A few months back I was working on a Javascript frontend for a large dataset using Tanstack Table. The relevant constraints were: Up to 50k rows of content Grouped by up to 3 columns Using react and virtualized rendering, showing 50k rows was performing well. But when the Tanstack Table grouping …
As a quickly evolving library, React Native is often supplemented by features from the community, only to consume them or incorporate similar concepts later on. Up until a few months ago, using the native clipboard on iOS or Android meant installing an npm module and then configuring the native …
Introduction As web developers, we see the potential that the web offers, as a platform and as a cross platform development environment. I don't think it's a desire for sameness or lack of imagination that propels web technologies across device targets, but the potential and power of what those …
Last week we dug into Javascript Carousels, first analyzing the implementation Bootstrap offers and then examining two alternatives in Flexslider and Slick. We reviewed examples in each and noticed the simplicity of setup as we moved beyond Bootstrap - but that wasn't enough. Developer productivity …
Last week we started small, and looked to improve the perceived performance of our website with interactive loaders. We looked at what Bootstrap had to offer out of the box, and then explored a more robust option with the Ladda plugin. This week we're aiming to improve the carousel experience. …
Bootstrap is an awesome tool, and something I use all the time. The ability to have so much css scaffolding in place for you to use is a huge time-saver and makes building responsive sites attainable in a more reasonable, repeatable and budget-friendly way. On top of the CSS functionality, Bootstrap …
Ionic and Famo.us are Javascript frameworks that aim to bridge the gap between the web and native app world, so that web technologies can compete with the native experience. Ionic Ionic is focused on on creating beautiful hybrid mobile apps in HTML/CSS, and their ecosystem, tooling and library …
Last week in my post The context of "this" in Javascript, I gave an example to test the readers understanding of the topic: var global = 'global example'; function globalExample() { return this.global; } console.log(this.global); //outputs 'global example' console.log(globalExample()); //outputs …
Understanding the different contexts of this in Javascript is an important step towards truly understanding the language. In addition to its importance, it's also something that has been written about to death. If you're using Javascript, and don't fully understand how the this keyword in javascript …
This is just a dumping ground for articles/books/tools that stuck out to me over the last week.
Most of the articles I read come from some excellent newsletter sources: Javascript Weekly, HTML5 Weekly, Ruby Weekly, Node Weekly, Database Weekly, and the Code Project Newsletter. Books are from a …