JavaScript Kicks - JSK Daily for Feb 25, 2021

This post will explore a method of displaying recent Medium blog posts within my web development portfolio site. Specifically, on the left hand side, we want to get this listing dynamically (outlined in red in the image below). We would like to display the last 5 blog posts th...

Will Carter

In React, using an Immutable state enables quick and cheap comparison of the state tree before and after a change. As a result, each component decides whether to re-rendered or not before performing any costly DOM operations. And I hope you already know that; JavaScript is mut...

Bit

If you wonder what's Deno, it is a runtime for TypeScript and JavaScript, invented by Ryan Dahl, the creator of Nodejs. As the successor Deno solves some of the prominent issues we have with Nodejs......

Bit

An introduction to building a Discord bot using the Discord.js module. The bot will share random jokes, assign or revoke user roles, and post tweets of a specific account to a Discord channel....

Smashing Magazine

This article is a step-by-step guide that'll show you how to build an interactive JavaScript range chart that visualizes 20 years of the LA Lakers' performance with Kobe Bryant. The year 2020 was pretty poignant for obvious reasons. But even before the pandemic, the year start...

Visual Scribbler

Boilerplate code is a nightmare. There, I've said it. Running around your components and cherry picking the right boilerplate code is a huge time waste for every developer., and with typescript on the table - that almost doubles the effort. No more! I introduce to you, my reac...

JavaScript In Plain English