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Why Alpine is the new jQuery and Why that is an Awesome Thing – Frontend Masters Boost

Why Alpine is the new jQuery and Why that is an Awesome Thing – Frontend Masters Boost Back in the old days, when I was building web sites by hand, in the snow, uphill, both ways, jQuery was my default tool when building any kind of interactivity on a web page. Way before I even considered building apps, jQuery was the workhorse tha...

Migrating from VuePress to VitePress | olets.dev

Migrating from VuePress to VitePress | olets.dev VuePress and VitePress are Vue-based static site generators which take Markdown content and export performant multipage sites. Their default themes are designed with software documentation in mind but are a good fit for any chapter-based — think D...

Mapping Over Promises in JavaScript

Mapping Over Promises in JavaScript Learn how to map over async/await operations in three different approaches.Have you recently run into the issue where you expected the result of your map function to return a resolved/awaited value, but it returned a list of promises. For example: .

What is the Nova JavaScript engine? · Nova

What is the Nova JavaScript engine? · Nova Let me answer that question as quickly as I can without skipping too much of the details: Nova is a JavaScript engine being built by me and a group of compatriots that takes a data-oriented approach to engine design. This is most concretely visibl...

State of JavaScript 2024

State of JavaScript 2024 While we were busy trying to figure out which front-end library to bet on next, JavaScript itself has been going through an evolution of its own. New TC39 proposals are making waves in the community, while others are already on the verge of being...

Importing a frontend Javascript library without a build system

Importing a frontend Javascript library without a build system I like writing Javascript without a build system and for the millionth time yesterday I ran into a problem where I needed to figure out how to import a Javascript library in my code without using a build system, and it took FOREVER to figure out h...

Self-contained Executable Programs with Deno Compile

Self-contained Executable Programs with Deno Compile Since Deno v1.6, the deno compile command has empowered developers to turn JavaScript and TypeScript programs into single, standalone binaries that run on all major platforms—no dependencies, no additional installs. This has big implications: Cro...

Whitepaper state-machines A state machine, also referred to as a finite state machine (FSM) or state diagram, is a programming paradigm used that manages state changes and makes the current state of a system explicit. To implement a state machine, you must design the syst...

Talk to ChatGPT on a Phone Call

Talk to ChatGPT on a Phone Call The integration of voice communication and AI represents a big step forward in human-machine interaction that can potentially transform traditional methods of communication. For instance, in the context of a phone call, you no longer need another ...

AWS Lambda turns ten – looking back and looking ahead | AWS News Blog

AWS Lambda turns ten – looking back and looking ahead | AWS News Blog I have a very vague memory of a 2013-era meeting with my then-colleague Tim Wagner. The term serverless did not exist, but we chatted about various ways to allow developers to focus on code instead of on infrastructure. At some I recall throwing m...