavaScript channel even better this year by taking our 10-question JavaScript survey.
WebAssembly Is Overdue: Thoughts on JavaScript for Large Projects
JavaScript
By Sebastian Peyrott,
Sebastian Peyrott shares Auth0's experience of using JavaScript for large projects, taking a critical look at its features and the future of the ecosystem.
Host, Publish and Manage Private npm Packages with Verdaccio
JavaScript
By Vildan Softic,
Want to manage your own modules with npm, without making them public? Vildan Softic shows how to host private npm packages to use within your organisation.