JavaScript Kicks - JSK Daily for Jan 31, 2022

Pure functions and impure functions are two common terms used in JavaScript. On the surface level, both functions look identical. However, if we look closer, there are some major differences between them. As developers, it is essential to understand the similarities and differ...

Syncfusion

Nullish Coalescing can be a massive addition to your toolbox as a developer. It will allow for shorter, more concise code and, in many cases, more readable code, as we will see by going through a few examples below....

Bit

Whether you are a newbie or a proficient in JavaScript world, you probably already use or will use those annoying three little letters - npm - in a command line, trying despairingly to download packages, which are reusable JavaScript modules from a central package registry....

Bit

In JavaScript, Hoisting is the default behavior of moving all the declarations at the top of the scope before code execution. Everything in Javascript happens inside Execution Context. To understand Hoisting in detail, let's learn about the Execution context....

Akshaya

I won't inform you that you must create a folder, the package.json file, must have installed Node.js installed on your computer, etc because I created this article for people who know these things. I really like Webpack, but sometimes when I want to create a small website, I n...

JavaScript In Plain English

HTTP requests are the lifeline of sites and applications; due to HTTP requests, subtle communication is established between client and server. HTTP is an application layer protocol that stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol; in this post, we will discuss asynchronous HTTP pos...

Digamber Singh

Tobie Langel, Open source strategist and Principal at UnlockOpen, joins Chris, Feross, and Amal to discuss recent widespread incidents affecting the JavaScript community (and breaking CI builds) around the globe. Two widely used npm libraries were self-sabotaged by their singl...

JS Party

In the process of replacing jQuery with Umbrella JS as my DOM (Document Object Model) abstraction layer, I ran into a small quirky behavior. It seems that if I created a element using the Umbrella JS constructor, the JavaScript code within the script tag would be inert if the ...

Ben Nadel

Learn how to do text recognition in the browser in a react app using tesseract.js Source code is available at Tesseract OCR React Watch the full tutorial below Technological advancement today has figuratively impacted the lives of millions of people around the globe. Thanks to...

Coding is Love

Accessing DOM elements sometimes is a pain in the ass, but since react hooks came up now we have an easy way of doing it. The has different use cases, but the most used one is to easily access the DOM of an element. But first......

Felipe Furlanetti

This article consists of upgrading your js-cypress testing suite to TypeScript. As you know, TypeScript continues to be very popular and a favorite in recent years. Furthermore, it is chosen because......

JavaScript In Plain English