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Definition · Supertopics: ecmascript, programming-languages · Subtopics: ajax, animations, callbacks, closures, commonjs, console, css-in-js, cypress, dom, esm, frameworks, hacks, import-maps, javascript-engines, jest, jsdoc, json, libraries, scope, source-maps, web-workers (non-exhaustive) · “javascript” RSS feed (per email)

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
The Siren Song of “ariaNotify()” (wil/css)2,165
aria, notifications, attributes, html, jaws, nvda, voiceover, screen-readers, accessibility
The Quiet Problem With Unnecessary Async2,164
asynchronicity
Astro: HTML First, JavaScript When You Need It (jad)2,163
astro, html
Gary Illyes: The Web’s JavaScript Mess Is an AI Agent Nightmare (ppc)2,162
ai, ai-agents, html, rag, llmstxt
Everything You Need to Know About Sourcemaps (nec)2,161
source-maps
CSS vs. JavaScript (jos)2,160
css, animations, comparisons
JS Crossword (reb)2,159
Accessible by Design: HTML, CSS, Javascript, and ARIA Techniques That Scale2,158
videos, accessibility, html, css, aria
Saying Goodbye to asm.js (eqr/spi)2,157
spidermonkey, javascript-engines, firefox, mozilla, browsers
Intentionally Blocking Rendering With JavaScript (jay)2,156
rendering, painting, web-components
TypeScript, C#, and Turbo Pascal With Anders Hejlsberg (ahe/ger)2,155
videos, interviews, programming, typescript, microsoft
Soon We Can Finally Banish JavaScript to the ShadowRealm (wil/css)2,154
ecmascript, apis
I Keep Tripping Over “true, false, true”2,153
CSS Math “random()” in Production: Native Randomness Without JavaScript2,152
css, math, functions, randomness, performance, accessibility
The “<selectmenu>” Element: Stop Using JavaScript Dropdown Libraries2,151
html, forms, css
Out With the JS, in With the HTML (jim)2,150
html, refactoring
Your Recursion Is Lying to You2,149
software-design-patterns
A Compiler Engineer’s Walkthrough of JavaScript Spread Arguments (hac)2,148
compiling
Trustworthy JavaScript for the Open Web (moz)2,147
security, open-web, firefox, mozilla, browsers
Devtools: How to Query Through the Shadow DOM (rem)2,146
how-tos, shadow-dom, dev-tools, browsers
Preserving DOM Changes Across Live Reloads (kit)2,145
dom, eleventy
Canvas-ing the Web (mey)2,144
canvas
replacements.fyi (430/e18)2,143
websites, dependencies, refactoring, migrating, maintenance
Constructable Stylesheets and “adoptedStyleSheets”: One Parse, Every Shadow Root (fro)2,142
web-components, lit, css, apis, shadow-dom
Visual Validation Feedback for Form Fields (aar)2,141
html, forms, validation
The Web Is Fun Again: First Experiments With HTML in Canvas (ami/fro)2,140
experiments, html, canvas
What’s Actually New in JavaScript (and What’s Coming Next) (nec)2,139
ecmascript, standards, retrospectives, outlooks
Why I Don’t Chain Everything in JavaScript Anymore2,138
Making Dark Mode Play Nicely With BFCache2,137
dark-mode, bfcache
Creating Custom Page Transitions in Astro With Barba.js and GSAP (cod)2,136
astro, gsap, tooling, animations
You Can’t Cancel a JavaScript Promise (Except Sometimes You Can) (inn)2,135
promises
RFC JSIR: A High-Level IR for JavaScript2,134
tooling
“Intl” Can Localize Units, Too (ste)2,133
localization, units
What to Know in JavaScript (2026 Edition) (chr/fro)2,132
ecmascript, standards, frameworks, runtimes, tooling, testing, npm
Burnout Is Real for Open Source Maintainers: A Conversation With John-David Dalton, Creator of Lodash (jdd/ope)2,131
podcasts, interviews, libraries, lodash, foss, maintenance
Your Options for Preloading Images With JavaScript (mac)2,130
images, preloading, techniques
Your Debounce Is Lying to You2,129
software-design-patterns, debouncing
Building a Runtime With QuickJS (hea)2,128
quickjs, runtimes, functionality
Shadow DOM Focus Delegation: Getting “delegatesFocus” Right (fro)2,127
accessibility, shadow-dom, focus, lit, web-components
Uses for Nested Promises2,126
promises, asynchronicity
JavaScript for Everyone: Destructuring (wil/css)2,125
examples
How to Burn $30M on a JavaScript Framework… (fir)2,124
videos, frameworks, famous
JavaScript Thinks Everything’s a Date2,123
time, v8, javascriptcore, python
The Three Pillars of JavaScript Bloat (430)2,122
dependencies, complexity, runtimes, architecture, polyfills
Form-Associated Custom Elements in Practice (fro)2,121
web-components, forms
Temporal: The 9-Year Journey to Fix Time in JavaScript (jas/blo)2,120
time, apis, retrospectives
Building Dynamic Forms in React and Next.js (sma)2,119
forms, react, nextjs
Source Maps: Shipping Features Through Standards (jon/blo)2,118
source-maps
Testing Browser Support for “focusgroup” (ada)2,117
html, attributes, focus
You Don’t Know HTML Tables2,116
html, tables
Date Math in JavaScript: The Hidden Trap You’ll Eventually Hit (phi/hac)2,115
time, math, apis
Seven Years to TypeScript: Migrating 11,000 Files at Patreon2,114
migrating, typescript, case-studies
Proxying Fetch Requests in Server-Side JavaScript (nza)2,113
data-fetching, nodejs, deno, bun, cloudflare
Popover API or Dialog API: Which to Choose? (zel/css)2,112
pop-overs, modals, apis, accessibility
External Import Maps, Today (lea)2,111
import-maps
Getting Started With the Popover API (sma)2,110
introductions, pop-overs, tooltips, apis
January 2026 Baseline Monthly Digest (mal)2,109
browsers, support, web-platform, css, view-transitions, web-workers, apis, units
JavaScript DRMs Are Stupid and Useless2,108
drm
We Deserve a Better Streams API for JavaScript (jas)2,107
streaming, apis
A Complete Guide to Bookmarklets (val/css)2,106
guides, bookmarklets, link-lists
16 Modern JavaScript Features That Might Blow Your Mind2,105
Goodbye “innerHTML”, Hello “setHTML”: Stronger XSS Protection in Firefox 148 (moz)2,104
methods, xss, security, firefox, mozilla, browsers
Rewriting a 12-Year-Old JavaScript Library in TypeScript2,103
refactoring, typescript
From “instanceof” to “Error.isError”: Safer Error Checking in JavaScript2,102
errors
Dictionary Compression Is Finally Here, and It’s Ridiculously Good (pim/htt)2,101
compression, performance
Wasm vs. JavaScript: Who Wins at a Million Rows?2,100
webassembly, comparisons, performance
We Cut Node.js’ Memory in Half (mco/pla)2,099
nodejs, v8, memory, metrics
5 Source Map Best Practices for Frontend Production Deployments (ele/des)2,098
guest-posts, source-maps, best-practices
JS-Heavy Approaches Are Not Compatible With Long-Term Performance Goals (ser)2,097
frameworks, performance, prioritization
Quick and Dirty Linting (sto)2,096
linting, typescript, biome
It’s About to Get a Lot Easier for Your JavaScript to Clean Up After Itself (wil/pic)2,095
garbage-collection
Building an Endless Procedural Snake With Three.js and WebGL (suj/cod)2,094
threejs, webgl
Vite, Rust, and the Future of JavaScript Tooling (eva+/bet)2,093
videos, interviews, vuejs, rust, oxc, bundling, tooling, ai
Why JavaScript Needs Structured Concurrency2,092
concurrency, asynchronicity
Stop Installing Libraries: 10 Browser APIs That Already Solve Your Problems2,091
libraries, apis, web-platform
A Percise Parser (rem)2,090
parsing
State of JavaScript 2025 [Results] (sac/dev)2,089
surveys, metrics
Explicit Resource Management in JavaScript2,088
View Transitions and Playing Video (chr/fro)2,087
view-transitions, multimedia
StyleX vs. Tailwind: Meta’s Take on CSS-in-JS Maintainability (ric)2,086
tailwind, comparisons, css-in-js, maintainability, css
The Unhinged World of Tech in 2026… (fir)2,085
videos, outlooks, ai
So You Think Your Website Is Doing Great (cit)2,084
html, css, quality
Stop Turning Everything Into Arrays (and Do Less Work Instead)2,083
methods, arrays
Aspire for JavaScript Developers (dav)2,082
tooling, typescript
How Wrong Can a JavaScript Date Calculation Go? (phi)2,081
time, apis
Beyond the Mouse: Animating With Mobile Accelerometers (ami/fro)2,080
mobile, animations
Web Dependencies Are Broken—Can We Fix Them? (lea)2,079
dependencies, import-maps, web-platform
Date Is Out, Temporal Is In (wil/pic)2,078
time
2025 JavaScript Rising Stars2,077
frameworks, libraries, react, vuejs, tooling, ai, mobile, desktop, state-management, css-in-js, testing, static-site-generation, graphql, retrospectives
The Nine Levels of JavaScript Dependency Hell (and)2,076
dependencies, maintainability
Streaming JSON in Just 200 Lines of JavaScript2,075
streaming, json
JavaScript Frameworks—Heading Into 2026 (rya/thi)2,074
frameworks, outlooks, ai
How to Create a Pixel-to-Voxel Video Drop Effect With Three.js and Rapier (cod)2,073
how-tos, effects, tooling, gsap, threejs
We Fixed a 6-Year-Old JavaScript Memory Leak (mat/deb)2,072
memory
TIL: Why ARM Has a JavaScript Instruction2,071
Building a JavaScript Runtime in One Month (the)2,070
runtimes, functionality
JavaScript’s “for…of” Loops Are Actually Fast2,069
loops, performance
The Curious Case of the Shallow Session SPAs (sli/per)2,068
performance, single-page-apps, frameworks, metrics
Why Developers Are Ditching Frameworks for Vanilla JavaScript2,067
frameworks, apis, performance, micro-frontends, architecture
How to Dynamically Install Custom Elements (hey)2,066
how-tos, web-components, naming
The Fall of JavaScript (yeg)2,065
typescript, programming
Trends That Defined JavaScript in 2025 (low)2,064
trends, retrospectives, react, frameworks, tooling, ai
Why Object of Arrays (SoA Pattern) Beat Interleaved Arrays: A JavaScript Performance Rabbit Hole2,063
performance, arrays
Targeting by Reference in the Shadow DOM (mey)2,062
shadow-dom, html
Dialog View Transitions (med)2,061
modals, view-transitions
Different Page Transitions for Different Circumstances (chr/fro)2,060
css, view-transitions, animations
The JavaScript Bundler Grand Prix (kat/red)2,059
bundling, tooling, vite, rspack, turbopack, bun, rolldown, browserify, webpack, rollup, parcel, esbuild, history
I Ported JustHTML From Python to JavaScript With Codex CLI and GPT-5.2 in 4.5 Hours (sim)2,058
migrating, ai, python, tooling, parsing, html
Why We Teach Our Students Progressive Enhancement (cyd)2,057
progressive-enhancement, html, css, training
Using the Browser Console for Accessibility Testing (rus)2,056
accessibility, testing, console, examples
Discover Dialog (sar/mat)2,055
html, modals, css
Design Accessible Animation and Movement With Code Examples (pop)2,054
design, accessibility, animations, css, examples
Non-Blocking Cross-Browser Image Rendering on the Canvas (mys/per)2,053
canvas, images, performance
What Are DOM Mutations? (rus)2,052
accessibility, dom
In 1995, a Netscape Employee Wrote a Hack in 10 Days That Now Runs the Internet (ben/ars)2,051
netscape, history
The Nuances of JavaScript Typing Using JSDoc (jar/van)2,050
jsdoc, typescript, developer-experience
How Modern Browsers Work (add)2,049
browsers, chromium, network, parsing, painting, rendering, javascript-engines, v8, memory, modules, html, css
CSS-in-JS: The Great Betrayal of Frontend Sanity2,048
css-in-js, css, performance, developer-experience
Category Theory for JavaScript/TypeScript Developers (ibr)2,047
typescript, programming, craft
How Microfrontends Work: 3 Integration Strategies2,046
micro-frontends, strategies, routing, iframes, ai
What Are Invokers? Interactivity Without JavaScript (tol/syn)2,045
videos, html, pop-overs
You’re Doing JavaScript Testing Wrong (cfe)2,044
testing
The Performance Inequality Gap, 2026 (sli)2,043
performance, metrics
Managing Side Effects: A JavaScript Effect System in 30 Lines or Less (ayc)2,042
The Last Couple Years in V8’s Garbage Collector (win)2,041
v8, javascript-engines, garbage-collection, memory, retrospectives
How We Catch UI Bugs Early With Visual Regression Testing2,040
testing, regressions, playwright
Error Chaining in JavaScript: Cleaner Debugging With “Error.cause”2,039
errors, debugging
JavaScript Just Leveled Up: ES2025—You’ll Fall in Love With (jsd)2,038
ecmascript, standards
Advanced Beginner’s Guide to ClojureScript (rom)2,037
guides
The Web Animation Performance Tier List (cit)2,036
animations, performance, css, apis
The Inner Workings of JavaScript Source Maps (man/pol)2,035
typescript, source-maps
Start Implementing View Transitions on Your Websites Today (cyd/pic)2,034
css, view-transitions, apis
Import JavaScript Like It’s 2026 (sto)2,033
performance
The JavaScript Feature You’ve Probably Never Used Allows Running Untrusted JavaScript Safely2,032
JavaScript for Everyone: Iterators (wil/sma)2,031
The Origin Story of JavaScript (ann/cas)2,030
videos, history, web, ecmascript, browsers, browser-wars, browser-engines, standards
Directives and the Platform Boundary (tan/tan)2,029
frameworks
NaN, the Not-a-Number Number That Isn’t NaN (wil/pic)2,028
Importing vs. Fetching JSON (jaf)2,027
json, data-fetching, comparisons
The Charm of JavaScript: Boom Mics and Clown Shoes (wil+/iga)2,026
podcasts, interviews
An Introduction to JavaScript Expressions (wil/css)2,025
introductions
Links and Anchors: Ancient HTML and JS Magic in Your Browser (cod/wea)2,024
html, css, links
Rethinking Async Loops in JavaScript2,023
loops, asynchronicity
“URLPattern” Is Now Baseline Newly Available2,022
urls, apis, web-platform, browsers, support
Why “NaN !== NaN” in JavaScript (and the IEEE 754 Story Behind It)2,021
history, standards
You’re a Real JavaScript Developer Only If…2,020
career
Improving the Trustworthiness of JavaScript on the Web2,019
web-apps, security
What’s Up in ES2027? (por/nor)2,018
videos, ecmascript, outlooks
For Your Convenience, This CSS Will Self-Destruct (sco)2,017
css, hiding
Secure Coding in JavaScript2,016
frameworks, security
Writing an Emulator in JavaScript? (nik/nor)2,015
videos
Tips for Working With Emoji (chr)2,014
emoji, css, tips-and-tricks
The Future of Lodash (uli)2,013
libraries, lodash, outlooks
Find Where a Specific Object Was Allocated in JavaScript With DevTools2,012
objects, dev-tools, browsers
Inside a 16.67 Millisecond Frame2,011
rendering, reflow, painting, performance
How to Group Arrays in JavaScript Without “reduce()”2,010
how-tos, arrays
Smashing Animations: Building Adaptive SVGs With “<symbol>”, “<use>”, and CSS Media Queries (mal/sma)2,009
animations, svg, css
A Progressive Enhancement Challenge (chr/fro)2,008
progressive-enhancement, html, feature-detection, support
I Want to Intercept Boolean Coercion for Objects in JavaScript (zac)2,007
objects, types
You Can Now Make PS2 Games in JavaScript2,006
Why “typeof null === object”2,005
operators
State of JavaScript 2025 (sac/dev)2,004
surveys
Creating a Truly Accessible Flip Card (sib/tpg)2,003
html, css, accessibility
Stop Using “.reverse().find()”: Meet “findLast()”2,002
methods, arrays
How to Disable Right Click With JavaScript (rik)2,001
how-tos
Storing Unwise Amounts of Data in JavaScript Bigints (jon)2,000
Frontend JavaScript Performance Testing: A Comprehensive Guide (get)1,999
guides, performance, testing
Fetch Streams Are Great, but Not for Measuring Upload/Download Progress (jaf)1,998
data-fetching, apis
The Missing Link in JavaScript Tools (mar)1,997
tooling
Just Use HTML (cfe)1,996
html
Web Development for Beginners: Frontend Frameworks (rau)1,995
frameworks, preact
Finally, Safe Array Methods in JavaScript1,994
arrays, methods
Functional Custom Elements the Easy Way (gin/pic)1,993
web-components
Why You Should Test Your Page Without JavaScript1,992
support, progressive-enhancement, accessibility
Learning Web Development: Asynchronous JavaScript—Promises and “async” Functions (rau)1,991
asynchronicity, promises, functions
We Used AI to Compare and Demo 6 JavaScript Charting Libraries (kyl+/web)1,990
videos, libraries, visualization, comparisons, ai
Why Do Browsers Throttle JavaScript Timers? (nol)1,989
time, browsers
Learning Web Development: JSON and Processing Files in Node.js (rau)1,988
json, nodejs, arrays, objects
Learning Web Development: JavaScript Maps (rau)1,987
9 JavaScript Patterns I Wish I Used Earlier1,986
software-design-patterns
JavaScript’s Trademark Problem (rau)1,985
oracle, legal, deno
Learning Web Development: JavaScript Exceptions (rau)1,984
errors
You No Longer Need JavaScript (reb)1,983
css, html, examples
Learning Web Development: Plain Objects in JavaScript (rau)1,982
objects
Learning Web Development: Modules and Testing in JavaScript (rau)1,981
modules, testing
Hack to the Future—Frontend (the)1,980
history, html, css, design, layout, flash, image-replacement, libraries, frameworks, hacks, xhtml, tooling, testing, outlooks
JavaScript Engines Explained—Comparing V8, SpiderMonkey, JavaScriptCore, and More (ele/des)1,979
guest-posts, javascript-engines, v8, spidermonkey, javascriptcore, quickjs, chakracore
JavaScript Engines Zoo1,978
javascript-engines, overviews, comparisons, v8, spidermonkey, quickjs, javascriptcore, chakracore
Understanding “Promise.any()”: When One Success Is Enough1,977
promises, asynchronicity
Learning Web Development: Loops in JavaScript (rau)1,976
loops
Unit Formatting With “Intl” in JavaScript (ray)1,975
units, localization
What’s Next for JavaScript? (jsd)1,974
outlooks
Learning Web Development: Arrays in JavaScript (rau)1,973
arrays
Learning Web Development: Strings and Methods in JavaScript (rau)1,972
strings, methods
Learning Web Development: Numbers, Variables, Functions in JavaScript (rau)1,971
variables, functions
Eliminating JavaScript Cold Starts on AWS Lambda (goo)1,970
lambda, aws, runtimes
JavaScript Is Tough to Master1,969
learning
Speeding Up the JavaScript Ecosystem—SemVer (mar)1,968
performance, semver, versioning, dependencies
A Progressive Complexity Manifesto (che)1,967
manifestos, complexity, web-apps, html, htmx, web-components, frameworks, principles
The Power of the “Intl” API: A Definitive Guide to Browser-Native Internationalization (fuq/sma)1,966
guides, apis, internationalization
Using the Custom Highlight API (chr/fro)1,965
apis, css, syntax-highlighting
Building Extensible Frontend Systems (cfe)1,964
web-components, extensibility, css
How JavaScript Really Evolves: Inside TC39 With Daniel Ehrenberg (lit+/wee)1,963
videos, interviews, ecmascript
How We Made “JSON.stringify” More Than Twice as Fast1,962
json, strings, v8, javascript-engines, optimization, performance
Our Fight With Oracle Is Getting Crazy… (den)1,961
videos, oracle, legal, licensing
JavaScript Isn’t the Problem—Replacing the Browser Was (p4p/red)1,960
single-page-apps, browsers
What Your Website’s Style Says About You—and How Hackers Can Use It Against You (err)1,959
security, css
HTML-First, Framework-Second: Is JavaScript Finally Growing Up?1,958
html, frameworks
Logical Assignment Operators in JavaScript: Small Syntax, Big Wins1,957
operators
The Many, Many, Many JavaScript Runtimes of the Last Decade (shi)1,956
runtimes, history
Vanilla JavaScript Support for Tailwind Plus (phi+/tai)1,955
tailwind
Never Write Your Own Date Parsing Library (zac)1,954
libraries, comparisons, time, parsing
The Untold Story of JavaScript1,953
videos, history
Web Serial: The Only Reason I’ll Admit JavaScript Isn’t All Bad1,952
A Primer on Focus Trapping (zel/css)1,951
introductions, focus, keyboard-navigation, accessibility
Handling JavaScript Event Listeners With Parameters (sma)1,950
events
Compile Svelte 5 in Your Head1,949
svelte, compiling
Revisiting My 2010 JavaScript Library (dia)1,948
retrospectives, libraries, internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers
Writing “!= null”? That’s What Junior Devs Do—Here’s the Senior Way1,947
The Untold Story of JavaScript (den)1,946
videos, history
Modern Async Iteration in JavaScript With “Array.fromAsync()”1,945
arrays, asynchronicity
Managing the State of Your Promises (ato)1,944
state-management, promises
Bulletproof Web Component Loading (cfe)1,943
web-components
These 5 Programming Languages Are Quietly Taking Over in 20251,942
programming, rust, python, go
JavaScript Scope Hoisting Is Broken (dev)1,941
scope, code-splitting
30 Years of JavaScript: 10 Milestones That Changed the Web (ric)1,940
anniversaries, history, ecmascript, ajax, jquery, web-2.0, nodejs, npm, react, typescript, webassembly
JavaScript Is Being Rewritten in Rust (ost/end)1,939
rust
I Started Learning JavaScript Again—a Beginner-Friendly Guide to the Basics1,938
guides, fundamentals
A Simple Website1,937
websites, history, layout, animations, images, tables, ajax, flash, deploying, simplicity
How JSDoc Saved My Dev Workflow (ato)1,936
jsdoc, typescript, documentation
Default Parameters: Your Code Just Got Smarter1,935
What’s the Difference Between Ordinary Functions and Arrow Functions in JavaScript? (jrs)1,934
functions, comparisons
JavaScript Trademark Update (tin/den)1,933
legal, oracle
Ecma International Approves ECMAScript 2025: What’s New? (rau)1,932
ecmascript
What’s Coming to JavaScript (lca/den)1,931
deno
Speculative Optimizations for WebAssembly Using Deopts and Inlining (lie)1,930
v8, javascript-engines, webassembly, optimization, speculation
Tips for Making Regular Expressions Easier to Use in JavaScript (rau)1,929
regex, tips-and-tricks, examples
Decoding the SVG “path” Element: Curve and Arc Commands (sma)1,928
svg, css
Deep Dive Into JavaScript Engine Internals: V8, SpiderMonkey, and Chakra1,927
deep-dives, javascript-engines, v8, spidermonkey, chakracore
JavaScript Broke the Web (and Called It Progress) (jon)1,926
performance, user-experience, tooling, tech-stacks, history
9 New JavaScript Features in ES2025 (w3c/syn)1,925
videos, ecmascript
When Can I Use Temporal?1,924
apis, time
JSON Module Scripts Are Now Baseline Newly Available (tom)1,923
json, browsers, support, web-platform
Slightly Enhanced Sticky Revealing Footer (cri)1,922
navigation, css
Compiling JavaScript Ahead of Time (goo/web)1,921
videos, javascript-engines, compiling
JavaScript String “slice()” Considered Harmful (att)1,920
strings
Using “await” at the Top Level in ES Modules1,919
esm, asynchronicity
CJS vs. AMD vs. UMD vs. ESM: Which JavaScript Module Format Should You Use—and Why It Even Matters1,918
nodejs, modules, commonjs, esm, bundling, comparisons
Happy Birthday, JavaScript (ato)1,917
anniversaries
Exploring JavaScript (rau)1,916
books
Quick Tip: Avoid Event Listeners on the “window” Object (nat)1,915
jquery, events, accessibility, tips-and-tricks
How JavaScript Was Written Back in the Day (tre)1,914
jquery, history, comparisons
Worker Threads in Node.js: A Complete Guide for Multithreading in JavaScript (nod)1,913
guides, nodejs, worker-threads, multithreading
How to Use the Browser Console: An In-Depth Guide (mat/deb)1,912
guides, how-tos, dev-tools, console, browsers
5 Best JavaScript Web Scraping Libraries in 2025 (api)1,911
libraries, scraping, link-lists
Creating the “Moving Highlight” Navigation Bar With JavaScript and CSS (sma)1,910
navigation, effects, css
How to “import()” a JavaScript String (zac)1,909
how-tos, strings
“firstChild” Can Be White Space (chr/fro)1,908
whitespace
How Imports Work in RSC (dan)1,907
react, components, modules
I Copy These 10 Code Snippets Into Every Project1,906
debouncing, json, objects, arrays
“document.currentScript” Is More Useful Than I Thought (mac)1,905
Is It JavaScript? (jim)1,904
browsers, servers, jsx, typescript, terminology
Write More Reliable JavaScript With Optional Chaining1,903
reliability
A JavaScript Developer’s Guide to Go (psu)1,902
guides, go, examples
Web Bluetooth API Usage—a Practical Guide1,901
guides, apis
The 3 Ways JavaScript Frameworks Render the DOM (rya)1,900
videos, frameworks, dom, rendering
Why Are 2025/05/28 and 2025-05-28 Different Days in JavaScript?1,899
time
A Thought on JavaScript “Proof of Work” Anti-Scraper Systems (cks)1,898
ai, scraping
Comparing Rust, JavaScript, and Go for Authoring WASM Components1,897
webassembly, components, rust, go, comparisons
JavaScript’s Upcoming Temporal API and What Problems It Will Solve1,896
time, apis
Multithreading in JavaScript With Web Workers (hon)1,895
multithreading, web-workers, examples
A Brief History of JavaScript (den)1,894
history, ecmascript, typescript, json, javascript-engines, runtimes, browsers
You Can Style Alt Text Like Any Other Text (geo/css)1,893
alt-text, accessibility, images, css
Make Screen Readers Talk With the ARIA Notify API (ale)1,892
accessibility, screen-readers, aria, notifications, apis
Authenticating JavaScript WebSockets1,891
websockets, authentication
Introduction to JavaScript Frameworks (rya)1,890
introductions, videos, frameworks, react, angular, vuejs, svelte, solidjs
How JavaScript’s “at()” Method Makes Array Indexing Easier1,889
arrays
JavaScript in the Morning, JavaScript in the Evening… (ray)1,888
localization
The State of JavaScript Debugging in WebAssembly1,887
webassembly, debugging
No Server, No Database: Smarter Related Posts in Astro With transformers.js (ale)1,886
astro, ai, hugging-face
Handling Routes in JavaScript Projects (sea)1,885
routing, frameworks
Styling Console Text in Node.js (rau)1,884
nodejs, console
I Think the Ergonomics of Generators Is Growing on Me (mac)1,883
functions
JavaScript Compile Hints: What They Are and When to Use Them (tre)1,882
compiling, v8, javascript-engines
Building the Bridge: Running JavaScript Modules From Dart1,881
modules, esm, commonjs, dart, deno
Migrating a JavaScript Project From Prettier and ESLint to BiomeJS (app)1,880
migrating, prettier, eslint, biome
The Power of the Spread and Rest Syntax in JavaScript1,879
arrays
Event Handling in JAWS and NVDA (sib/tpg)1,878
accessibility, screen-readers, jaws, nvda, events, comparisons
JavaScript, When Is This? (wil/pic)1,877
Converting Values to Strings in JavaScript (rau)1,876
conversion
Giving V8 a Heads-Up: Faster JavaScript Startup With Explicit Compile Hints1,875
v8, javascript-engines, compiling
Giving Software Away for Free (sim)1,874
foss, hosting, html
Why Care About the No-JS Experience? (cfe)1,873
support
JavaScript Framework Reality Check: What’s Actually Working1,872
frameworks, qwik, solidjs, sveltekit, fresh
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static-site-generation, tooling
Creating CSS Theme Variables From a JS File (mic)1,870
css, theming, custom-properties, conversion
Why I’m Not Ready to Abandon JavaScript for “Faster” Languages1,869
rust, go, refactoring, performance
Contextual Logging With “console.context()” (pat)1,868
console, dev-tools, browsers
When to Use “map()” vs. “forEach()”1,867
arrays, comparisons
Optimizing Node.js Performance: V8 Memory Management and GC Tuning (mco/pla)1,866
nodejs, performance, optimization, v8, javascript-engines, memory, garbage-collection
Float16Array in JavaScript (tre)1,865
arrays
Next Level CSS Styling for Cursors (val/css)1,864
css, cursors
A Flowing WebGL Gradient, Deconstructed1,863
webgl, gradients, math
Exploring TypeScript: TS 5.8 Edition (rau)1,862
books, typescript
Mastering Default Values in JavaScript With the Nullish Coalescing (“??”) Operator1,861
operators
Some Features That Every JavaScript Developer Should Know in 20251,860
arrays, promises, prototypes, variables
Hiding Elements That Require JavaScript Without JavaScript (0xd)1,859
css, html
Debugging JavaScript Memory Leaks (jar/bun)1,858
memory, debugging, dev-tools, chrome, google, browsers, bun
A Decade of Impact: How Our npm Packages Hit 1 Billion Downloads and Shaped JavaScript1,857
npm, dependencies, history
React 19’s New Hooks: With Practical Examples (let)1,856
react, hooks, examples
Deno vs. Oracle Update 3: Fighting the JavaScript Trademark (tin/den)1,855
deno, oracle, legal, history
Breaking Down Circular Dependencies in JavaScript1,854
dependencies
Automated Visual Regression Testing With Playwright (css)1,853
regressions, testing, automation, playwright
Could JavaScript Have Synchronous “await”? (rau)1,852
asynchronicity
JavaScript’s Missing Link: Wasp Offers Full Stack Solution (low)1,851
wasp, frameworks, history
Land Ahoy: Leaving the Sea of Nodes1,850
v8, javascript-engines, compiling
War Story: The Hardest Bug I Ever Debugged (jak)1,849
debugging, google, v8, chrome, browsers, bugs
UI Algorithms: A Tiny Undo Stack (jul)1,848
algorithms, functionality, undo-redo
JavaScript Basics for a Senior Dev1,847
fundamentals, concepts, examples
Previewing Content Changes in Your Work With “document.designMode” (sma)1,846
browsers, dev-tools, content, design
Stop Chasing New JavaScript Frameworks: Build With Fundamentals Instead1,845
fundamentals, frameworks, react, vuejs, angular, svelte, solidjs
SSR Deep Dive for React Developers1,844
deep-dives, server-side-rendering, react
How WebAssembly Components Can Replace JavaScript SDKs (sac)1,843
webassembly, components
Why the Latest JavaScript Frameworks Are a Waste of Time1,842
frameworks, react, angular
“Intl.DurationFormat”: Format Time Durations With Locale Support (tre)1,841
localization
A Perplexing JavaScript Parsing Puzzle (hil)1,840
parsing, history
On JavaScript Closures (With Examples of Interview Questions) (mar)1,839
guest-posts, closures, variables, examples, interviewing
Ten Years Ago Today I Coined the Shorthand “js;dr” for “JavaScript Required; Didn’t Read” (tan)1,838
support, terminology
JavaScript Best Practice: Use “return await”1,837
asynchronicity, best-practices
The Professional Standing of Frontend Developers (mar)1,836
guest-posts, career, learning, html, css, communication, collaboration, community, ai
7 Best Practices of File Upload With JavaScript and React1,835
file-handling, react, best-practices
JavaScript (htt)1,834
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, performance, bundling, transpiling, web-workers, libraries, web-components
Image Comparison Slider in 6 Lines of JavaScript1,833
sliders, images
JavaScript Fatigue Strikes Back (all)1,832
react, frameworks, libraries, tooling
How to Reduce Web Application Bundle Size? (ant)1,831
how-tos, web-apps, bundling, tooling
What Is TypeScript? An Overview for JavaScript Programmers (rau)1,830
overviews, typescript, comparisons
Justified Text, JS “moveBefore” Method, Performance Optimization (zor/css)1,829
videos, css, typography, performance, optimization
Turbocharging V8 With Mutable Heap Numbers1,828
v8, javascript-engines, performance, randomness
Subverting Control With Weak References (jlo)1,827
programming
Solved by Style Observer: “Element.matchContainer()” (bra)1,826
css
Speeding Up the JavaScript Ecosystem—Rust and JavaScript Plugins (mar)1,825
performance, rust, plugins
Clean Code in JavaScript: A Comprehensive Guide1,824
guides, principles, conventions, variables, objects, functions, comments, testing, quality
Introduction to Frontend Development1,823
introductions, html, css, frameworks, libraries, tooling, career, trends
TC39 Advances 3 Proposals to Stage 4: RegExp Escaping, Float16Array, and Redeclarable Global Eval Vars (sar/soc)1,822
standards, ecmascript, regex, escaping, arrays, math
20 Years of AJAX: The Technology That Revolutionized Web Development1,821
ajax, history, data-fetching
How to Move the First Element to the End in JavaScript1,820
how-tos
Create Contextual Console Loggers (pat/dev)1,819
console, debugging, dev-tools, browsers, edge, microsoft, chrome, google
Style Observer: JS to Observe CSS Property Changes, for Reals (lea)1,818
tooling, libraries, css
Testing 10 JavaScript Frameworks on Their HTML Defaults (j9t)1,817
frameworks, html, conformance, comparisons, link-lists
Think JavaScript Is Slow? Here’s How JIT (Just in Time) Compilation Makes It 100× Faster Instantly1,816
compiling, performance
The First Ever Website That Literally Glows in the Dark1,815
videos, effects, apis, css
View Transitions Applied: More Performant “::view-transition-group(*)” Animations (bra)1,814
css, view-transitions, performance
Move on to ESM-Only (ant)1,813
esm, modules, nodejs, support, typescript
Using “at()” Method in JavaScript to Get the Last Item From an Array (ama)1,812
arrays
Oracle Justified Its JavaScript Trademark With Node.js—Now It Wants That Ignored (tin/den)1,811
oracle, nodejs, deno, legal
Fast and Smooth Third-Party Web Fonts (sco)1,810
fonts, embed-code, performance, css
Introducing the JSR Open Governance Board (tin+/den)1,809
introductions, jsr, typescript, community
There Are a Lot of Ways to Break Up Long Tasks in JavaScript (mac)1,808
web-workers, performance
Is npm Enough? Why Startups Are Coming After This JavaScript Package Registry (kat/red)1,807
npm, jsr, bun, pnpm, yarn
Vite With TypeScript (rwi)1,806
vite, migrating, typescript, configuration
How to Set WebGL Shader Colors With CSS and JavaScript (nma)1,805
how-tos, webgl, css
Page Bloat Update: How Does Ever-Increasing Page Size Affect Your Business and Your Users? (tam/spe)1,804
performance, trends, metrics, images, desktop, mobile
What Text Area Popovers Taught Me About Browser APIs (bla)1,803
html, forms, apis
How Long Is a Second in JavaScript? (iag)1,802
The Modern Way to Write JavaScript Servers (mar)1,801
nodejs, servers
You’re Overthinking Web Components (all)1,800
web-components
JavaScript Temporal Is Coming (bsm/mdn)1,799
apis, time
Exploring AI, Web Development, and Accessibility in Tech With Stefan Judis (ste+/wea)1,798
videos, interviewing, ai, runtimes, accessibility, screen-readers, craft
My Website Has Been Gaslighting You (dav)1,797
css, colors, effects
Simplify Lazy Loading With Intersection Observer’s “scrollMargin” (fro)1,796
scrolling, apis, lazy-loading, performance
Generating Test Values Using JavaScript Generators1,795
typescript, functions, testing
Google Begins Requiring JavaScript for Google Search (kyl/tec)1,794
google
SolidJS Creator on Confronting Web Framework Complexity (low)1,793
frameworks, angular, vuejs, multi-page-apps, single-page-apps, complexity, outlooks
JavaScript’s “Promise.race” and “Promise.all” Are Not “Fair” (chr)1,792
promises
Making “this” Less Annoying (dav)1,791
formatting, configuration
Using SVGs on Canvas With Compose Multiplatform (eev)1,790
canvas, svg, images
What Is a Callback Function? (cfe)1,789
callbacks, functions
JavaScript Hashing Speed Comparison: MD5 Versus SHA-256 (lem)1,788
hashing, performance, comparisons, bun, nodejs
All JavaScript Keyboard Shortcut Libraries Are Broken1,787
libraries, keyboard-shortcuts
Oracle Refuses to Yield JavaScript Trademark, Deno Land Says (inf)1,786
oracle, deno, legal
5 Technical JavaScript Trends You Need to Know About in 20251,785
trends, architecture, serverless, webassembly, state-management, typescript, type-safety, micro-frontends
Sharing a Variable Across HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (chr/fro)1,784
variables, html, css
Exploring Modern JavaScript Compilers: Why Oxc Matters for the Developer Community (hac)1,783
oxc, compiling, tooling
2024 JavaScript Rising Stars1,782
frameworks, libraries, react, vuejs, tooling, mobile, desktop, state-management, ai, css-in-js, testing, graphql, retrospectives
Progressive Enhancement Brings Everyone In (jay)1,781
progressive-enhancement, history, advocacy, link-lists
Reckoning: Frontend’s Lost Decade (sli/per)1,780
videos, performance, web-platform
Top PHP Alternative for Web Development?1,779
php, java, python, ruby, go, rust
JavaScript Frameworks—Heading Into 2025 (rya/thi)1,778
frameworks, performance, complexity, maintainability
Relatively New Things You Should Know About HTML Heading Into 2025 (chr/fro)1,777
html, forms, toggles, pop-overs, import-maps, css, transitions
The Difference Between HTML Attributes and Properties (pau/clo)1,776
html, attributes, terminology
What’s Actually Happening With JS Frameworks1,775
videos, frameworks, trends
Refactoring a Web Performance Snippet for Security and Best Practice (the)1,774
performance, metrics, refactoring
View Transitions Snippets: Getting All Animations Linked to a View Transition (bra)1,773
css, view-transitions, apis
A Gentle Introduction to Using a Vector Database1,772
introductions, databases, vector-databases, ai, openai
Breaking Up With Long Tasks or: How I Learned to Group Loops and Wield the Yield (rvi/per)1,771
performance, loops
Shallow Clones Versus Structured Clones (phi)1,770
After Rome Failure, VoidZero Is the Newest Attempt to Create Unified JavaScript Toolchain (inf)1,769
voidzero, tooling
JavaScript Benchmarking Is a Mess1,768
performance
Broadcast Channel API (5t3)1,767
apis
Important Topics for Frontend Developers to Master in 20251,766
learning, typescript, css, frameworks, git, apis, testing, performance, security, ci-cd, websockets
“AsyncLocalStorage”: Simplify Context Management in Node.js (tre)1,765
nodejs, asynchronicity
JS Import Maps (5t3)1,764
dependencies, import-maps
How to Create Multi-Step Forms With Vanilla JavaScript and CSS (css)1,763
how-tos, forms, css
WebAssembly JavaScript Interface (w3c)1,762
standards, webassembly, apis
State of JavaScript 2024 [Results] (sac/dev)1,761
surveys, metrics
11 Essential JavaScript Hooking Techniques for Reverse Engineering in 2024 (xiu)1,760
debugging, techniques
Your JavaScript Bundle Is Too Fat1,759
bundling, performance, dependencies, code-splitting, lazy-loading, tree-shaking, minification, optimization
5 Technical Trends to Help Web Developers Stand Out in 20251,758
trends, career, security, ai, low-and-no-code
Native HTML Light and Dark Color Scheme Switching (pep/mat)1,757
dark-mode, html, css, functionality
Understanding the Main Thread in the Browser (per)1,756
browsers, dom
Publishing a Simple Client-Side JavaScript Package to npm With GitHub Actions (sim)1,755
dependencies, npm, github-actions
Just Say “No” to JavaScript (nic/inf)1,754
typescript, programming
Creating an Effective Multistep Form for Better User Experience (sma)1,753
forms, html, user-experience
Let’s Learn Generators in JavaScript1,752
functions
Observation: CSS Math Eval (kiz)1,751
css, math
The 5 Most Transformative JavaScript Features From ES15 (tar)1,750
ecmascript
Building Better CLI Apps (mol/blo)1,749
videos, typescript, command-line, tooling
Contributing to JavaScript and TypeScript (rob/blo)1,748
videos, typescript, foss, standards
Deno vs. Oracle: Canceling the JavaScript Trademark (tin/den)1,747
deno, oracle, legal
JavaScript Events Made Easy: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners1,746
guides, events
Mastering JavaScript Event Delegation1,745
events
Exploring Alternative Interactions in JavaScript (dev)1,744
videos, ai, interaction-design
Mastering Accessible Modals With ARIA and Keyboard Navigation (a11)1,743
accessibility, keyboard-navigation, aria, modals
State of JavaScript 2024 (sac/dev)1,742
surveys
Importing a Frontend JavaScript Library Without a Build System (b0r)1,741
libraries, commonjs, esm, nodejs, html
The Art of Clean Code: A Practical Guide to Writing Maintainable JavaScript1,740
guides, principles, maintainability
Exploring JavaScript Symbols (tre)1,739
Self-Contained Executable Programs With Deno Compile (tin/den)1,738
deno, typescript, compiling
Understanding Bitwise Shifts in JavaScript: “<<” and “>>” (tre)1,737
operators
JavaScript Import Attributes (ES2025) (tre)1,736
security
Why Does JavaScript’s “parseInt(0.0000005)” Print “5”?1,735
How a BBC Navigation Bar Component Broke Depending on Which External Monitor It Was On (jos)1,734
debugging, case-studies
Mapping Over Promises in JavaScript (pmb)1,733
promises
The Path to Learn Web Development (fla)1,732
learning, http, html, css, tooling, git, typescript, databases, frameworks
Should Web Designers Learn JavaScript or CSS? (ope)1,731
design, career, css
Celebrating Innovation and Impact: JavaScriptLandia Community Awards (ope)1,730
community
Maybe It Isn’t JavaScript (gee)1,729
videos, seo, google
How Bun Supports V8 APIs Without Using V8 II (bun)1,728
bun, v8, apis
How Do HTML Event Handlers Work? (tbr)1,727
html, events
How to Test JavaScript for Accessibility Compliance (flo/a11)1,726
how-tos, accessibility, compliance, wcag, testing
JavaScript’s “&&=” Operator: Understanding Logical “AND” Assignment (tre)1,725
operators
JavaScript’s “??=” Operator: Default Values Made Simple (tre)1,724
operators
Introducing the vlt Package Manager and Serverless Registry1,723
introductions, dependencies, serverless, tooling
JavaScript Do’s and Don’ts (mua)1,722
accessibility
How to Roll Your Own Auth in JavaScript and TypeScript (rwi)1,721
how-tos, authentication, typescript
What Is the JavaScript Pipeline Operator “|>” (tre)1,720
operators
Octoverse: AI Leads Python to Top Language as the Number of Global Developers Surges1,719
research, github, community, ai, programming, python, typescript, java, php, shells, go
JavaScript Best Practices (jet)1,718
best-practices
20 JavaScript Tricks Every Developer Must Know1,717
tips-and-tricks
JavaScript Truthy and Falsy: A Deep Dive (tre)1,716
deep-dives
How We Shrunk Our JavaScript Monorepo Git Size by 94%1,715
monorepos, git
Front End Debugging: Not Just Console Log (deb)1,714
debugging, console, dom
Should JavaScript Be Split Into Two Languages? New Google-Driven Proposal Divides Opinion1,713
ecmascript, google, runtimes
Passing Data to New Window Using JavaScript1,712
comparisons
Set the Default Time Zone in Node.js (ste)1,711
nodejs, internationalization, localization, time
Why I’m Skeptical of Rewriting JavaScript Tools in “Faster” Languages (nol)1,710
tooling, programming
Platform Strategy and Its Discontents (sli)1,709
web-platform, mobile, mobile-first, native, performance, user-experience
How to Build an Image Search Application With OpenAI CLIP and PostgreSQL in JavaScript1,708
how-tos, images, search, ai, openai, postgresql, databases, functionality
How to Convert CommonJS to ESM (den)1,707
how-tos, conversion, commonjs, esm
Does Deno 2 Really Uncomplicate JavaScript? (fir)1,706
videos, deno, jsr, comparisons
The Greatness and Limitations of the “js-framework-benchmark” (nol)1,705
frameworks, tooling, performance, metrics
I Didn’t Know You Could Use Sibling Parameters as Default Values in Functions (mac)1,704
functions
The Secrets of JavaScript Object Property Order1,703
objects
Handling Paste Events in JavaScript (ray/fro)1,702
events
JS Frameworks, in Their Own Words (by Word Cloud) (j9t)1,701
frameworks, react, vuejs, angular, svelte, express, meteor, nextjs, comparisons
Dive Into WebGPU (oka)1,700
introductions, webgpu
The Popover API: Your New Best Friend for Tooltips (dev)1,699
pop-overs, apis, tooltips, html, css
Floating in Space—Animations With Compose and Canvas (eev)1,698
canvas, animations
10 JavaScript Concepts Every Node Developer Must Master1,697
nodejs, concepts
Unleash JavaScript’s Potential With Functional Programming (jan)1,696
programming, comparisons
How Bun Supports V8 APIs Without Using V8 (bun)1,695
bun, v8, apis, comparisons
You Might Not Need That Framework (fro)1,694
frameworks
Disable Console Logs in Production in Next.js (ami)1,693
nextjs, console, logging
A Guide to Destructuring in JavaScript (wil/pic)1,692
guides, examples
Compile and Run C in JavaScript (jar/bun)1,691
compiling
Don’t Sleep on AbortController1,690
This New JavaScript Operator Is an Absolute Game Changer (tar)1,689
operators
Hacking Cars in JavaScript (Running Replay Attacks in the Browser With the HackRF) (dev)1,688
security
Oracle, It’s Time to Free JavaScript (tin+)1,687
licensing, legal, oracle
How to Use JavaScript With LangChain: A Step-by-Step Guide1,686
how-tos, guides, langchain
Bitwise Operators in JavaScript and When to Use Them (8ho)1,685
operators
Rethinking CSS in JS1,684
css, css-in-js, design, design-systems, maintenance, state-management
The Redmonk Programming Language Rankings: June 20241,683
programming, comparisons, python, java, php, typescript, css, ruby, go, shells, rust, dart
Something Went Wrong (mol)1,682
frameworks, community, developer-experience, user-experience
From Node.js to Deno: How It All Began (tin)1,681
videos, nodejs, deno, runtimes, history
JavaScript Promises in Depth With V8 Engine Internals1,680
promises, v8
What Does Hydration Mean? (chr/fro)1,679
hydration, concepts, html, dom
“setImmediate()” vs. “setTimeout()” in JavaScript (tre)1,678
time, comparisons
The State of ES5 on the Web (phi)1,677
ecmascript, tooling, support
The Secrets of the “delete” Operator in JavaScript1,676
operators
A Compelling Case for the Comma Operator1,675
operators
Look Out, Kids: PHP Is the New JavaScript (dav)1,674
php, laravel, frameworks
Quick Tip: Using “flatMap()” to Extract Data From a Huge Set Without Any Loop (cod)1,673
arrays, tips-and-tricks
Understanding JavaScript Closures With Examples (tre)1,672
closures, examples
JavaScript/Python Array Quick Reference (8ho)1,671
python, arrays, overviews
A Complete Guide to Beginning With JavaScript (fro)1,670
guides, link-lists, learning
Cleaning and Speeding Up the JS Ecosystem—Journey So Far1,669
optimization
“AggregateError” in JavaScript (tre)1,668
errors
How I Created a 3.78 MB Docker Image for a JavaScript Service1,667
docker
An Enhancement to Accessible Responsive Tables (tem)1,666
accessibility, tables, responsive-design