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The Architecture of My Blog
I just realized the other day that my blog is in its fifth year now. Since the application is built from scratch, I figured it would be fun to do a write-up of the architecture...
Read articleUsing Service Workers
In this post I take a look at service workers in JavaScript. I will show how to use a service worker to support offline loading of an Angular application.
Read articleInspecting Webpack Bundles
In this post I will show how to visually inspect the contents of Webpack bundles.
Read articleWebpack Tree Shaking with Babili
In this post I will show how Babili can improve dead code removal in Webpack builds.
Read articleJavaScript AST
In this post I will discuss JavaScript ASTs and show how you can easily generate an AST of your code using Rollup.
Read articleCode Splitting in Webpack
In this post I will show how to do code splitting in Webpack.
Read articleTree Shaking with Webpack
In this post I will take a look at how Webpack handles Tree Shaking.
Read articleHow To Create A Tech Blog
In this post I want to share some info about how I built up my blog. Hopefully this will be helpful to other bloggers, but I am also looking for feedback and suggestions for...
Read articleIIFE vs UMD
In the following post I will compare immediately-invoked function expressions (IIFE) to Universal Module Definition (UMD) bundles.
Read articleTree Shaking ES2015 modules
In this post I will show that putting entities in the same file does not impact Tree Shaking.
Read articleAsync Await Error handling
In this post I will show how to add error handling when using async/await in TypeScript.
Read articleWhere is promise.finally?
At this point I've used so many different promise libraries that I've lost track of what's supported natively by ES6 promises. Today I learned that “finally” is not yet part of...
Read articleAsync and Await in TypeScript
In this post I will show how to simplify promise handling using async and await in TypeScript.
Read articleTree Shaking in JavaScript
In this post I will talk about how to apply Tree Shaking to JavaScript code.
Read articleAngular 2.0 vs Aurelia
Lately I have spent quite a bit of time working in both Angular 2.0 and Aurelia, so I figured I'd share some of my experiences here.
Read articleTypeScript and implicit interfaces
TypeScript introduces interfaces – a concept very familiar to developers with experience from languages like C# and Java.
Read articleObject.defineProperty explained
JavaScript lacks explicit access modifiers, so variable “privacy” is hard to come by :-) . Instead we have to come up with clever workarounds to encapsulate objects to simulate...
Read articleJavaScript variable assignment explained
Variable assignment is a concept that many developers find confusing. In this post I will try to explain how JavaScript treats variable assignments and argument passing.
Read articleJavaScript ES6 Linq
EcmaScript 6 offers some new really nice syntax additions to JavaScript. One of them is arrow functions. Arrow functions provide a compact way to create filter functions, so to...
Read articleJavaScript and bind
One confusing thing about JavaScript is how the meaning of 'this' changes based on execution context. In this post I will demonstrate how to use bind() to inject the meaning of...
Read articleWriting Jasmine unit tests in ES6
Previously I showed how to write application code using ES6, but wouldn't it be nice to use ES6 when writing unit tests as well? In the following post I will demonstrate how to...
Read articleObject models and inheritance in TypeScript
Proper object modeling is becoming more important in JavaScript development as client side features are growing in complexity. Most object models don't require inheritance, but...
Read articleJavaScript websites and SEO
Modern websites make heavy use of JavaScript to support a better user experience, but what is the impact on SEO?
Read articleJavaScript and its crutches
There is a growing sentiment among developers that the community is saturated with frameworks that all promise to fix “JavaScript problems”. Some are just frustrated with the...
Read articleIs jQuery still relevant
As so many other developers I got my first introduction to complex client side web applications through jQuery. It was essentially the gateway drug that got most developers...
Read articleWhich JavaScript framework do I choose
Since JavaScript has made a big comeback as one of the most sought after skills in the job market, there has been a lot of talk about which frameworks to focus on. Developers...
Read articleExciting new features in ECMAScript 6
JavaScript is everywhere these days! Both front end and the back end can be written in JavaScript, and in fact, this blog is an example of an application written entirely in...
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