JavaScript Kicks - JSK Daily for Aug 11, 2021

MomentJS is one of the most used JavaScript date libraries among software engineers. However, over the past few years, other alternatives challenged its existence. So, in this article, I will discuss......

Bit

When it comes to websites, images matter because they help deliver a complex message in a blink of an eye. Therefore, 93.7% of websites on the internet use at least one type of image file format. However, the large volume of unoptimized images affects the website's performance...

Bit

JavaScript has two awesome data structures that help you write clean and efficient code. But handling them can get messy sometimes. In this blog, I am going to show you how to handle destructuring in arrays and objects in JavaScript. We'll also learn how to use the spread oper...

Nishant singh

August is already here, which means so is Firefox 91! This release has a Scottish locale added and, if the 'increased contrast' setting is checked, auto enables High Contrast mode on macOS. Private browsing windows have an HTTPS-first policy and will automatically attempt to m...

Mozilla Hacks

Functional regressions are the main key to watching out - when people develop and deliver new features to their products. But - so does the visual ones. Let's say you have a UI Library/Design System that is yours or one that your team is developing....

JavaScript In Plain English

JavaScript is a single-threaded language. In other words, it can do only one thing at a time. JavaScript executes all operations on a single thread, but using a few smart data structures, gives us the illusion of multi-threading. The event loop is the secret behind JavaScript'...

sumeet bhalla

If we would be only using JavaScript, it would be possible to create a conditional React className attribute this way: Fortunately, there is one neat helper library for conditional classnames in React: classnames: It works perfectly with CSS modules too: And could also be used...

Robin Wieruch

In the development of complex Angular applications, developers tend to build large components that encompass the entire form and can make it challenging to re-use in efficient manner. In that situation the concept reusable/custom components come to forward. Custom form control...

JavaScript In Plain English

If you've been into technical interviews, you might know how recurring questions related to JavaScript closures are. As for those who're prepping for it, you've landed at the right spot. To understand closure, it is important to first look into local and global variables: Loca...

Sarah Majeed

How to use the PubSub instance inside the application to publish events during Cypress tests. A user has recently asked me about using Cypress tests not delivering events into the application. The application is using pubsub-js from the "Publisher" component to publish events....

Gleb Bahmutov

Retool is a low-code platform built specifically for developers that makes it fast and easy to build internal tools. Instead of building internal tools from scratch, the world's best teams, from startups to Fortune 500s, are using Retool to power their internal apps....

JS Party

Let's get into it together! NOTE: the terms "functional components" and "function components" are both used interchangeably! First, we need to know exactly what we're talking about when we say function components and class components. It's pretty simple: functional components ...

Upmostly

The Map object provides a way to hold collections of key-value pairs. The Map maintains the order in which data is added into the Map object, which will be retrieved in order when the Map is iterated. Maps can be created by invoking the Map() constructor....

Robert Laws

When working in a request-response lifecycle, you want to make sure that a response with the wanted body - or at least an informative response arrives so the client that requested the data stays in the loop. In case of null values, you'll probably want to return a different re...

StackAbuse

Popular stories this week include "Exploring Essential JavaScript Spreadsheet Freeze Panes" on Syncfusion, "Why Axios is Preferable to Fetch" by Sumeet Bhalla and Chameera Dulanga's "Secret Behind JavaScript Performance: V8 & Hidden Classes" on Bits and Pieces.

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