Escaping from legacy world
Dave Perry, DVLA's Chief Technology Officer, spoke recently at the Public Sector Show about culture change. Here he tells us more about his day.
Engineering
Blogged Answers: My Experience Modernizing Packages to ESM
Details on the painful experiences and hard-earned lessons I've learned migrating the Redux packages to ESM
FIFO queues are all you need for cache eviction
How to make next-level Figma plugins: auth, routing, storage, and more—Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians’ team blog
Playbook, a platform for creators to store, organize, and collaborate with creative content, needed a Figma plugin to create a smoother experience for designers. Learn how we built them a full-featured frontend application-style Figma plugin, with storage, auth, routing, and more. Plus, get tool recommendations and other tips!
Tracking Errors in a Node.js Application | AppSignal Blog
Let's track errors in our Node.js application in a convenient, automated, and safe way.
(De)coding conventions
Hear from Mike Melanson on the history of TypeScript, Aaron Gustafson on AI's role in improving accessibility, and Kingsley Mkpandiok on the power of non-code contributions now on The ReadME Pr...
Wifi without internet on a Southwest flight
Building a toast component
Was Javascript really made in 10 days?
Challenging Established Norms: Making Component Fetching the Exception
Installing Zsh (and oh-my-zsh) in Windows Git Bash
I’ve recently started using Windows again. After a long time using a customised Zsh shell on macOS and Linux though, I’ve started to miss some of the small productivity boosts that Zsh plugins offered me. Of course, I could set up the shell as I want it under WSL, but WSL doesn’t always play nicely with Windows-native applications and tools. To remedy this, I looked into how I could set up Zsh to run instead of Bash in Git Bash.
Using zsh on Windows
Notes on setting up zsh shell on Windows Terminal
Beyond Browsers: The Longterm Future of JavaScript Standards
How the scope of ECMAScript is changing as JavaScript matures; and where the opportunities for adding new features are coming from.
Building Meta’s Threads App (Real-World Engineering Challenges)
A Guide to React Portals - Semaphore
Some useful, non-obvious Postgres patterns
Enhance vs. Lit vs. WebC…or, How to Server-Render a Web Component
label - JavaScript | MDN
Using Labeled Loops In JavaScript
A Wide View of Automated Testing in React Apps - React Handbook
Node.js Reference Architecture | Node.JS Reference Architecture
Overview
Node.js Toolbox
Find actively maintained and popular libraries in the Node.js ecosystem
Creating an NPX tool
A guide to creating an NPX tool accessible from anywhere, 'no download required'.
Why build from sources - Gentoo Wiki
Demystifying Debugging With React Developer Tools | Toptal®
Elevate your debugging skills with React Developer Tools and other services.
Working With React Design Patterns | Toptal®
Learn how React design patterns allow for coherent modules with less coupling.
You’ve Got Options for Removing Event Listeners
Reviewing some of the most common approaches available to remove event listeners in JavaScript.
Good code is like a love letter to the next developer who will maintain it.
We often romanticize the notion of programming, presenting it as an abstract form of art, a science, or even a form of magic. The truth, however, is much mor...
Getting Started with Turborepo – Turborepo
The JavaScript Ecosystem is Delightfully Weird