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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Music Theory for Programmers (luk)2228
Your Modules Are Lying to You2227
esm, commonjs, modules
Building an Accordion the Browser Can Search2226
accordions, hiding, search, html, css
How Baseline Can Help You Ship Less JavaScript (jad/sma)2225
dependencies, browsers, support, web-platform
Working With “::highlight()” Using Progressive Enhancement (sun/pic)2224
css, apis, progressive-enhancement
Progressive Enhancement Inside of JavaScript (rem)2223
progressive-enhancement
We Finally Learned to Center a Div, Then Browsers Added Sidebars2222
css, centering, browsers
Your JSON Is Lying to You2221
json, console
A11y 101—3.3.4 Error Prevention (nat)2220
introductions, accessibility, wcag, errors, html
Same Name; Different Component With Scoped Custom Element Registries (fro)2219
web-components, browsers
Building the ChatGPT Typing Effect (jsd)2218
chatgpt, effects
When It Makes Sense to “Block” the Main Thread (sma)2217
performance
Protecting HTML Content Against Copying (jsd)2216
html, css, canvas, obfuscation, techniques, comparisons
I Stopped Destructuring Everything2215
HTML in Canvas: Render Real DOM Inside “<canvas>”2214
html, canvas
Fetch Needs Error Codes (jas)2213
data-fetching, errors
Proxy and Reflect (wil/pic)2212
objects
Time-Based Background Colour Transitions With Temporal and CSS Color-Mix (sop)2211
apis, time, css
Do We Still Need Build Tools? (oll)2210
css, building, tooling
The Shifting Line Between CSS States and JavaScript Events (dxn/css)2209
css, state-management, selectors, events
Animating the “dialog” Element Using View Transitions (rik)2208
modals, html, animations, view-transitions, css
The Siren Song of “ariaNotify()” (wil/css)2207
aria, notifications, attributes, html, jaws, nvda, voiceover, screen-readers, accessibility
Frontend Minimalism in Action: Do More With Less JavaScript (sir/web)2206
videos, minimalism, dependencies, standards
Dark Mode With Web Standards (oll)2205
dark-mode, standards, html, svg, css
The Quiet Problem With Unnecessary Async2204
asynchronicity
Streaming HTML (oll)2203
html, streaming
Astro: HTML First, JavaScript When You Need It (jad)2202
astro, html
Gary Illyes: The Web’s JavaScript Mess Is an AI Agent Nightmare (ppc)2201
ai, ai-agents, html, rag, llmstxt
Everything You Need to Know About Sourcemaps (nec)2200
source-maps
CSS vs. JavaScript (jos)2199
css, animations, comparisons
JS Crossword (reb)2198
Accessible by Design: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and ARIA Techniques That Scale2197
videos, accessibility, html, css, aria
Saying Goodbye to asm.js (eqr/spi)2196
spidermonkey, javascript-engines, firefox, browsers
Intentionally Blocking Rendering With JavaScript (jay)2195
rendering, painting, web-components
TypeScript, C#, and Turbo Pascal With Anders Hejlsberg (ahe/ger)2194
videos, interviews, programming, typescript, microsoft
Zoomable Image—Creating a Zoom Effect (bar)2193
zooming, images, effects, hugo, css
Soon We Can Finally Banish JavaScript to the ShadowRealm (wil/css)2192
ecmascript, apis
I Keep Tripping Over “true, false, true”2191
CSS Math “random()” in Production: Native Randomness Without JavaScript2190
css, math, functions, randomness, performance, accessibility
The “<selectmenu>” Element: Stop Using JavaScript Dropdown Libraries2189
html, forms, css
Out With the JS, in With the HTML (jim)2188
html, refactoring
Your Recursion Is Lying to You2187
software-design-patterns
A Compiler Engineer’s Walkthrough of JavaScript Spread Arguments (hac)2186
compiling
Trustworthy JavaScript for the Open Web (moz)2185
security, open-web, firefox, browsers
Devtools: How to Query Through the Shadow DOM (rem)2184
how-tos, shadow-dom, dev-tools, browsers
Preserving DOM Changes Across Live Reloads (kit)2183
dom, eleventy
Canvas-ing the Web (mey)2182
canvas
replacements.fyi (430/e18)2181
websites, dependencies, refactoring, migrating, maintenance
Constructable Stylesheets and “adoptedStyleSheets”: One Parse, Every Shadow Root (fro)2180
web-components, lit, css, apis, shadow-dom
Visual Validation Feedback for Form Fields (aar)2179
html, forms, validation
The Web Is Fun Again: First Experiments With HTML in Canvas (ami/fro)2178
experiments, html, canvas
What’s Actually New in JavaScript (and What’s Coming Next) (nec)2177
ecmascript, standards, retrospectives, outlooks
Why I Don’t Chain Everything in JavaScript Anymore2176
Making Dark Mode Play Nicely With BFCache2175
dark-mode, bfcache
Creating Custom Page Transitions in Astro With Barba.js and GSAP (cod)2174
astro, gsap, tooling, animations
You Can’t Cancel a JavaScript Promise (Except Sometimes You Can) (inn)2173
promises
RFC JSIR: A High-Level IR for JavaScript2172
tooling
“Intl” Can Localize Units, Too (ste)2171
localization, units
What to Know in JavaScript (2026 Edition) (chr/fro)2170
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)2169
podcasts, interviews, libraries, lodash, foss, maintenance
Your Options for Preloading Images With JavaScript (mac)2168
images, preloading, techniques
Your Debounce Is Lying to You2167
software-design-patterns, debouncing
Building a Runtime With QuickJS (hea)2166
quickjs, runtimes, functionality
Shadow DOM Focus Delegation: Getting “delegatesFocus” Right (fro)2165
accessibility, shadow-dom, focus, lit, web-components
Uses for Nested Promises2164
promises, asynchronicity
JavaScript for Everyone: Destructuring (wil/css)2163
examples
How to Burn $30M on a JavaScript Framework… (fir)2162
videos, frameworks, famous
JavaScript Thinks Everything’s a Date2161
time, v8, javascriptcore, python
The Three Pillars of JavaScript Bloat (430)2160
dependencies, complexity, runtimes, architecture, polyfills
Form-Associated Custom Elements in Practice (fro)2159
web-components, forms
Temporal: The 9-Year Journey to Fix Time in JavaScript (jas)2158
time, apis, retrospectives
Building Dynamic Forms in React and Next.js (sma)2157
forms, react, nextjs
Source Maps: Shipping Features Through Standards (jon)2156
source-maps
Testing Browser Support for “focusgroup” (ada)2155
html, attributes, focus
You Don’t Know HTML Tables2154
html, tables
Date Math in JavaScript: The Hidden Trap You’ll Eventually Hit (phi/hac)2153
time, math, apis
Seven Years to TypeScript: Migrating 11,000 Files at Patreon2152
migrating, typescript, case-studies
Proxying Fetch Requests in Server-Side JavaScript (nza)2151
data-fetching, nodejs, deno, bun, cloudflare
Popover API or Dialog API: Which to Choose? (zel/css)2150
pop-overs, modals, apis, accessibility
External Import Maps, Today (lea)2149
import-maps
Getting Started With the Popover API (sma)2148
introductions, pop-overs, tooltips, apis
January 2026 Baseline Monthly Digest (mal)2147
browsers, support, web-platform, css, view-transitions, web-workers, apis, units
JavaScript DRMs Are Stupid and Useless2146
drm
We Deserve a Better Streams API for JavaScript (jas)2145
streaming, apis
A Complete Guide to Bookmarklets (val/css)2144
guides, bookmarklets, link-lists
16 Modern JavaScript Features That Might Blow Your Mind2143
Rewriting a 12-Year-Old JavaScript Library in TypeScript2142
refactoring, typescript
Goodbye “innerHTML”, Hello “setHTML”: Stronger XSS Protection in Firefox 148 (moz)2141
methods, xss, security, firefox, browsers
From “instanceof” to “Error.isError”: Safer Error Checking in JavaScript2140
errors
Dictionary Compression Is Finally Here, and It’s Ridiculously Good (pim/htt)2139
compression, performance
Wasm vs. JavaScript: Who Wins at a Million Rows?2138
webassembly, comparisons, performance
We Cut Node.js’ Memory in Half (mco/pla)2137
nodejs, v8, memory, metrics
5 Source Map Best Practices for Frontend Production Deployments (ele/des)2136
guest-posts, source-maps, best-practices
JS-Heavy Approaches Are Not Compatible With Long-Term Performance Goals (ser)2135
frameworks, performance, prioritization
Quick and Dirty Linting (sto)2134
linting, typescript, biome
It’s About to Get a Lot Easier for Your JavaScript to Clean Up After Itself (wil/pic)2133
garbage-collection
Building an Endless Procedural Snake With Three.js and WebGL (suj/cod)2132
threejs, webgl
Vite, Rust, and the Future of JavaScript Tooling (eva+/bet)2131
videos, interviews, vuejs, rust, oxc, bundling, tooling, ai
Why JavaScript Needs Structured Concurrency2130
concurrency, asynchronicity
Stop Installing Libraries: 10 Browser APIs That Already Solve Your Problems2129
libraries, apis, web-platform
A Percise Parser (rem)2128
parsing
State of JavaScript 2025 [Results] (sac/dev)2127
surveys, metrics
Explicit Resource Management in JavaScript2126
View Transitions and Playing Video (chr/fro)2125
view-transitions, multimedia
StyleX vs. Tailwind: Meta’s Take on CSS-in-JS Maintainability2124
tailwind, comparisons, css-in-js, maintainability, css
The Unhinged World of Tech in 2026… (fir)2123
videos, outlooks, ai
So You Think Your Website Is Doing Great (cit)2122
html, css, quality
Stop Turning Everything Into Arrays (and Do Less Work Instead)2121
methods, arrays
Aspire for JavaScript Developers (dav)2120
tooling, typescript
How Wrong Can a JavaScript Date Calculation Go? (phi)2119
time, apis
Beyond the Mouse: Animating With Mobile Accelerometers (ami/fro)2118
mobile, animations
Web Dependencies Are Broken—Can We Fix Them? (lea)2117
dependencies, import-maps, web-platform
Date Is Out, Temporal Is In (wil/pic)2116
time
2025 JavaScript Rising Stars2115
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)2114
dependencies, maintainability
Streaming JSON in Just 200 Lines of JavaScript2113
streaming, json
JavaScript Frameworks—Heading Into 2026 (rya/thi)2112
frameworks, outlooks, ai
How to Create a Pixel-to-Voxel Video Drop Effect With Three.js and Rapier (cod)2111
how-tos, effects, tooling, gsap, threejs
We Fixed a 6-Year-Old JavaScript Memory Leak (mat/deb)2110
memory
TIL: Why ARM Has a JavaScript Instruction2109
Building a JavaScript Runtime in One Month (the)2108
runtimes, functionality
JavaScript’s “for…of” Loops Are Actually Fast2107
loops, performance
The Curious Case of the Shallow Session SPAs (sli/per)2106
performance, single-page-apps, frameworks, metrics
Why Developers Are Ditching Frameworks for Vanilla JavaScript2105
frameworks, apis, performance, micro-frontends, architecture
How to Dynamically Install Custom Elements (hey)2104
how-tos, web-components, naming
The Fall of JavaScript (yeg)2103
typescript, programming
Trends That Defined JavaScript in 20252102
trends, retrospectives, react, frameworks, tooling, ai
Why Object of Arrays (SoA Pattern) Beat Interleaved Arrays: A JavaScript Performance Rabbit Hole2101
performance, arrays
Targeting by Reference in the Shadow DOM (mey)2100
shadow-dom, html
Dialog View Transitions (med)2099
modals, view-transitions
Different Page Transitions for Different Circumstances (chr/fro)2098
css, view-transitions, animations
The JavaScript Bundler Grand Prix (kat/red)2097
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)2096
migrating, ai, python, tooling, parsing, html
Why We Teach Our Students Progressive Enhancement (cyd)2095
progressive-enhancement, html, css, training
Using the Browser Console for Accessibility Testing (rus)2094
accessibility, testing, console, examples
Discover Dialog (sar/mat)2093
html, modals, css
Design Accessible Animation and Movement With Code Examples (pop)2092
design, accessibility, animations, css, examples
Non-Blocking Cross-Browser Image Rendering on the Canvas (mys/per)2091
canvas, images, performance
What Are DOM Mutations? (rus)2090
accessibility, dom
In 1995, a Netscape Employee Wrote a Hack in 10 Days That Now Runs the Internet (ben/ars)2089
netscape, history
The Nuances of JavaScript Typing Using JSDoc (jar/van)2088
jsdoc, typescript, developer-experience
How Modern Browsers Work (add)2087
browsers, chromium, network, parsing, painting, rendering, javascript-engines, v8, memory, modules, html, css
Category Theory for JavaScript/TypeScript Developers (ibr)2086
typescript, programming, craft
How Microfrontends Work: 3 Integration Strategies2085
micro-frontends, strategies, routing, iframes, ai
CSS-in-JS: The Great Betrayal of Frontend Sanity2084
css-in-js, css, performance, developer-experience
What Are Invokers? Interactivity Without JavaScript (tol/syn)2083
videos, html, pop-overs
You’re Doing JavaScript Testing Wrong (cfe)2082
testing
The Performance Inequality Gap, 2026 (sli)2081
performance, metrics
Managing Side Effects: A JavaScript Effect System in 30 Lines or Less (ayc)2080
The Last Couple Years in V8’s Garbage Collector (win)2079
v8, javascript-engines, garbage-collection, memory, retrospectives
How We Catch UI Bugs Early With Visual Regression Testing2078
testing, regressions, playwright
Error Chaining in JavaScript: Cleaner Debugging With “Error.cause”2077
errors, debugging
JavaScript Just Leveled Up: ES2025—You’ll Fall in Love With (jsd)2076
ecmascript, standards
Advanced Beginner’s Guide to ClojureScript (rom)2075
guides
The Web Animation Performance Tier List (cit)2074
animations, performance, css, apis
The Inner Workings of JavaScript Source Maps (man/pol)2073
typescript, source-maps
Start Implementing View Transitions on Your Websites Today (cyd/pic)2072
css, view-transitions, apis
Import JavaScript Like It’s 2026 (sto)2071
performance
The JavaScript Feature You’ve Probably Never Used Allows Running Untrusted JavaScript Safely2070
JavaScript for Everyone: Iterators (wil/sma)2069
The Origin Story of JavaScript (ann/cas)2068
videos, history, web, ecmascript, browsers, browser-wars, browser-engines, standards
Directives and the Platform Boundary (tan/tan)2067
frameworks
NaN, the Not-a-Number Number That Isn’t NaN (wil/pic)2066
Importing vs. Fetching JSON (jaf)2065
json, data-fetching, comparisons
The Charm of JavaScript: Boom Mics and Clown Shoes (wil+/iga)2064
podcasts, interviews
An Introduction to JavaScript Expressions (wil/css)2063
introductions
Links and Anchors: Ancient HTML and JS Magic in Your Browser (cod/wea)2062
html, css, links
Rethinking Async Loops in JavaScript2061
loops, asynchronicity
“URLPattern” Is Now Baseline Newly Available2060
urls, apis, web-platform, browsers, support
Why “NaN !== NaN” in JavaScript (and the IEEE 754 Story Behind It)2059
history, standards
You’re a Real JavaScript Developer Only If…2058
career
Improving the Trustworthiness of JavaScript on the Web2057
web-apps, security
What’s Up in ES2027? (por/nor)2056
videos, ecmascript, outlooks
For Your Convenience, This CSS Will Self-Destruct (sco)2055
css, hiding
Secure Coding in JavaScript2054
frameworks, security
Writing an Emulator in JavaScript? (nik/nor)2053
videos
Tips for Working With Emoji (chr)2052
emoji, css, tips-and-tricks
The Future of Lodash (uli)2051
libraries, lodash, outlooks
Find Where a Specific Object Was Allocated in JavaScript With DevTools2050
objects, dev-tools, browsers
Inside a 16.67 Millisecond Frame2049
rendering, reflow, painting, performance
How to Group Arrays in JavaScript Without “reduce()”2048
how-tos, arrays
Smashing Animations: Building Adaptive SVGs With “<symbol>”, “<use>”, and CSS Media Queries (mal/sma)2047
animations, svg, css
A Progressive Enhancement Challenge (chr/fro)2046
progressive-enhancement, html, feature-detection, support
I Want to Intercept Boolean Coercion for Objects in JavaScript (zac)2045
objects, types
You Can Now Make PS2 Games in JavaScript2044
Why “typeof null === object”2043
operators
State of JavaScript 2025 (sac/dev)2042
surveys
Creating a Truly Accessible Flip Card (sib/tpg)2041
html, css, accessibility
Stop Using “.reverse().find()”: Meet “findLast()”2040
methods, arrays
How to Disable Right Click With JavaScript (rik)2039
how-tos
Storing Unwise Amounts of Data in JavaScript Bigints (jon)2038
Frontend JavaScript Performance Testing: A Comprehensive Guide (get)2037
guides, performance, testing
Fetch Streams Are Great, but Not for Measuring Upload/Download Progress (jaf)2036
data-fetching, apis
The Missing Link in JavaScript Tools (mar)2035
tooling
Just Use HTML (cfe)2034
html
Web Development for Beginners: Frontend Frameworks (rau)2033
frameworks, preact
Finally, Safe Array Methods in JavaScript2032
arrays, methods
Functional Custom Elements the Easy Way (gin/pic)2031
web-components
Why You Should Test Your Page Without JavaScript2030
support, progressive-enhancement, accessibility
Learning Web Development: Asynchronous JavaScript—Promises and “async” Functions (rau)2029
asynchronicity, promises, functions
We Used AI to Compare and Demo 6 JavaScript Charting Libraries (kyl+/web)2028
videos, libraries, visualization, comparisons, ai
Why Do Browsers Throttle JavaScript Timers? (nol)2027
time, browsers
Learning Web Development: JSON and Processing Files in Node.js (rau)2026
json, nodejs, arrays, objects
Learning Web Development: JavaScript Maps (rau)2025
9 JavaScript Patterns I Wish I Used Earlier2024
software-design-patterns
JavaScript’s Trademark Problem (rau)2023
oracle, legal, deno
Learning Web Development: JavaScript Exceptions (rau)2022
errors
You No Longer Need JavaScript (reb)2021
css, html, examples
Learning Web Development: Plain Objects in JavaScript (rau)2020
objects
Learning Web Development: Modules and Testing in JavaScript (rau)2019
modules, testing
Hack to the Future—Frontend (the)2018
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)2017
guest-posts, javascript-engines, v8, spidermonkey, javascriptcore, quickjs, chakracore
JavaScript Engines Zoo2016
javascript-engines, overviews, comparisons, v8, spidermonkey, quickjs, javascriptcore, chakracore
Understanding “Promise.any()”: When One Success Is Enough2015
promises, asynchronicity
Learning Web Development: Loops in JavaScript (rau)2014
loops
Unit Formatting With “Intl” in JavaScript (ray)2013
units, localization
What’s Next for JavaScript? (jsd)2012
outlooks
Learning Web Development: Arrays in JavaScript (rau)2011
arrays
Learning Web Development: Strings and Methods in JavaScript (rau)2010
strings, methods
Learning Web Development: Numbers, Variables, Functions in JavaScript (rau)2009
variables, functions
Eliminating JavaScript Cold Starts on AWS Lambda (goo)2008
lambda, aws, runtimes
JavaScript Is Tough to Master2007
learning
Speeding Up the JavaScript Ecosystem—SemVer (mar)2006
performance, semver, versioning, dependencies
A Progressive Complexity Manifesto (che)2005
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)2004
guides, apis, internationalization
Using the Custom Highlight API (chr/fro)2003
apis, css, syntax-highlighting
Building Extensible Frontend Systems (cfe)2002
web-components, extensibility, css
How JavaScript Really Evolves: Inside TC39 With Daniel Ehrenberg (lit+/wee)2001
videos, interviews, ecmascript
How We Made “JSON.stringify” More Than Twice as Fast2000
json, strings, v8, javascript-engines, optimization, performance
Our Fight With Oracle Is Getting Crazy… (den)1999
videos, oracle, legal, licensing
JavaScript Isn’t the Problem—Replacing the Browser Was (p4p/red)1998
single-page-apps, browsers
What Your Website’s Style Says About You—and How Hackers Can Use It Against You (err)1997
security, css
HTML-First, Framework-Second: Is JavaScript Finally Growing Up?1996
html, frameworks
Logical Assignment Operators in JavaScript: Small Syntax, Big Wins1995
operators
The Many, Many, Many JavaScript Runtimes of the Last Decade (shi)1994
runtimes, history
Vanilla JavaScript Support for Tailwind Plus (phi+/tai)1993
tailwind
Never Write Your Own Date Parsing Library (zac)1992
libraries, comparisons, time, parsing
The Untold Story of JavaScript1991
videos, history
Web Serial: The Only Reason I’ll Admit JavaScript Isn’t All Bad1990
A Primer on Focus Trapping (zel/css)1989
introductions, focus, keyboard-navigation, accessibility
Handling JavaScript Event Listeners With Parameters (sma)1988
events
Compile Svelte 5 in Your Head1987
svelte, compiling
Revisiting My 2010 JavaScript Library (dia)1986
retrospectives, libraries, internet-explorer, browsers
Writing “!= null”? That’s What Junior Devs Do—Here’s the Senior Way1985
The Untold Story of JavaScript (den)1984
videos, history
Modern Async Iteration in JavaScript With “Array.fromAsync()”1983
arrays, asynchronicity
Managing the State of Your Promises (ato)1982
state-management, promises
Bulletproof Web Component Loading (cfe)1981
web-components
These 5 Programming Languages Are Quietly Taking Over in 20251980
programming, rust, python, go
JavaScript Scope Hoisting Is Broken (dev)1979
scope, code-splitting
30 Years of JavaScript: 10 Milestones That Changed the Web1978
anniversaries, history, ecmascript, ajax, jquery, web-2.0, nodejs, npm, react, typescript, webassembly
JavaScript Is Being Rewritten in Rust (ost/end)1977
rust
I Started Learning JavaScript Again—a Beginner-Friendly Guide to the Basics1976
guides, fundamentals
A Simple Website1975
websites, history, layout, animations, images, tables, ajax, flash, deploying, simplicity
How JSDoc Saved My Dev Workflow (ato)1974
jsdoc, typescript, documentation
Default Parameters: Your Code Just Got Smarter1973
What’s the Difference Between Ordinary Functions and Arrow Functions in JavaScript? (jrs)1972
functions, comparisons
JavaScript Trademark Update (tin/den)1971
legal, oracle
Ecma International Approves ECMAScript 2025: What’s New? (rau)1970
ecmascript
What’s Coming to JavaScript (lca/den)1969
deno
Speculative Optimizations for WebAssembly Using Deopts and Inlining (lie)1968
v8, javascript-engines, webassembly, optimization, speculation
Tips for Making Regular Expressions Easier to Use in JavaScript (rau)1967
regex, tips-and-tricks, examples
Decoding the SVG “path” Element: Curve and Arc Commands (sma)1966
svg, css
Deep Dive Into JavaScript Engine Internals: V8, SpiderMonkey, and Chakra1965
deep-dives, javascript-engines, v8, spidermonkey, chakracore
JavaScript Broke the Web (and Called It Progress) (jon)1964
performance, user-experience, tooling, tech-stacks, history
9 New JavaScript Features in ES2025 (w3c/syn)1963
videos, ecmascript
When Can I Use Temporal?1962
apis, time
JSON Module Scripts Are Now Baseline Newly Available (tom)1961
json, browsers, support, web-platform
Slightly Enhanced Sticky Revealing Footer (cri)1960
navigation, css
Compiling JavaScript Ahead of Time (goo/web)1959
videos, javascript-engines, compiling
JavaScript String “slice()” Considered Harmful (att)1958
strings
Using “await” at the Top Level in ES Modules1957
esm, asynchronicity
CJS vs. AMD vs. UMD vs. ESM: Which JavaScript Module Format Should You Use—and Why It Even Matters1956
nodejs, modules, commonjs, esm, bundling, comparisons
Happy Birthday, JavaScript (ato)1955
anniversaries
Exploring JavaScript (rau)1954
books
Quick Tip: Avoid Event Listeners on the “window” Object (nat)1953
jquery, events, accessibility, tips-and-tricks
How JavaScript Was Written Back in the Day (tre)1952
jquery, history, comparisons
Worker Threads in Node.js: A Complete Guide for Multithreading in JavaScript (nod)1951
guides, nodejs, worker-threads, multithreading
How to Use the Browser Console: An In-Depth Guide (mat/deb)1950
guides, how-tos, dev-tools, console, browsers
5 Best JavaScript Web Scraping Libraries in 2025 (api)1949
libraries, scraping, link-lists
Creating the “Moving Highlight” Navigation Bar With JavaScript and CSS (sma)1948
navigation, effects, css
How to “import()” a JavaScript String (zac)1947
how-tos, strings
“firstChild” Can Be White Space (chr/fro)1946
whitespace
How Imports Work in RSC (dan)1945
react, components, modules
I Copy These 10 Code Snippets Into Every Project1944
debouncing, json, objects, arrays
“document.currentScript” Is More Useful Than I Thought (mac)1943
Is It JavaScript? (jim)1942
browsers, servers, jsx, typescript, terminology
Write More Reliable JavaScript With Optional Chaining1941
reliability
A JavaScript Developer’s Guide to Go (psu)1940
guides, go, examples
Web Bluetooth API Usage—a Practical Guide1939
guides, apis
The 3 Ways JavaScript Frameworks Render the DOM (rya)1938
videos, frameworks, dom, rendering
Why Are 2025/05/28 and 2025-05-28 Different Days in JavaScript?1937
time
A Thought on JavaScript “Proof of Work” Anti-Scraper Systems (cks)1936
ai, scraping
Comparing Rust, JavaScript, and Go for Authoring WASM Components1935
webassembly, components, rust, go, comparisons
JavaScript’s Upcoming Temporal API and What Problems It Will Solve1934
time, apis
Multithreading in JavaScript With Web Workers (hon)1933
multithreading, web-workers, examples
A Brief History of JavaScript (den)1932
history, ecmascript, typescript, json, javascript-engines, runtimes, browsers
You Can Style Alt Text Like Any Other Text (geo/css)1931
alt-text, accessibility, images, css
Make Screen Readers Talk With the ARIA Notify API (ale)1930
accessibility, screen-readers, aria, notifications, apis
Authenticating JavaScript WebSockets1929
websockets, authentication
Introduction to JavaScript Frameworks (rya)1928
introductions, videos, frameworks, react, angular, vuejs, svelte, solidjs
How JavaScript’s “at()” Method Makes Array Indexing Easier1927
arrays
JavaScript in the Morning, JavaScript in the Evening… (ray)1926
localization
The State of JavaScript Debugging in WebAssembly1925
webassembly, debugging
No Server, No Database: Smarter Related Posts in Astro With transformers.js (ale)1924
astro, ai, hugging-face
Handling Routes in JavaScript Projects (sea)1923
routing, frameworks
Styling Console Text in Node.js (rau)1922
nodejs, console
I Think the Ergonomics of Generators Is Growing on Me (mac)1921
functions
JavaScript Compile Hints: What They Are and When to Use Them (tre)1920
compiling, v8, javascript-engines
Building the Bridge: Running JavaScript Modules From Dart1919
modules, esm, commonjs, dart, deno
Migrating a JavaScript Project From Prettier and ESLint to BiomeJS (app)1918
migrating, prettier, eslint, biome
The Power of the Spread and Rest Syntax in JavaScript1917
arrays
Event Handling in JAWS and NVDA (sib/tpg)1916
accessibility, screen-readers, jaws, nvda, events, comparisons
JavaScript, When Is This? (wil/pic)1915
Converting Values to Strings in JavaScript (rau)1914
conversion
Giving V8 a Heads-Up: Faster JavaScript Startup With Explicit Compile Hints1913
v8, javascript-engines, compiling
Giving Software Away for Free (sim)1912
foss, hosting, html
Why Care About the No-JS Experience? (cfe)1911
support
Making a Small JavaScript Blog Static Site Generator Even Smaller Using the General “async-tree” Library (jan)1910
static-site-generation, tooling
JavaScript Framework Reality Check: What’s Actually Working1909
frameworks, qwik, solidjs, sveltekit, fresh
Creating CSS Theme Variables From a JS File (mic)1908
css, theming, custom-properties, conversion
Why I’m Not Ready to Abandon JavaScript for “Faster” Languages1907
rust, go, refactoring, performance
Contextual Logging With “console.context()” (pat)1906
console, dev-tools, browsers
When to Use “map()” vs. “forEach()”1905
arrays, comparisons
Optimizing Node.js Performance: V8 Memory Management and GC Tuning (mco/pla)1904
nodejs, performance, optimization, v8, javascript-engines, memory, garbage-collection
Float16Array in JavaScript (tre)1903
arrays
Next Level CSS Styling for Cursors (val/css)1902
css, cursors
A Flowing WebGL Gradient, Deconstructed1901
webgl, gradients, math
Exploring TypeScript: TS 5.8 Edition (rau)1900
books, typescript
Mastering Default Values in JavaScript With the Nullish Coalescing (“??”) Operator1899
operators
Some Features That Every JavaScript Developer Should Know in 20251898
arrays, promises, prototypes, variables
Hiding Elements That Require JavaScript Without JavaScript (0xd)1897
css, html
Debugging JavaScript Memory Leaks (jar/bun)1896
memory, debugging, dev-tools, chrome, browsers, bun
A Decade of Impact: How Our npm Packages Hit 1 Billion Downloads and Shaped JavaScript1895
npm, dependencies, history
React 19’s New Hooks: With Practical Examples (let)1894
react, hooks, examples
Deno vs. Oracle Update 3: Fighting the JavaScript Trademark (tin/den)1893
deno, oracle, legal, history
Breaking Down Circular Dependencies in JavaScript1892
dependencies
Automated Visual Regression Testing With Playwright (css)1891
regressions, testing, automation, playwright
Could JavaScript Have Synchronous “await”? (rau)1890
asynchronicity
JavaScript’s Missing Link: Wasp Offers Full Stack Solution1889
wasp, frameworks, history
Land Ahoy: Leaving the Sea of Nodes1888
v8, javascript-engines, compiling
War Story: The Hardest Bug I Ever Debugged (jak)1887
debugging, v8, chrome, browsers, bugs
UI Algorithms: A Tiny Undo Stack (jul)1886
algorithms, functionality, undo-redo
JavaScript Basics for a Senior Dev1885
fundamentals, concepts, examples
Previewing Content Changes in Your Work With “document.designMode” (sma)1884
browsers, dev-tools, content, design
Stop Chasing New JavaScript Frameworks: Build With Fundamentals Instead1883
fundamentals, frameworks, react, vuejs, angular, svelte, solidjs
SSR Deep Dive for React Developers1882
deep-dives, server-side-rendering, react
How WebAssembly Components Can Replace JavaScript SDKs (sac)1881
webassembly, components
Why the Latest JavaScript Frameworks Are a Waste of Time1880
frameworks, react, angular
“Intl.DurationFormat”: Format Time Durations With Locale Support (tre)1879
localization
A Perplexing JavaScript Parsing Puzzle (hil)1878
parsing, history
On JavaScript Closures (With Examples of Interview Questions) (mar)1877
guest-posts, closures, variables, examples, interviewing
Ten Years Ago Today I Coined the Shorthand “js;dr” for “JavaScript Required; Didn’t Read” (tan)1876
support, terminology
JavaScript Best Practice: Use “return await”1875
asynchronicity, best-practices
The Professional Standing of Frontend Developers (mar)1874
guest-posts, career, learning, html, css, communication, collaboration, community, ai
7 Best Practices of File Upload With JavaScript and React1873
file-handling, react, best-practices
JavaScript (htt)1872
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, performance, bundling, transpiling, web-workers, libraries, web-components
Image Comparison Slider in 6 Lines of JavaScript1871
sliders, images
JavaScript Fatigue Strikes Back (all)1870
react, frameworks, libraries, tooling
What Is TypeScript? An Overview for JavaScript Programmers (rau)1869
overviews, typescript, comparisons
How to Reduce Web Application Bundle Size? (ant)1868
how-tos, web-apps, bundling, tooling
Justified Text, JS “moveBefore” Method, Performance Optimization (zor/css)1867
videos, css, typography, performance, optimization
Turbocharging V8 With Mutable Heap Numbers1866
v8, javascript-engines, performance, randomness
Subverting Control With Weak References (jlo)1865
programming
Solved by Style Observer: “Element.matchContainer()” (bra)1864
css
Speeding Up the JavaScript Ecosystem—Rust and JavaScript Plugins (mar)1863
performance, rust, plugins
Clean Code in JavaScript: A Comprehensive Guide1862
guides, principles, conventions, variables, objects, functions, comments, testing, quality
Introduction to Frontend Development1861
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)1860
standards, ecmascript, regex, escaping, arrays, math
20 Years of AJAX: The Technology That Revolutionized Web Development1859
ajax, history, data-fetching
How to Move the First Element to the End in JavaScript1858
how-tos
Create Contextual Console Loggers (pat/dev)1857
console, debugging, dev-tools, browsers, edge, chrome
Style Observer: JS to Observe CSS Property Changes, for Reals (lea)1856
tooling, libraries, css
Testing 10 JavaScript Frameworks on Their HTML Defaults (j9t)1855
frameworks, html, conformance, comparisons, link-lists
Think JavaScript Is Slow? Here’s How JIT (Just in Time) Compilation Makes It 100× Faster Instantly1854
compiling, performance
The First Ever Website That Literally Glows in the Dark1853
videos, effects, apis, css
View Transitions Applied: More Performant “::view-transition-group(*)” Animations (bra)1852
css, view-transitions, performance
Move on to ESM-Only (ant)1851
esm, modules, nodejs, support, typescript
Using “at()” Method in JavaScript to Get the Last Item From an Array (ama)1850
arrays
Oracle Justified Its JavaScript Trademark With Node.js—Now It Wants That Ignored (tin/den)1849
oracle, nodejs, deno, legal
Fast and Smooth Third-Party Web Fonts (sco)1848
fonts, embed-code, performance, css
Introducing the JSR Open Governance Board (tin+/den)1847
introductions, jsr, typescript, community
There Are a Lot of Ways to Break Up Long Tasks in JavaScript (mac)1846
web-workers, performance
Vite With TypeScript (rwi)1845
vite, migrating, typescript, configuration
Is npm Enough? Why Startups Are Coming After This JavaScript Package Registry (kat/red)1844
npm, jsr, bun, pnpm, yarn
How to Set WebGL Shader Colors With CSS and JavaScript (nma)1843
how-tos, webgl, css
Page Bloat Update: How Does Ever-Increasing Page Size Affect Your Business and Your Users? (tam/spe)1842
performance, trends, metrics, images, desktop, mobile
What Text Area Popovers Taught Me About Browser APIs (bla)1841
html, forms, apis
How Long Is a Second in JavaScript? (iag)1840
The Modern Way to Write JavaScript Servers (mar)1839
nodejs, servers
You’re Overthinking Web Components (all)1838
web-components
JavaScript Temporal Is Coming (bsm/mdn)1837
apis, time
Exploring AI, Web Development, and Accessibility in Tech With Stefan Judis (ste+/wea)1836
videos, interviewing, ai, runtimes, accessibility, screen-readers, craft
My Website Has Been Gaslighting You (dav)1835
css, colors, effects
Simplify Lazy Loading With Intersection Observer’s “scrollMargin” (fro)1834
scrolling, apis, lazy-loading, performance
Generating Test Values Using JavaScript Generators1833
typescript, functions, testing
Google Begins Requiring JavaScript for Google Search (kyl)1832
google
SolidJS Creator on Confronting Web Framework Complexity1831
frameworks, angular, vuejs, multi-page-apps, single-page-apps, complexity, outlooks
JavaScript’s “Promise.race” and “Promise.all” Are Not “Fair” (chr)1830
promises
Making “this” Less Annoying (dav)1829
formatting, configuration
Using SVGs on Canvas With Compose Multiplatform (eev)1828
canvas, svg, images
What Is a Callback Function? (cfe)1827
callbacks, functions
JavaScript Hashing Speed Comparison: MD5 Versus SHA-256 (lem)1826
hashing, performance, comparisons, bun, nodejs
All JavaScript Keyboard Shortcut Libraries Are Broken1825
libraries, keyboard-shortcuts
Oracle Refuses to Yield JavaScript Trademark, Deno Land Says (inf)1824
oracle, deno, legal
Sharing a Variable Across HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (chr/fro)1823
variables, html, css
Exploring Modern JavaScript Compilers: Why Oxc Matters for the Developer Community (hac)1822
oxc, compiling, tooling
5 Technical JavaScript Trends You Need to Know About in 20251821
trends, architecture, serverless, webassembly, state-management, typescript, type-safety, micro-frontends
2024 JavaScript Rising Stars1820
frameworks, libraries, react, vuejs, tooling, mobile, desktop, state-management, ai, css-in-js, testing, graphql, retrospectives
Progressive Enhancement Brings Everyone In (jay)1819
progressive-enhancement, history, advocacy, link-lists
Reckoning: Frontend’s Lost Decade (sli/per)1818
videos, performance, web-platform
Top PHP Alternative for Web Development?1817
php, java, python, ruby, go, rust
JavaScript Frameworks—Heading Into 2025 (rya/thi)1816
frameworks, performance, complexity, maintainability
Relatively New Things You Should Know About HTML Heading Into 2025 (chr/fro)1815
html, forms, toggles, pop-overs, import-maps, css, transitions
The Difference Between HTML Attributes and Properties (pau/clo)1814
html, attributes, terminology
What’s Actually Happening With JS Frameworks1813
videos, frameworks, trends
Refactoring a Web Performance Snippet for Security and Best Practice (the)1812
performance, metrics, refactoring
View Transitions Snippets: Getting All Animations Linked to a View Transition (bra)1811
css, view-transitions, apis
A Gentle Introduction to Using a Vector Database1810
introductions, databases, vector-databases, ai, openai
Breaking Up With Long Tasks or: How I Learned to Group Loops and Wield the Yield (rvi/per)1809
performance, loops
Shallow Clones Versus Structured Clones (phi)1808
After Rome Failure, VoidZero Is the Newest Attempt to Create Unified JavaScript Toolchain (inf)1807
voidzero, tooling
JavaScript Benchmarking Is a Mess1806
performance
Broadcast Channel API (5t3)1805
apis
Important Topics for Frontend Developers to Master in 20251804
learning, typescript, css, frameworks, git, apis, testing, performance, security, ci-cd, websockets
“AsyncLocalStorage”: Simplify Context Management in Node.js (tre)1803
nodejs, asynchronicity
JS Import Maps (5t3)1802
dependencies, import-maps
How to Create Multi-Step Forms With Vanilla JavaScript and CSS (css)1801
how-tos, forms, css
WebAssembly JavaScript Interface (w3c)1800
standards, webassembly, apis
State of JavaScript 2024 [Results] (sac/dev)1799
surveys, metrics
11 Essential JavaScript Hooking Techniques for Reverse Engineering in 2024 (xiu)1798
debugging, techniques
Your JavaScript Bundle Is Too Fat1797
bundling, performance, dependencies, code-splitting, lazy-loading, tree-shaking, minification, optimization
5 Technical Trends to Help Web Developers Stand Out in 20251796
trends, career, security, ai, low-and-no-code
Native HTML Light and Dark Color Scheme Switching (pep/mat)1795
dark-mode, html, css, functionality
Understanding the Main Thread in the Browser (per)1794
browsers, dom
Publishing a Simple Client-Side JavaScript Package to npm With GitHub Actions (sim)1793
dependencies, npm, github-actions
Just Say “No” to JavaScript (nic/inf)1792
typescript, programming
Creating an Effective Multistep Form for Better User Experience (sma)1791
forms, html, user-experience
Let’s Learn Generators in JavaScript1790
functions
Observation: CSS Math Eval (kiz)1789
css, math
The 5 Most Transformative JavaScript Features From ES15 (tar)1788
ecmascript
Contributing to JavaScript and TypeScript (rob)1787
videos, typescript, foss, standards
Building Better CLI Apps (mol)1786
videos, typescript, command-line, tooling
Deno vs. Oracle: Canceling the JavaScript Trademark (tin/den)1785
deno, oracle, legal
JavaScript Events Made Easy: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners1784
guides, events
Mastering JavaScript Event Delegation1783
events
Exploring Alternative Interactions in JavaScript (dev)1782
videos, ai, interaction-design
Mastering Accessible Modals With ARIA and Keyboard Navigation (a11)1781
accessibility, keyboard-navigation, aria, modals
State of JavaScript 2024 (sac/dev)1780
surveys
Importing a Frontend JavaScript Library Without a Build System (b0r)1779
libraries, commonjs, esm, nodejs, html
The Art of Clean Code: A Practical Guide to Writing Maintainable JavaScript1778
guides, principles, maintainability
Exploring JavaScript Symbols (tre)1777
Self-Contained Executable Programs With Deno Compile (tin/den)1776
deno, typescript, compiling
Understanding Bitwise Shifts in JavaScript: “<<” and “>>” (tre)1775
operators
JavaScript Import Attributes (ES2025) (tre)1774
security
Why Does JavaScript’s “parseInt(0.0000005)” Print “5”?1773
How a BBC Navigation Bar Component Broke Depending on Which External Monitor It Was On (jos)1772
debugging, case-studies
The Path to Learn Web Development (fla)1771
learning, http, html, css, tooling, git, typescript, databases, frameworks
Mapping Over Promises in JavaScript (pmb)1770
promises
Should Web Designers Learn JavaScript or CSS? (ope)1769
design, career, css
Celebrating Innovation and Impact: JavaScriptLandia Community Awards (ope)1768
community
Maybe It Isn’t JavaScript (gee)1767
videos, seo, google
How Bun Supports V8 APIs Without Using V8 II (bun)1766
bun, v8, apis
How Do HTML Event Handlers Work? (tbr)1765
html, events
How to Test JavaScript for Accessibility Compliance (flo/a11)1764
how-tos, accessibility, compliance, wcag, testing
JavaScript’s “&&=” Operator: Understanding Logical “AND” Assignment (tre)1763
operators
JavaScript’s “??=” Operator: Default Values Made Simple (tre)1762
operators
Introducing the vlt Package Manager and Serverless Registry (dar+/vlt)1761
introductions, dependencies, serverless, tooling
JavaScript Do’s and Don’ts (mua)1760
accessibility
How to Roll Your Own Auth in JavaScript and TypeScript (rwi)1759
how-tos, authentication, typescript
What Is the JavaScript Pipeline Operator “|>” (tre)1758
operators
Octoverse: AI Leads Python to Top Language as the Number of Global Developers Surges1757
research, github, community, ai, programming, python, typescript, java, php, shells, go
JavaScript Best Practices (jet)1756
best-practices
20 JavaScript Tricks Every Developer Must Know1755
tips-and-tricks
JavaScript Truthy and Falsy: A Deep Dive (tre)1754
deep-dives
How We Shrunk Our JavaScript Monorepo Git Size by 94%1753
monorepos, git
Front End Debugging: Not Just Console Log (deb)1752
debugging, console, dom
Passing Data to New Window Using JavaScript1751
comparisons
Should JavaScript Be Split Into Two Languages? New Google-Driven Proposal Divides Opinion1750
ecmascript, google, runtimes
Set the Default Time Zone in Node.js (ste)1749
nodejs, internationalization, localization, time
Why I’m Skeptical of Rewriting JavaScript Tools in “Faster” Languages (nol)1748
tooling, programming
Platform Strategy and Its Discontents (sli)1747
web-platform, mobile, mobile-first, native, performance, user-experience
How to Build an Image Search Application With OpenAI CLIP and PostgreSQL in JavaScript1746
how-tos, images, search, ai, openai, postgresql, databases, functionality
How to Convert CommonJS to ESM (den)1745
how-tos, conversion, commonjs, esm
Does Deno 2 Really Uncomplicate JavaScript? (fir)1744
videos, deno, jsr, comparisons
The Greatness and Limitations of the “js-framework-benchmark” (nol)1743
frameworks, tooling, performance, metrics
I Didn’t Know You Could Use Sibling Parameters as Default Values in Functions (mac)1742
functions
The Secrets of JavaScript Object Property Order1741
objects
Handling Paste Events in JavaScript (ray/fro)1740
events
JS Frameworks, in Their Own Words (by Word Cloud) (j9t)1739
frameworks, react, vuejs, angular, svelte, express, meteor, nextjs, comparisons
Dive Into WebGPU (oka)1738
introductions, webgpu
The Popover API: Your New Best Friend for Tooltips (dev)1737
pop-overs, apis, tooltips, html, css
Floating in Space—Animations With Compose and Canvas (eev)1736
canvas, animations
10 JavaScript Concepts Every Node Developer Must Master1735
nodejs, concepts
Unleash JavaScript’s Potential With Functional Programming (jan)1734
programming, comparisons
How Bun Supports V8 APIs Without Using V8 (bun)1733
bun, v8, apis, comparisons
You Might Not Need That Framework (fro)1732
frameworks
Disable Console Logs in Production in Next.js (ami)1731
nextjs, console, logging
A Guide to Destructuring in JavaScript (wil/pic)1730
guides, examples
Compile and Run C in JavaScript (jar/bun)1729
compiling