3 JavaScript Libraries to Keep an Eye on in 2017
JavaScript
By Tim Severien,
Did you suffer JavaScript overload in 2016? Tim Severien suggests two frameworks and a library that, in his opinion, you should be watching this year.
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Managing State in Angular 2 Apps with ngrx/store
JavaScript
By Pietro Grandi,
Pietro Grandi looks at the problems caused by shared mutable state, and how to avoid them with a one-way data flow like Redux with the ngrx/store library.
Universal React Rendering: How We Rebuilt SitePoint
JavaScript
By Brad Denver,
Brad Denver explains how sitepoint.com does universal react rendering by using a Node.js proxy to pre-render components in content coming from WordPress.
Editorial: 2016 – the Year in Re-Vue
JavaScript
By Nilson Jacques,
Nilson Jacques explains why 2016 has been a good year for Vue.js and why you should check it out, in his end-of-year editorial.
Displaying Dynamic Messages Using the Web Notification API
JavaScript
By Keenan Payne,
Show your users important updates with a browser notification. Keenan Payne looks at how to use the native Notification API to display messages and icons.
Editorial: Are You Writing ES6 JavaScript Yet?
JavaScript
By Nilson Jacques,
Nilson Jacques takes a quick look at the status of ES6 JavaScript, its rate of adoption among developers, and asks - are you writing modern JS yet?
Quick Read: The JS Foundation
JavaScript
By Elio Qoshi,
As part of Open Source Week here at SitePoint, Elio Qoshi takes a look at the recently formed JS Foundation and asks how it might benefit the JS ecosystem.
Write Reusable JavaScript Business Logic with peasy-js
JavaScript
By Aaron Hanusa,
Help structure your business logic and make it highly reusable between the front and back-end, and easily portable. Aaron Hanusa introduces peasy-js.
Logging Errors in Client-Side Applications
JavaScript
By Lukas White,
Lukas White walks through the various options for logging errors in the browser and solutions for persisting error data to the server for reporting.
Quick Tip: Mock REST APIs Using json-server
JavaScript
By Ayush Gupta,
Ayush Gupta shows how to quickly create mock REST APIs to develop and test your client-side apps, with advanced features like filtering and pagination.
Make Dynamic Tables in Seconds from Any JSON Data
JavaScript
By Oli Folkerd,
Oli Folkerd introduces Tabulator, a lightweight jQuery UI plugin for quickly creating dynamic tables that can be scrolled, filtered, and more.
Quick Tip: Replace jQuery’s Ready() with Plain JavaScript
JavaScript
By Julian Kühnel,
Julian Motz takes a look at jQuery's document.ready() method and shows how it can be replaced with vanilla JS, and is often not needed at all!
Building a JavaScript 3D Minecraft Editor
JavaScript
By Christopher Pitt,
Chris Pitt shows how to make a basic 3D Minecraft editor with mostly vanilla JS and some clever CSS, that will later be used to edit a real Minecraft world.
Editorial: Are We Heading for Package Manager Fatigue?
JavaScript
By Nilson Jacques,
Nilson Jacques takes a look at the recent announcement of Yarn package manager, what it has to offer, and whether it's worth making the switch.
13 jQuery SelectBox/Drop-down Plugins
JavaScript
By Simon Codrington, Sam Deering,
Web developers always need SelectBox and Drop-down menus, so we've compiled a list of 13 of the best jQuery Selectbox/Drop-down Plugins.
How to Manage Your JavaScript Application State with MobX
JavaScript
By Matt Ruby,
Keeping your UI in sync can be tricky. Matt Ruby introduces MobX, a library for efficiently subscribing to changes in your application state
Quick Tip: How to Style Google Custom Search Manually
JavaScript
By Almir Bijedic,
Learn to style Google Custom Search (CSE) and the search results for your site with JavaScript. Almir Bijedic shows you how to do it the right way.
Saved from Callback Hell
JavaScript
By Camilo Reyes,
Avoid callback hell without ditching callbacks! Camilo Reyes believes that by applying some SOLID principles, callbacks can still be a useful technique.
Quick Tip: Add or Remove a CSS Class with Vanilla JavaScript
JavaScript
By Yaphi Berhanu,
Yaphi Berhanu demonstrates two different methods for adding and removing a CSS class to DOM elements with vanilla JavaScript. No jQuery required!
Editorial: A Spotlight on Interesting JavaScript Projects
JavaScript
By Nilson Jacques,
Let's share some of the many unusual and interesting JavaScript projects out there and help to inspire each other to build new and exciting things.
Quick Tip: How to Declare Variables in JavaScript
JavaScript
By Julian Kühnel,
Julian Motz examines how variables are declared in JavaScript, and introduces the three different types of declaration and their uses.
Pragmatic Uses of Monkey Patching in JavaScript
JavaScript
By Vildan Softic,
Vildan Softic looks at using monkey patching to alter code at runtime, arguing developers should understand how to safely use this controversial technique
Getting Started with PouchDB Client-Side JavaScript Database
JavaScript
By Jatin Shridhar,
Jatin Shridar introduces PouchDB, an in-browser NoSQL, document database. Learn how to store your app data locally and later sync it with a server-side DB.
10 jQuery Panorama Image Display Plugins
JavaScript
By Thomas Greco, Sam Deering,
Let your visitors enjoy endless website images by integrating these jQuery Panorama Image Display plugins to create Virtual Tours, Panorama Viewers/Scrolling.
Create a Music Jam Station with Vanilla JavaScript
JavaScript
By Myles English,
Myles English shows how to build a jam station that displays the musical chord changes while a song plays, allowing you to play along. No jQuery required!
Cache Fetched AJAX Requests Locally: Wrapping the Fetch API
JavaScript
By Peter Bengtsson,
Peter Bengtsson walks through building a wrapper for the Fetch API, step-by-step, to cache fetched AJAX results and avoid repeated requests to the server.
File Bundling and HTTP/2: Rethinking Best Practices
JavaScript
By Nilson Jacques,
File bundling is the norm for JS apps these days. With the adoption of the HTTP/2 protocol, Nilson Jacques asks whether its time to rethink this practice.
10 Need-to-Know RxJS Functions with Examples
JavaScript
By Peleke Sengstacke,
Learn how to program with observables. Peleke Sengstacke looks at 10 important RxJS functions for working with streams, with examples of their usage.
10 jQuery Form Validation Plugins
JavaScript
By Julian Kühnel, Sam Deering,
10 jQuery Form Validation Plugins to help sooth your head from all that serious head bashing over your form validation errors. Let jQuery do all the hard work.
A Comprehensive Look at jQuery Selectors
JavaScript
By Baljeet Rathi,
Baljeet Rathi takes an in-depth look at the many jQuery Selectors available. Learn how to select DOM elements by id, class name, attributes and much more!