Node v6.3.0

Node v6.3.0 is out, and includes (among other things) the experimental v8-inspector, making it possible to debug node using the Chrome DevTools.

webpack: It’s getting real

You might have noticed things have changed a bit in the past month. GitHub issues are plastered with more than just “question” or “bug”. Or you might have noticed that there’s a new repository for meeting notes. Or that some guy from Nebraska is overtaking your twitter feed about webpack beta releases.

rheostat

Rheostat is a www, mobile, and accessible slider component built with React

jpeg-autorotate

Rotates JPEG images based on EXIF orientation

logerr

Readable JavaScript Errors

Ten Requirements For Making Home Page Carousels Work For End Users (If Needed)

Home page carousels can work, but in practice the vast majority of implementations perform poorly with end users. Here are ten requirements for making home page carousels work for end users.

Beyond Console Debugging Tricks

Instead of investing a little time, researching better ways and finding the right tools for the job, some people find extremely complicated schemes that end up not helping at all.

A Warning About jQuery 3

jQuery recently had a major update to version 3. With it came a subtle change that might cause some headaches for you if your aren’t prepared for it.

Proxy fun

 For learning how to use JavaScript Proxy, or just to see what is possible

CSS: The Perfect Print Stylesheet

Even today, there are still many people that want to print out the entire internet. This can have many reasons. Maybe a team seeks to discuss an article’s content in a meeting. Or maybe somebody wants to read your article somewhere where they don’t have an internet connection. To satisfy these people, each website requires a CSS file for printing.

How well do you know CSS display?

The display property is one of the most important CSS properties we use for layout.

ES6 for humans

A kickstarter guide to writing ES6

Borrowing Methods in JavaScript

In JavaScript, sometimes it’s desirable to reuse a function or method on a different object other than the object or prototype it was defined on.

A Front End Developer is Aware

Because the front end developer is this central hub position and dealing with lots of different people doing lots of different jobs, the job can be done better if they are aware. Aware of everything else that makes a website tick.

About that ‘mobile’ in Accelerated Mobile Pages

There’s nothing inherently ‘mobile’ about AMP. AMP is designed to be mobile friendly, and with slow hardware and high latency connections, the boost you get with AMP on smartphones is going to be felt a lot stronger than on desktops. But AMP isn’t mobile only – it’s mobile first.

Make the Web Work For Everyone

Millions of websites have compatibility problems on one or more of the major browsers, leading to a poor user experience. The web developer community can fix this.

Always use a label

Sometimes designers oversimplify a form by removing the labels. The problem is that minimal does not always mean it’s simple — which is certainly the case for labels. Labels, in fact, are an essential part of designing easy-to-use forms.

Djenerator

Randomly generated metal riffs using Web Audio API and React.

React.js Introduction For People Who Know Just Enough jQuery To Get By

Of people who have never tried out React, some are comfortable with frontend JS frameworks like Backbone, Ember, or Angular. Some know JavaScript pretty well. Some know just enough jQuery to get by.
If you’re comfortable with JavaScript or any of the frontend frameworks like Backbone/Ember/Angular, this tutorial is NOT for you.