Over the last few years, JavaScript has taken over the web development world becoming the primary language of choice for many new developers. That’s not just because JavaScript provides a great way to make web pages interactive – but also because that’s where the jobs are.
Tag: javascript
Introducing Hot Reloading
React Native goal is to give you the best possible developer experience. A big part of it is the time it takes between you save a file and be able to see the changes. Our goal is to get this feedback loop to be under 1 second, even as your app grows.
Adding Real-Time to Rails With Socket.IO, Node.js and Backbone.js (With Demo)
UPDATE: see my new article on adding real-time to your Rails application. Despite the recent distaste for Rails, I still think its a nice framework for developing websites (e.g. devise & active record). However, if you want real-time communication Socket.IO and Node.js seem to be the best options.
The Wonderful Wizard of AngularJS
Boy am I diggin’ AngularJS. There are so many cool bits to it. And the bits that don’t exist are fun to build…once you get the hang of it that is. Case in point, a nifty little wizard module. We here at RealCrowd use wizards on a few pages in our app.
Testing Your JavaScript with Jasmine
We all know we should be testing our code, but we don’t actually do it. I guess it’s fair to say that most of us put it off because, nine times out of ten, it means learning yet another concept.
Writing Fast, Memory-Efficient JavaScript – Smashing Magazine
JavaScript engines such as Google’s V81 (Chrome, Node) are specifically designed for the fast execution2 of large JavaScript applications.
JavaScript: Passing by Value or by Reference
In JavaScript, we have functions and we have arguments that we pass into those functions. But how JavaScript handles what you’re passing in is not always clear.
Truth, Equality and JavaScript
The good news is that there is a standard and all browsers follow it. Some authors will tell you to fear coercion and and code against it.