Harnessing the Javascript Spread Operator

Alex Cassells Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, JavaScript, Tutorial Leave a Comment

The toolset of the JavaScript developer is ever-evolving and ever-changing. Array manipulation saw dramatic improvements in usability, utility, and readability with the release of the ECMAScript 6 standard in 2015. This update was released with game-changing features like arrow functions, scoped variables like ‘let’ and ‘const’, and many other commonly used tools.

As a developer, I use these features on a regular basis when developing in a Javascript environment, whether that’s a front-end library, such as React or Angular, or on the backend through Node. Most developers have experience with arrow functions and scoped variables, which are incredibly common to see throughout modern code bases. One feature included in ECMAScript 6 is the Spread Operator. While I do not often see it used, it is perhaps my favorite.

In this blog, I will cover the Spread Operator. We’ll talk about what it is and how it’s used to manipulate both objects and arrays. We’ll walk through some examples to help you get started using it in your programming along the way. Let’s jump in.

View Transition API

Introducing the View Transition API: Your DOM’s New Best Friend!

Lawrence Chabela API Development, Articles, CSS & HTML, Design, Development Technologies & Tools, JavaScript 1 Comment

Tired of clunky transitions and tangled web states? Meet the View Transition API, your secret weapon for silky-smooth DOM transformations. Say hello to elegant animations and goodbye to the confusion of overlapping states. Your web pages are about to get a serious upgrade!

Think about it, page transitions aren’t all about the looks. They’re like guides, leading users through your content. And they’re not just about appearances, these transitions can also increase the perceived speed of how responsive your site feels, especially during async running tasks…

Turborepo: Turbocharging Monorepo Development

Turborepo: Turbocharging Monorepo Development

Brian Buchta Articles, JavaScript, TypeScript Leave a Comment

Software development is an ever-evolving space where languages, tools, and best practices can rapidly change based on the market. Yet there is always a race to do things faster and better than before.

Today, I will be introducing you to Turborepo, a tool that helps manage JavaScript and TypeScript monorepos by leveraging build techniques to avoid duplicate work and maximize multitasking at scale. But first, there may be a couple of questions you’re asking yourself. What is a monorepo, and why use Turborepo?

3D Geospatial Rendering with Cesium

CesiumJS 3D Geospatial Rendering

Lou Mauget Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, JavaScript, Programming, Tutorial Leave a Comment

This blog is a brief overview of CesiumJS, a cool JavaScript client library for visualizing a geospatial Earth map, including artifacts (both real and generated). They eat their own dog food, so their homepage has a declaratively-rendered spinning globe by Cesium.

CesiumJS has a higher-level Entity API as well as a lower-level Primitive API. The API doc can be found here. I’ll point out a couple of interactive source examples that use the entity API; most Cesium apps use it. Cesium also provides open specification 3D Tiles to load, render, and cache on-demand terrain features, artifacts, and building renditions for surface viewing.

There is no IDE or download needed to interact with the material mentioned in this overview. You can interact with the material mentioned with your browser.