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JavaScript

JavaScript is a high-level, interpreted programming language primarily used for web development. It allows developers to create dynamic and interactive content on websites, enhancing user experience by enabling client-side scripts to manipulate the browser’s Document Object Model (DOM) and communicate with servers asynchronously.

ESSENTIAL READING
Brendan Eich on Creating JavaScript in 10 Days, and What He'd Do Differently Today
Aug 26th, 2018 6:00am
BY David Cassel
Write to the DOM or Not: When JS Frameworks Are Necessary
Jul 28th, 2023 11:20am
BY Loraine Lawson
Douglas Crockford, who helped develop JavaScript, has advised developers to abandon JavaScript libraries and write directly to the HTML DOM itself — something he’d hitherto advised against. Is this the best way to web apps now?
5 Reasons You Don't Always Need a JavaScript Framework
Feb 7th, 2022 3:00am
BY Jack Wallen
Not every project needs a framework. This is true for many of the languages your software engineers depend on — including JavaScript.
JavaScript or WebAssembly: Which Is More Energy Efficient and Faster?
Jan 30th, 2023 9:51am
BY Loraine Lawson
A study compares JavaScript and Wasm on runtime and energy efficiency. In real-world applications, WebAssembly shines.
Google Angular Lead Sees Convergence in JavaScript Frameworks
Aug 9th, 2024 8:20am
BY Loraine Lawson
Angular and React are essentially the same framework, said Angular lead Minko Gechev, who has been given the job of converging two Google frameworks.
GETTING STARTED
Learning JavaScript with Gordon Zhu, Founder of Watch and Code
May 11th, 2017 6:00am
BY Michelle Gienow
Promises in JavaScript: A Primer
Nov 25th, 2022 3:00am
BY Jessica Wachtel
Promises provide a way to write asynchronous operations in JavaScript, a single-threaded language.
Getting Started with JavaScript and InfluxDB
Aug 20th, 2021 7:27am
BY Nicolas Bohorquez
Time-series databases are often used to analyze application logs and collect sensor data. Learn how to read a data stream and use InfluxDB.
TUTORIALS
Tutorial: Mastering ‘this’ in JavaScript
Mastering 'this' in JavaScript: Callbacks and bind(), apply(), call()
Mar 2nd, 2018 10:23am
BY Michelle Gienow
JavaScript: Build Objects and Eliminate Looping with Reduce()
Sep 3rd, 2022 3:00am
BY Jessica Wachtel
JavaScript reduce() is great when it comes to chaining higher order functions and abstracting away the looping process.
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How WebAssembly and Web Workers prevent UI freezes
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