Getting started with ECMAScript 6

August 10th, 2015

An introduction to some of the new JavaScript features in ES6 (now called ES2015), with code examples comparing common ES5 patterns to the new ES6 equivalents.

Getting started with ECMAScript 6

Free Stock Photos – Search 24 Sites With Stock Up

August 7th, 2015

Stock Up aggregates several free stock photography sites into one search engine.

Free Stock Photos – Search 24 Sites With Stock Up

LoopBack: A Powerful Node API Framework | Toptal

July 31st, 2015

A walkthrough tutorial for creating a REST API service using the LoopBack framework.

LoopBack: A Powerful Node API Framework | Toptal

LoopBack

July 31st, 2015

LoopBack is a framework for building REST APIs. From StrongLoop, the folks that brought us the express framework.

LoopBack

ios – how to get Distance of Object from iPhone camera using image Exif meta data? – Stack Overflow

July 27th, 2015

With a few facts about your camera’s sensor, if you know the size of an object in your photo, you can calculate how far it was from the camera when the photo was taken.

ios – how to get Distance of Object from iPhone camera using image Exif meta data? – Stack Overflow

A Rant

July 25th, 2015

Once upon a time, before the Facebooks and Twitters and Reddits and MySpaces, there was Usenet. And on Usenet, flaming and trolling was an art form. It wasn’t just a bunch of angry, shocking, monkeys on keyboards. Trolls were subtle. Flames were eloquent and surgically precise.

Then in the early 90s, they opened the internet up to the general public, and it became Amateur Hour. Newcomers, with no knowledge of the existing culture, nor the patience to observe and absorb it, saw these writings and mistook them for Righteous Anger. And they got it into their heads that the Way Of The Net was to spout off whatever idiotic thought that crossed your mind, because that person will never be able to get back at me and Free Speech, Murica!

React.js Introduction For People Who Know Just Enough jQuery To Get By · React for Designers

July 9th, 2015

A good beginner ReactJS tutorial for entry-level programmers who aren’t already experts with JavaScript.

React.js Introduction For People Who Know Just Enough jQuery To Get By · React for Designers

Performance Calendar » React’s diff algorithm

July 7th, 2015

An overview of how ReactJS uses its virtual DOM, diffing, and event delegation to achieve its performance.

Performance Calendar » React’s diff algorithm

CSS Image Replacement Museum

July 6th, 2015

A historical retrospective of various CSS text/image replacement techniques, with notes about the pros and cons of each.

CSS Image Replacement Museum

most.js: Monadic Reactive Streams

June 22nd, 2015

Yet another library bringing functional programming concepts to JavaScript. The most.js library lets you handle events like a stream, allows you to compose streams, etc.

most.js: Monadic Reactive Streams