JavaScript Kicks - JSK Daily for Jul 28, 2020

A new stable version of Firefox brings July to a close with the return of shared memory! Firefox 79 also offers a new Promise method, more secure target=_blank links, logical assignment operators, and other updates of interest to web developers....

Mozilla Hacks

Building an API is a rewarding way to allow data to flow between apps and create compelling functionality in your latest project without having to start from scratch. Newcomers to the world of APIs will definitely need a little advice and guidance to make sure that their fledg...

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Daniel Roe is back to help teach us about GraphQL. What is GraphQL? What's the graph in GraphQL? How do you restrict client access to data in GraphQL? What's the difference between serverless vs serverless functions? And what lead Daniel Roe to choosing GraphQL for his project?...

John Papa

In this post, you'll find 3 easy ways to perform shallow clone (aka copy) of objects in JavaScript. As a bonus, I'm going to show how you can also update, add, or remove properties in place on the clone. That's useful when you want to perform an update on the object in an immu...

Dmitri Pavlutin

We will create a project folder and initialize an npm project. Create a new serverless service in the project folder. mkdir my-serverless-projectcd my-serverless-projectnpm init -yserverless create --template aws-nodejs The Serverless framework generates a boilerplate for the ...

JavaScript in Plain English

Arrow functions and destructuring are two powerful features of JavaScript. When used in combination, they present a cool pattern that I like to call object transformation. The point is to write a simple function to change the structure of a given object, while keeping (some of...

Sergei

React: 50 shades of state / We all know that one of the most challenging task in software development is state management. This is especially true for the JavaScript world. There are thousands of articles on this topic and so I decided to write another one 😁....

Krasimir Tsonev

The JavaScript addEventListener() method allows you to set up functions to be called when a specified event happens, such as when a user clicks a button. This tutorial shows you how you can implement addEventListener() in your code. Events are actions that happen when the user...

Joe Liang

Similarly, always treat numbers, strings, or booleans as primitive values. Not as objects. Because → I don't use 'var'. I use 'let' and 'const' ◾ `var` is now the weakest signal available when you define a variable in JavaScript. The variable may or may not be reassigned, and ...

saravanan raghul

If you need to handle a list of tasks that need to be executed in order of creation, you can take advantage of the inner workings of Queues. These are very basic structures in which you can insert elements into and take them out following the FIFO approach: First In First Out....

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