Plug & Play Modular Architecture for Scalable and Maintainable Apps

#architecture, #javascript

A new project is always a joy: the code hasn't yet been bloated with deprecated features, rushed decisions and questionable dependencies. When my projects get to this state I become increasingly less productive and the urge to refactor grows exponentially, which, as you would imagine, halts any progress entirely.

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ES Modules & Import Maps: Back to the Future

#javascript, #webdev, #beginners, #esm

There was a time when creating a web page meant creating an html file, yet nowadays it seems impossible to build any frontend without the bottomless pit of node_modules, yielding a finely chewed yet hefty bundle.xyz.js. Well, I got to learn that it might not be the case soon and, naturally, I feel the urge to share it with the rest of you.

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Me & React: 5 Years in 15 Minutes

#javascript, #react, #frontend

I first heard of React when a friend showed me a project he had written. It was some sort of content management system: it had tables, forms, visual editors and stuff like this. I don't remember much, except that code was really really confusing

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10 Reasons NOT to Use Go for Your Next Project

#webdev, #go, #node, #irony

They say Go is the language of the web. Of course, with Google backing it up it sounds very objective! But is it as good as they say? I can think of cases where it wouldn't be a good fit

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How Build a Web App in 11 Minutes and Fall in Love With Sveltekit

#svelte, #node, #webdev, #tutorial

It's been a long time since I got excited about a framework. I often advocate for reinventing the wheel, how come I'm writing an ode to a framework? Short answer because SvelteKit is very good, even though it's still in beta. The long answer is ahead.

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Master Git in 7 Minutes

#beginners, #git, #tutorial, #webdev

Essentially, Git keeps tabs on text changes, but the definition is a version control system. Chances are you've already used git one way or another: it is a de-facto standard for code versioning due to it's distributed nature, as opposed to centralised Apache Subversion (SVN).

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Crc 32 Checksum in Wasm and Raw Js Tutorial and Benchmark

#webassembly, #webdev, #performance, #tutorial

In this tutorial we'll build a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) hashing function. More specifically, its 32 bit variant called "CRC-32". I bumped into it in the PNG specification, but it's also used in Gzip and bunch of other formats and protocols. In short, it makes a tiny (4 bytes) hash out of whatever binary data you feed to it and changes significantly if data changes even slightly. Of course, such a tiny function is not even close to be crypto secure, therefore it's only used to check if data was transferred correctly.

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Master Binary in Five Minutes

#webdev, #javascript, #beginners, #tutorial

Binary is the very core of everything digital, not only in web development, but literally everything: from variables and file data to transport protocols and executables themselves.

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Five Pro Tips to Master Promises in Js

#javascript, #node, #tutorial, #beginners

Events handling and promises in particular are hands down the best JavaScript feature. You're probably familiar with the concept itself, but in short, a Promise in JavaScript is a promise to call back with the result.

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How to Use Custom Files as Modules in Nodejs

#javascript, #node, #webdev, #tutorial

There are quite a few cases where you can benefit from importing an arbitrary file directly: in universal apps, tests, or simply to avoid boilerplate. Good news: you don't need Babel, Webpack, or anything else for it.

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How to Do Magic With Numbers

#javascript, #node, #webdev, #tutorial

JavaScript Number type would have been called double or float64 in a compiled language. Therefore, numbers have some limits

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5 Ways to Use Redis in Your Next Project

#redis, #node, #database

If the best code is no code at all, then the next best thing is code, that you can explain in one simple sentence. For example, like this: Redis holds a variety of structures in memory and lets you manage them through a text based command protocol. Despite, or maybe, because of its simplicity, Redis has plenty of utility in modern web architecture.

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