Understanding Event Emitters
26.3.2019
Consider, a DOM Event:
const button = document.querySelector("button");
button.addEventListener("click", (event) => /* do something with the event */)
We added a listener to a button click. We’ve subscribed to an event being emitted and we fire a callback when it does. Every time we click that...
Collective #502
25.3.2019
Griffith * Vibe * Pyright * Hyphenation in CSS * Advanced Map Shading * Lights on or off? * Writing Resilient Components
Collective #502 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
Build a Decentralized Web Chat in 15 Minutes
25.3.2019
In this 15 minute tutorial we’re going to build a simple decentralized chat application which runs entirely in a web browser. All you will need is a text editor, a web browser, and a basic knowledge of how to save HTML files and open them in the browser. We’re going...
JavaScript Glossary: String trim()
25.3.2019
Basics
This method removes whitespaces from the start and end of the calling string. It removes spaces, tabs, no break spaces etc. It returns a new string stripped of whitespaces from both
JavaScript Glossary: String indexOf()
25.3.2019
Basics
This method checks for the first appearance of a provided string argument within the calling string and returns the index. It returns -1 if the string argument can’t be
Simple & Boring
25.3.2019
Simplicity is a funny adjective in web design and development. I'm sure it's a quoted goal for just about every project ever done. Nobody walks into a kickoff meeting like, "Hey team, design something complicated for me. Oh, and make sure the implementation is convoluted as well. Over-engineer that...
Creating A Social Follow Component in React
25.3.2019
On almost every website, you're going to watch to share your Social Media accounts for visitors to follow. In this article, we are going to create a Social Follow component in React!
Set Commit Author with git or hg
24.3.2019
Knowing who authored a code patch is a sacred and important practice in the world of software engineering. Knowing the author gives the reviewer an idea of trust level, know who to ask questions about the patch, and gives credit to the genius of an important fix. There have been times when...
Podcasts on The Great Divide
24.3.2019
Nick Nisi, Suz Hinton, and Kevin Ball talk about The Great Divide in JS Party #61, then I get to join Suz and Jerod again in episode #67 to talk about it again.
Dave and I also got into it a bit in ShopTalk #346.
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All About mailto: Links
22.3.2019
You can make a garden variety anchor link (<a>) open up a new email. Let's take a little journey into this feature. It's pretty easy to use, but as with anything web, there are lots of things to consider.
The basic functionality
<a href="mailto:someone@yoursite.com">Email...
Advanced Tooling for Web Components
22.3.2019
Over the course of the last four articles in this five-part series, we’ve taken a broad look at the technologies that make up the Web Components standards. First, we looked at how to create HTML templates that could be consumed at a later time. Second, we dove into creating our own custom element....
How to Create Smooth WebGL Transitions on Scroll using Phenomenon
22.3.2019
A tutorial on how to transition WebGL instances in a smooth way based on the scroll position using three.js and Phenomenon.
How to Create Smooth WebGL Transitions on Scroll using Phenomenon was written by Colin van Eenige and published on Codrops