Damian’s notes

While we were all busy reimplementing jQuery and replacing it with more elaborate JavaScript frameworks, plain JavaScript has quietly gained features that mean you can do a lot on a small site without requiring complex frameworks at all.

(Via @timbray on Twitter)

A little bit of plain Javascript can do a lot I’ve never worked as a professional frontend developer, so even though I’ve been writing HTML/CSS/JS for 15 years for little side projects, all of the projects have been pretty small, sometimes I don’t write any Javascript for years in between, and I often don’t quite feel like I know what I’m doing. Partly because of that, I’ve leaned on libraries a lot! Ten years ago I used to use jQuery, and since maybe 2017 I’ve been using a lot of vue.

Noted by Damian Cugley 4 years, 5 months ago.

A runtime for TypeScript or JavaScript programs that is positioned as a single-executable alternative to TypeScript + Babel + Node + NPM + ESLint + Prettier + Webpack. Modules are imported from URLs (same system as ES6 modules running in browsers), and asynchronous APIs use promises rather than those old-fashioned callbacks (so not a drop-in replacement for Node). Implemented in Rust, and aiming to be secure-by-default by restricting access to files and networks unless explicitly allowed.

Deno â A secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript. Deno is a simple, modern and secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript that uses V8 and is built in Rust.

Noted by Damian Cugley 4 years, 7 months ago.

Hooks are a new addition in React 16.8. They let you use state and other React features without writing a class.

Introducing Hooks Hooks are a new addition in React 16.8. They let you use state and other React features without writing a class.

Noted by Damian Cugley 5 years, 10 months ago.