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Supercharge Your Node.js with Rust
Dmitry Kudryavtsev is a software engineer with more than a decade of experience in the industry, and a tech entrepreneur creating sustainable online business.
Dweb: Building a Resilient Web with WebTorrent
The web is healthy when the financial cost of self-expression isn’t a barrier. This installment of the Dweb series describes WebTorrent – an implementation of the BitTorrent protocol that runs ...
Vue.js: 2015 in Review
The year of 2015 has been a pretty crazy ride for Vue.js. The project has grown way beyond my expectations, so I’d like to take a look back and put things in perspective. StatsGeneral NPM downloads:
JavaScript Generators, Meet XPath
If the text is neatly neatly isolated inside an HTML element, it’s easy; this will do:
What does “asm.js optimizations” mean?
The Microsoft Chakra team has announced on the IE blog that asm.js optimizations are In Development . We at Mozilla are very excited for IE to join Firefox in providing predictable, top-tier performance on asm.js code and from my discussions with the Chakra team, I expect this will be the case.
Browser security beyond sandboxing
Read the latest about Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, and find helpful solutions from the digital security experts at Microsoft Security Blog.
The Technology Behind Making the Internet Archive into the Worlds Worst DVR
Take a moment to go back in time with me, back to when life was simpler and the biggest threat to humanity was Y2k…
Essential JavaScript design patterns
Learning JavaScript Design Patterns is a book with examples of JavaScript design patterns and how to apply them to your code.
Xc.js - a Javascript framework for 2d games. Backends for HTML5 canvas and iOS
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How JavaScript works: The building blocks of Web Workers
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Tools for debugging, testing and using HTTP/2
With CloudFlare's release of HTTP/2 for all our customers the web suddenly has a lot of HTTP/2 connections. To get the most out of HTTP/2 you'll want to be using an up to date web browser (all the major browsers support HTTP/2).
CSS Classes Considered Harmful
If you've used CSS, you know what a class name is. They're a very poor proxy for the web today. Let's stop using them.
What I want from the internet
Connection and intimacy are still possible on the internet today.
Less than a month to go before Google breaks links to Google+ Picasa albums
Google purchased Picasa, a super efficient photo editor that offered seamless integration with online publishing (e.g., you add a photo to an album on your desktop computer and […]
IE10 won't run Flash unless website is whitelisted by Microsoft
Yeah you read that right. I just received an interesting email from Brightcove (the video delivery guys) about issues with their Flash based solution and Windows 8 running the new Internet Explorer 10. To quote:
Making SetInterval Declarative with React Hooks
How I learned to stop worrying and love refs.
Writing HTML by hand
Behind the scenes - how I'm making redblobgames.com - interactive explanations of game development algorithms and math