Functional Reactive Programming and JavaScript

Phuong Nguyen Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, JavaScript 4 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 12 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Functional reactive programming (FRP) is an emerging programming paradigm that has recently gained popularity in the web world. That popularity isn’t just tied to …

Time-Oriented Debugging

Zach Gardner Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, JavaScript, Opinion 3 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 12 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Debugging code is traditionally more of an art than a science. Watching a master debugger work is like watching a master chef. There is …

Cleaning up Boilerplate Backbone Views

Casey Justus Articles, JavaScript Leave a Comment

Attention: This article was published over 12 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.“And you think you’re so clever and classless and free.”ย โ€• John Lennon One common complaint developers have with Backbone is the proliferation of repetitive …

JavaScript Promises Are Cool

Lou Mauget Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, JavaScript 4 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 12 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.โ€œAnd when I promise something, I never ever break that promise. Never.โ€ โ€• Rapunzel Many languages have libraries of interesting schemes called promises, deferreds, …

The Journey From Java EE to SPA

John Hoestje Articles, Java, JavaScript, Single-Page Application 2 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 12 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.While pulling down an existing Backbone.js project that I was helping with, I felt confident enough with JavaScript that I figured I could start …