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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Four Months of VoidZero at Cloudflare: Making the Open-Source JavaScript Toolchain Faster for All Humans and Agents (eva)2327
voidzero, cloudflare, foss, tooling
Optimizing Objects With Null Prototypes (mco)2326
prototypes, v8
The Greatest Pun2325
The Grand Unifying Architecture of Frontend (rya)2324
architecture, concepts, frameworks
Introducing secure-eval-worker (mco/pla)2323
introductions, nodejs, libraries, permissions, security
What I’ve Learned as a Frontend Developer After 3+ Years2322
career, lessons, css, state-management, performance, accessibility, communication, tech-stacks
How to Implement a Distributed Circuit Breaker2321
how-tos, software-design-patterns
The V8 JavaScript Runtime Undermined My Constant-Time JavaScript Library (soa)2320
v8, time, security
Email, Decoupled From Where and How: A Cross-Runtime, Cross-Provider Email Library for JavaScript and TypeScript (hon)2319
email, tooling, typescript
Half Past Fetch2318
data-fetching, asynchrony
Fuzzing the State Machines Inside My HTTP Client2317
testing
How Turbopack Chunks Your JavaScript2316
turbopack
Fixing Top-Level Await in Safari (hei/web)2315
safari, browsers, asynchrony, webkit, browser-engines
Bumping the Major Version of Your JavaScript Library Is User Hostile (jam)2314
libraries, semver, versioning
A Deep Dive Into StyleX (fla)2313
deep-dives, tooling, css
The Depths of JavaScript: Minesweeper in 247 Bytes2312
minimalism, functionality
Enhanced Spell Checking on the Web (bka)2311
apis, html
Music Theory for Programmers (luk)2310
Why I Ported Moonshine to JavaScript (pet)2309
migrating
Your Modules Are Lying to You2308
esm, commonjs, modules
Building an Accordion the Browser Can Search2307
accordions, hiding, search, html, css
How Baseline Can Help You Ship Less JavaScript (jad/sma)2306
dependencies, browsers, support, web-platform
Working With “::highlight()” Using Progressive Enhancement (sun/pic)2305
css, apis, progressive-enhancement
Progressive Enhancement Inside of JavaScript (rem)2304
progressive-enhancement
We Finally Learned to Center a Div, Then Browsers Added Sidebars2303
css, centering, browsers
Your JSON Is Lying to You2302
json, console
A11y 101—3.3.4 Error Prevention (nat)2301
introductions, accessibility, wcag, errors, html
Same Name; Different Component With Scoped Custom Element Registries (fro)2300
web-components, browsers
Building the ChatGPT Typing Effect (jsd)2299
chatgpt, effects
When It Makes Sense to “Block” the Main Thread (sma)2298
performance
Protecting HTML Content Against Copying (jsd)2297
html, css, canvas, obfuscation, techniques, comparisons
I Stopped Destructuring Everything2296
HTML in Canvas: Render Real DOM Inside “<canvas>”2295
html, canvas
Fetch Needs Error Codes (jas)2294
data-fetching, errors
The Browser’s Main Thread Is Expensive2293
performance, optimization, worker-threads
Proxy and Reflect (wil/pic)2292
objects
Time-Based Background Colour Transitions With Temporal and CSS Color-Mix (sop)2291
apis, time, css
Do We Still Need Build Tools? (oll)2290
css, building, tooling
A Deep Dive Into the Inner Workings of JavaScript Engines: Writing Code That Makes V8 Happy2289
deep-dives, javascript-engines, v8, garbage-collection
The Shifting Line Between CSS States and JavaScript Events (dxn/css)2288
css, state-management, selectors, events
Animating the “dialog” Element Using View Transitions (rik)2287
modals, html, animations, view-transitions, css
The Siren Song of “ariaNotify()” (wil/css)2286
aria, notifications, attributes, html, jaws, nvda, voiceover, screen-readers, accessibility
Frontend Minimalism in Action: Do More With Less JavaScript (sir/web)2285
videos, minimalism, dependencies, standards
Dark Mode With Web Standards (oll)2284
dark-mode, standards, html, svg, css
The Quiet Problem With Unnecessary Async2283
asynchrony
Streaming HTML (oll)2282
html, streaming
Astro: HTML First, JavaScript When You Need It (jad)2281
astro, html
Gary Illyes: The Web’s JavaScript Mess Is an AI Agent Nightmare (ppc)2280
ai, ai-agents, html, rag, llmstxt
Everything You Need to Know About Sourcemaps (nec)2279
source-maps
CSS vs. JavaScript (jos)2278
css, animations, comparisons
JS Crossword (reb)2277
Accessible by Design: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and ARIA Techniques That Scale2276
videos, accessibility, html, css, aria
Saying Goodbye to asm.js (eqr/spi)2275
spidermonkey, javascript-engines, firefox, browsers
Intentionally Blocking Rendering With JavaScript (jay)2274
rendering, painting, web-components
TypeScript, C#, and Turbo Pascal With Anders Hejlsberg (ahe/ger)2273
videos, interviews, programming, typescript, microsoft
Zoomable Image—Creating a Zoom Effect (bar)2272
zooming, images, effects, hugo, css
Soon We Can Finally Banish JavaScript to the ShadowRealm (wil/css)2271
ecmascript, apis
I Keep Tripping Over “true, false, true”2270
CSS Math “random()” in Production: Native Randomness Without JavaScript2269
css, math, functions, randomness, performance, accessibility
The “<selectmenu>” Element: Stop Using JavaScript Dropdown Libraries2268
html, forms, css
Out With the JS, in With the HTML (jim)2267
html, refactoring
Your Recursion Is Lying to You2266
software-design-patterns
A Compiler Engineer’s Walkthrough of JavaScript Spread Arguments (hac)2265
compiling
Trustworthy JavaScript for the Open Web (moz)2264
security, open-web, firefox, browsers
Devtools: How to Query Through the Shadow DOM (rem)2263
how-tos, shadow-dom, dev-tools, browsers
Preserving DOM Changes Across Live Reloads (kit)2262
dom, eleventy
Canvas-ing the Web (mey)2261
canvas
replacements.fyi (430/e18)2260
websites, dependencies, refactoring, migrating, maintenance
Constructable Stylesheets and “adoptedStyleSheets”: One Parse, Every Shadow Root (fro)2259
web-components, lit, css, apis, shadow-dom
Visual Validation Feedback for Form Fields (aar)2258
html, forms, validation
The Web Is Fun Again: First Experiments With HTML in Canvas (ami/fro)2257
experiments, html, canvas
What’s Actually New in JavaScript (and What’s Coming Next) (nec)2256
ecmascript, standards, retrospectives, outlooks
Why I Don’t Chain Everything in JavaScript Anymore2255
Making Dark Mode Play Nicely With BFCache2254
dark-mode, bfcache
Creating Custom Page Transitions in Astro With Barba.js and GSAP (cod)2253
astro, gsap, tooling, animations
You Can’t Cancel a JavaScript Promise (Except Sometimes You Can) (inn)2252
promises
RFC JSIR: A High-Level IR for JavaScript2251
tooling
“Intl” Can Localize Units, Too (ste)2250
localization, units
Shopify Speed Audit: Apps Killing Conversions2249
shopify, performance
What to Know in JavaScript (2026 Edition) (chr/fro)2248
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)2247
podcasts, interviews, libraries, lodash, foss, maintenance
Your Options for Preloading Images With JavaScript (mac)2246
images, preloading, techniques
Your Debounce Is Lying to You2245
software-design-patterns, debouncing
Building a Runtime With QuickJS (hea)2244
quickjs, runtimes, functionality
Shadow DOM Focus Delegation: Getting “delegatesFocus” Right (fro)2243
accessibility, shadow-dom, focus, lit, web-components
Uses for Nested Promises2242
promises, asynchrony
JavaScript for Everyone: Destructuring (wil/css)2241
examples
How to Burn $30M on a JavaScript Framework… (fir)2240
videos, frameworks, famous
JavaScript Thinks Everything’s a Date2239
time, v8, javascriptcore, python
The Three Pillars of JavaScript Bloat (430)2238
dependencies, complexity, runtimes, architecture, polyfills
Form-Associated Custom Elements in Practice (fro)2237
web-components, forms
Temporal: The 9-Year Journey to Fix Time in JavaScript (jas)2236
time, apis, retrospectives
Building Dynamic Forms in React and Next.js (sma)2235
forms, react, nextjs
Source Maps: Shipping Features Through Standards (jon)2234
source-maps
Testing Browser Support for “focusgroup”2233
html, attributes, focus
You Don’t Know HTML Tables2232
html, tables
Date Math in JavaScript: The Hidden Trap You’ll Eventually Hit (phi/hac)2231
time, math, apis
Seven Years to TypeScript: Migrating 11,000 Files at Patreon2230
migrating, typescript, case-studies
Proxying Fetch Requests in Server-Side JavaScript (nza)2229
data-fetching, nodejs, deno, bun, cloudflare
Popover API or Dialog API: Which to Choose? (zel/css)2228
pop-overs, modals, apis, accessibility
External Import Maps, Today (lea)2227
import-maps
Getting Started With the Popover API (sma)2226
introductions, pop-overs, tooltips, apis
January 2026 Baseline Monthly Digest (mal)2225
browsers, support, web-platform, css, view-transitions, web-workers, apis, units
JavaScript DRMs Are Stupid and Useless2224
drm
We Deserve a Better Streams API for JavaScript (jas)2223
streaming, apis
A Complete Guide to Bookmarklets (val/css)2222
guides, bookmarklets, link-lists
16 Modern JavaScript Features That Might Blow Your Mind2221
Rewriting a 12-Year-Old JavaScript Library in TypeScript2220
refactoring, typescript
Goodbye “innerHTML”, Hello “setHTML”: Stronger XSS Protection in Firefox 148 (moz)2219
methods, xss, security, firefox, browsers
From “instanceof” to “Error.isError”: Safer Error Checking in JavaScript2218
errors
Dictionary Compression Is Finally Here, and It’s Ridiculously Good (pim/htt)2217
compression, performance
Wasm vs. JavaScript: Who Wins at a Million Rows?2216
webassembly, comparisons, performance
We Cut Node.js’ Memory in Half (mco/pla)2215
nodejs, v8, memory, metrics
5 Source Map Best Practices for Frontend Production Deployments (ele/des)2214
guest-posts, source-maps, best-practices
JS-Heavy Approaches Are Not Compatible With Long-Term Performance Goals (ser)2213
frameworks, performance, prioritization
Quick and Dirty Linting (sto)2212
linting, typescript, biome
It’s About to Get a Lot Easier for Your JavaScript to Clean Up After Itself (wil/pic)2211
garbage-collection
Building an Endless Procedural Snake With Three.js and WebGL (suj/cod)2210
threejs, webgl
Vite, Rust, and the Future of JavaScript Tooling (eva+/bet)2209
videos, interviews, vuejs, rust, oxc, bundling, tooling, ai
Why JavaScript Needs Structured Concurrency2208
concurrency, asynchrony
Stop Installing Libraries: 10 Browser APIs That Already Solve Your Problems2207
libraries, apis, web-platform
A Percise Parser (rem)2206
parsing
State of JavaScript 2025 [Results] (sac/dev)2205
surveys, metrics
Explicit Resource Management in JavaScript2204
View Transitions and Playing Video (chr/fro)2203
view-transitions, multimedia
StyleX vs. Tailwind: Meta’s Take on CSS-in-JS Maintainability2202
tailwind, comparisons, css-in-js, maintainability, css
The Unhinged World of Tech in 2026… (fir)2201
videos, outlooks, ai
So You Think Your Website Is Doing Great (cit)2200
html, css, quality
Stop Turning Everything Into Arrays (and Do Less Work Instead)2199
methods, arrays
Aspire for JavaScript Developers (dav)2198
tooling, typescript
How Wrong Can a JavaScript Date Calculation Go? (phi)2197
time, apis
Beyond the Mouse: Animating With Mobile Accelerometers (ami/fro)2196
mobile, animations
Web Dependencies Are Broken—Can We Fix Them? (lea)2195
dependencies, import-maps, web-platform
Date Is Out, Temporal Is In (wil/pic)2194
time
2025 JavaScript Rising Stars2193
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)2192
dependencies, maintainability
Streaming JSON in Just 200 Lines of JavaScript2191
streaming, json
JavaScript Frameworks—Heading Into 2026 (rya/thi)2190
frameworks, outlooks, ai
How to Create a Pixel-to-Voxel Video Drop Effect With Three.js and Rapier (cod)2189
how-tos, effects, tooling, gsap, threejs
We Fixed a 6-Year-Old JavaScript Memory Leak (mat/deb)2188
memory
TIL: Why ARM Has a JavaScript Instruction2187
Building a JavaScript Runtime in One Month (the)2186
runtimes, functionality
JavaScript’s “for…of” Loops Are Actually Fast2185
loops, performance
The Curious Case of the Shallow Session SPAs (sli/per)2184
performance, single-page-apps, frameworks, metrics
Why Developers Are Ditching Frameworks for Vanilla JavaScript2183
frameworks, apis, performance, micro-frontends, architecture
How to Dynamically Install Custom Elements (hey)2182
how-tos, web-components, naming
The Fall of JavaScript (yeg)2181
typescript, programming
Trends That Defined JavaScript in 20252180
trends, retrospectives, react, frameworks, tooling, ai
Why Object of Arrays (SoA Pattern) Beat Interleaved Arrays: A JavaScript Performance Rabbit Hole2179
performance, arrays
Targeting by Reference in the Shadow DOM (mey)2178
shadow-dom, html
Dialog View Transitions (med)2177
modals, view-transitions
Different Page Transitions for Different Circumstances (chr/fro)2176
css, view-transitions, animations
The JavaScript Bundler Grand Prix (kat/red)2175
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)2174
migrating, ai, python, tooling, parsing, html
Why We Teach Our Students Progressive Enhancement (cyd)2173
progressive-enhancement, html, css, training
Using the Browser Console for Accessibility Testing (rus)2172
accessibility, testing, console, examples
Discover Dialog (sar/mat)2171
html, modals, css
Design Accessible Animation and Movement With Code Examples (pop)2170
design, accessibility, animations, css, examples
Non-Blocking Cross-Browser Image Rendering on the Canvas (mys/per)2169
canvas, images, performance
What Are DOM Mutations? (rus)2168
accessibility, dom
In 1995, a Netscape Employee Wrote a Hack in 10 Days That Now Runs the Internet (ben/ars)2167
netscape, history
The Nuances of JavaScript Typing Using JSDoc (jar/van)2166
jsdoc, typescript, developer-experience
How Modern Browsers Work (add)2165
browsers, chromium, network, parsing, painting, rendering, javascript-engines, v8, memory, modules, html, css
Category Theory for JavaScript/TypeScript Developers (ibr)2164
typescript, programming, craft
How Microfrontends Work: 3 Integration Strategies2163
micro-frontends, strategies, routing, iframes, ai
CSS-in-JS: The Great Betrayal of Frontend Sanity2162
css-in-js, css, performance, developer-experience
What Are Invokers? Interactivity Without JavaScript (tol/syn)2161
videos, html, pop-overs
You’re Doing JavaScript Testing Wrong (cfe)2160
testing
The Performance Inequality Gap, 2026 (sli)2159
performance, metrics
Managing Side Effects: A JavaScript Effect System in 30 Lines or Less (ayc)2158
The Last Couple Years in V8’s Garbage Collector (win)2157
v8, javascript-engines, garbage-collection, memory, retrospectives
How We Catch UI Bugs Early With Visual Regression Testing2156
testing, regressions, playwright
Error Chaining in JavaScript: Cleaner Debugging With “Error.cause”2155
errors, debugging
JavaScript Just Leveled Up: ES2025—You’ll Fall in Love With (jsd)2154
ecmascript, standards
Advanced Beginner’s Guide to ClojureScript (rom)2153
guides
The Web Animation Performance Tier List (cit)2152
animations, performance, css, apis
The Inner Workings of JavaScript Source Maps (man/pol)2151
typescript, source-maps
Start Implementing View Transitions on Your Websites Today (cyd/pic)2150
css, view-transitions, apis
Import JavaScript Like It’s 2026 (sto)2149
performance
The JavaScript Feature You’ve Probably Never Used Allows Running Untrusted JavaScript Safely2148
JavaScript for Everyone: Iterators (wil/sma)2147
The Origin Story of JavaScript (ann/cas)2146
videos, history, web, ecmascript, browsers, browser-wars, browser-engines, standards
Directives and the Platform Boundary (tan/tan)2145
frameworks
NaN, the Not-a-Number Number That Isn’t NaN (wil/pic)2144
Importing vs. Fetching JSON (jaf)2143
json, data-fetching, comparisons
The Charm of JavaScript: Boom Mics and Clown Shoes (wil+/iga)2142
podcasts, interviews
An Introduction to JavaScript Expressions (wil/css)2141
introductions
Links and Anchors: Ancient HTML and JS Magic in Your Browser (cod/wea)2140
html, css, links
“URLPattern” Is Now Baseline Newly Available2139
urls, apis, web-platform, browsers, support
Rethinking Async Loops in JavaScript2138
loops, asynchrony
Why “NaN !== NaN” in JavaScript (and the IEEE 754 Story Behind It)2137
history, standards
You’re a Real JavaScript Developer Only If…2136
career
Improving the Trustworthiness of JavaScript on the Web2135
web-apps, security
What’s Up in ES2027? (por/nor)2134
videos, ecmascript, outlooks
For Your Convenience, This CSS Will Self-Destruct (sco)2133
css, hiding
Secure Coding in JavaScript2132
frameworks, security
Writing an Emulator in JavaScript? (nik/nor)2131
videos
Tips for Working With Emoji (chr)2130
emoji, css, tips-and-tricks
The Future of Lodash (uli)2129
libraries, lodash, outlooks
Find Where a Specific Object Was Allocated in JavaScript With DevTools2128
objects, dev-tools, browsers
Inside a 16.67 Millisecond Frame2127
rendering, reflow, painting, performance
How to Group Arrays in JavaScript Without “reduce()”2126
how-tos, arrays
Smashing Animations: Building Adaptive SVGs With “<symbol>”, “<use>”, and CSS Media Queries (mal/sma)2125
animations, svg, css
A Progressive Enhancement Challenge (chr/fro)2124
progressive-enhancement, html, feature-detection, support
I Want to Intercept Boolean Coercion for Objects in JavaScript (zac)2123
objects, types
You Can Now Make PS2 Games in JavaScript2122
Why “typeof null === object”2121
operators
State of JavaScript 2025 (sac/dev)2120
surveys
Creating a Truly Accessible Flip Card (sib/tpg)2119
html, css, accessibility
Stop Using “.reverse().find()”: Meet “findLast()”2118
methods, arrays
How to Disable Right Click With JavaScript (rik)2117
how-tos
Storing Unwise Amounts of Data in JavaScript Bigints (jon)2116
Frontend JavaScript Performance Testing: A Comprehensive Guide (get)2115
guides, performance, testing
Fetch Streams Are Great, but Not for Measuring Upload/Download Progress (jaf)2114
data-fetching, apis
The Missing Link in JavaScript Tools (mar)2113
tooling
Just Use HTML (cfe)2112
html
Web Development for Beginners: Frontend Frameworks (rau)2111
frameworks, preact
Finally, Safe Array Methods in JavaScript2110
arrays, methods
Functional Custom Elements the Easy Way (gin/pic)2109
web-components
Why You Should Test Your Page Without JavaScript2108
support, progressive-enhancement, accessibility
Learning Web Development: Asynchronous JavaScript—Promises and “async” Functions (rau)2107
asynchrony, promises, functions
We Used AI to Compare and Demo 6 JavaScript Charting Libraries (kyl+/web)2106
videos, libraries, visualization, comparisons, ai
Why Do Browsers Throttle JavaScript Timers? (nol)2105
time, browsers
Learning Web Development: JSON and Processing Files in Node.js (rau)2104
json, nodejs, arrays, objects
9 JavaScript Patterns I Wish I Used Earlier2103
software-design-patterns
Learning Web Development: JavaScript Maps (rau)2102
Learning Web Development: JavaScript Exceptions (rau)2101
errors
JavaScript’s Trademark Problem (rau)2100
oracle, legal, deno
You No Longer Need JavaScript (reb)2099
css, html, examples
Learning Web Development: Plain Objects in JavaScript (rau)2098
objects
Learning Web Development: Modules and Testing in JavaScript (rau)2097
modules, testing
Hack to the Future—Frontend (the)2096
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)2095
guest-posts, javascript-engines, v8, spidermonkey, javascriptcore, quickjs, chakracore
JavaScript Engines Zoo2094
javascript-engines, overviews, comparisons, v8, spidermonkey, quickjs, javascriptcore, chakracore
Understanding “Promise.any()”: When One Success Is Enough2093
promises, asynchrony
Learning Web Development: Loops in JavaScript (rau)2092
loops
Unit Formatting With “Intl” in JavaScript (ray)2091
units, localization
What’s Next for JavaScript? (jsd)2090
outlooks
Learning Web Development: Arrays in JavaScript (rau)2089
arrays
Learning Web Development: Strings and Methods in JavaScript (rau)2088
strings, methods
Learning Web Development: Numbers, Variables, Functions in JavaScript (rau)2087
variables, functions
Eliminating JavaScript Cold Starts on AWS Lambda (goo)2086
lambda, aws, runtimes
JavaScript Is Tough to Master2085
learning
Speeding Up the JavaScript Ecosystem—SemVer (mar)2084
performance, semver, versioning, dependencies
A Progressive Complexity Manifesto (che)2083
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)2082
guides, apis, internationalization
Using the Custom Highlight API (chr/fro)2081
apis, css, syntax-highlighting
Building Extensible Frontend Systems (cfe)2080
web-components, extensibility, css
How JavaScript Really Evolves: Inside TC39 With Daniel Ehrenberg (lit+/wee)2079
videos, interviews, ecmascript
How We Made “JSON.stringify” More Than Twice as Fast2078
json, strings, v8, javascript-engines, optimization, performance
Our Fight With Oracle Is Getting Crazy… (den)2077
videos, oracle, legal, licensing
JavaScript Isn’t the Problem—Replacing the Browser Was (p4p/red)2076
single-page-apps, browsers
What Your Website’s Style Says About You—and How Hackers Can Use It Against You (err)2075
security, css
HTML-First, Framework-Second: Is JavaScript Finally Growing Up?2074
html, frameworks
Logical Assignment Operators in JavaScript: Small Syntax, Big Wins2073
operators
The Many, Many, Many JavaScript Runtimes of the Last Decade (shi)2072
runtimes, history
Vanilla JavaScript Support for Tailwind Plus (phi+/tai)2071
tailwind
Never Write Your Own Date Parsing Library (zac)2070
libraries, comparisons, time, parsing
The Untold Story of JavaScript2069
videos, history
Web Serial: The Only Reason I’ll Admit JavaScript Isn’t All Bad2068
A Primer on Focus Trapping (zel/css)2067
introductions, focus, keyboard-navigation, accessibility
Handling JavaScript Event Listeners With Parameters (sma)2066
events
Compile Svelte 5 in Your Head2065
svelte, compiling
Revisiting My 2010 JavaScript Library (dia)2064
retrospectives, libraries, internet-explorer, browsers
Writing “!= null”? That’s What Junior Devs Do—Here’s the Senior Way2063
The Untold Story of JavaScript (den)2062
videos, history
Modern Async Iteration in JavaScript With “Array.fromAsync()”2061
arrays, asynchrony
Managing the State of Your Promises (ato)2060
state-management, promises
Bulletproof Web Component Loading (cfe)2059
web-components
These 5 Programming Languages Are Quietly Taking Over in 20252058
programming, rust, python, go
JavaScript Scope Hoisting Is Broken (dev)2057
scope, code-splitting
30 Years of JavaScript: 10 Milestones That Changed the Web2056
anniversaries, history, ecmascript, ajax, jquery, web-2.0, nodejs, npm, react, typescript, webassembly
JavaScript Is Being Rewritten in Rust (ost/end)2055
rust
I Started Learning JavaScript Again—a Beginner-Friendly Guide to the Basics2054
guides, fundamentals
A Simple Website2053
websites, history, layout, animations, images, tables, ajax, flash, deploying, simplicity
How JSDoc Saved My Dev Workflow (ato)2052
jsdoc, typescript, documentation
Default Parameters: Your Code Just Got Smarter2051
What’s the Difference Between Ordinary Functions and Arrow Functions in JavaScript? (jrs)2050
functions, comparisons
JavaScript Trademark Update (tin/den)2049
legal, oracle
What’s Coming to JavaScript (lca/den)2048
deno
Ecma International Approves ECMAScript 2025: What’s New? (rau)2047
ecmascript
Speculative Optimizations for WebAssembly Using Deopts and Inlining (lie)2046
v8, javascript-engines, webassembly, optimization, speculation
Tips for Making Regular Expressions Easier to Use in JavaScript (rau)2045
regex, tips-and-tricks, examples
Decoding the SVG “path” Element: Curve and Arc Commands (sma)2044
svg, css
Deep Dive Into JavaScript Engine Internals: V8, SpiderMonkey, and Chakra2043
deep-dives, javascript-engines, v8, spidermonkey, chakracore
JavaScript Broke the Web (and Called It Progress) (jon)2042
performance, user-experience, tooling, tech-stacks, history
9 New JavaScript Features in ES2025 (w3c/syn)2041
videos, ecmascript
When Can I Use Temporal?2040
apis, time
JSON Module Scripts Are Now Baseline Newly Available (tom)2039
json, browsers, support, web-platform
Slightly Enhanced Sticky Revealing Footer (cri)2038
navigation, css
Compiling JavaScript Ahead of Time (goo/web)2037
videos, javascript-engines, compiling
JavaScript String “slice()” Considered Harmful (att)2036
strings
CJS vs. AMD vs. UMD vs. ESM: Which JavaScript Module Format Should You Use—and Why It Even Matters2035
nodejs, modules, commonjs, esm, bundling, comparisons
Using “await” at the Top Level in ES Modules2034
esm, asynchrony
Happy Birthday, JavaScript (ato)2033
anniversaries
Quick Tip: Avoid Event Listeners on the “window” Object (nat)2032
jquery, events, accessibility, tips-and-tricks
Exploring JavaScript (rau)2031
books
How JavaScript Was Written Back in the Day (tre)2030
jquery, history, comparisons
Worker Threads in Node.js: A Complete Guide for Multithreading in JavaScript (nod)2029
guides, nodejs, worker-threads, multithreading
How to Use the Browser Console: An In-Depth Guide (mat/deb)2028
guides, how-tos, dev-tools, console, browsers
5 Best JavaScript Web Scraping Libraries in 2025 (api)2027
libraries, scraping, link-lists
Creating the “Moving Highlight” Navigation Bar With JavaScript and CSS (sma)2026
navigation, effects, css
How to “import()” a JavaScript String (zac)2025
how-tos, strings
“firstChild” Can Be White Space (chr/fro)2024
whitespace
How Imports Work in RSC (dan)2023
react, components, modules
I Copy These 10 Code Snippets Into Every Project2022
debouncing, json, objects, arrays
“document.currentScript” Is More Useful Than I Thought (mac)2021
Is It JavaScript? (jim)2020
browsers, servers, jsx, typescript, terminology
Write More Reliable JavaScript With Optional Chaining2019
reliability
A JavaScript Developer’s Guide to Go (psu)2018
guides, go, examples
Web Bluetooth API Usage—a Practical Guide2017
guides, apis
The 3 Ways JavaScript Frameworks Render the DOM (rya)2016
videos, frameworks, dom, rendering
Why Are 2025/05/28 and 2025-05-28 Different Days in JavaScript?2015
time
A Thought on JavaScript “Proof of Work” Anti-Scraper Systems (cks)2014
ai, scraping
Comparing Rust, JavaScript, and Go for Authoring WASM Components2013
webassembly, components, rust, go, comparisons
JavaScript’s Upcoming Temporal API and What Problems It Will Solve2012
time, apis
Multithreading in JavaScript With Web Workers (hon)2011
multithreading, web-workers, examples
A Brief History of JavaScript (den)2010
history, ecmascript, typescript, json, javascript-engines, runtimes, browsers
You Can Style Alt Text Like Any Other Text (geo/css)2009
alt-text, accessibility, images, css
Make Screen Readers Talk With the ARIA Notify API (ale)2008
accessibility, screen-readers, aria, notifications, apis
Authenticating JavaScript WebSockets2007
websockets, authentication
Introduction to JavaScript Frameworks (rya)2006
introductions, videos, frameworks, react, angular, vuejs, svelte, solidjs
JavaScript in the Morning, JavaScript in the Evening… (ray)2005
localization
The State of JavaScript Debugging in WebAssembly2004
webassembly, debugging
How JavaScript’s “at()” Method Makes Array Indexing Easier2003
arrays, indexing
No Server, No Database: Smarter Related Posts in Astro With transformers.js (ale)2002
astro, ai, hugging-face
Handling Routes in JavaScript Projects (sea)2001
routing, frameworks
Styling Console Text in Node.js (rau)2000
nodejs, console
I Think the Ergonomics of Generators Is Growing on Me (mac)1999
functions
JavaScript Compile Hints: What They Are and When to Use Them (tre)1998
compiling, v8, javascript-engines
Building the Bridge: Running JavaScript Modules From Dart1997
modules, esm, commonjs, dart, deno
Migrating a JavaScript Project From Prettier and ESLint to BiomeJS (app)1996
migrating, prettier, eslint, biome
The Power of the Spread and Rest Syntax in JavaScript1995
arrays
Event Handling in JAWS and NVDA (sib/tpg)1994
accessibility, screen-readers, jaws, nvda, events, comparisons
JavaScript, When Is This? (wil/pic)1993
Giving V8 a Heads-Up: Faster JavaScript Startup With Explicit Compile Hints1992
v8, javascript-engines, compiling
Converting Values to Strings in JavaScript (rau)1991
conversion
Giving Software Away for Free (sim)1990
foss, hosting, html
Why Care About the No-JS Experience? (cfe)1989
support
Making a Small JavaScript Blog Static Site Generator Even Smaller Using the General “async-tree” Library (jan)1988
static-site-generation, tooling
JavaScript Framework Reality Check: What’s Actually Working1987
frameworks, qwik, solidjs, sveltekit, fresh
Creating CSS Theme Variables From a JS File (mic)1986
css, theming, custom-properties, conversion
Why I’m Not Ready to Abandon JavaScript for “Faster” Languages1985
rust, go, refactoring, performance
Contextual Logging With “console.context()” (pat)1984
console, dev-tools, browsers
When to Use “map()” vs. “forEach()”1983
arrays, comparisons
Optimizing Node.js Performance: V8 Memory Management and GC Tuning (mco/pla)1982
nodejs, performance, optimization, v8, javascript-engines, memory, garbage-collection
Float16Array in JavaScript (tre)1981
arrays
Next Level CSS Styling for Cursors (val/css)1980
css, cursors
A Flowing WebGL Gradient, Deconstructed1979
webgl, gradients, math
Mastering Default Values in JavaScript With the Nullish Coalescing (“??”) Operator1978
operators
Exploring TypeScript: TS 5.8 Edition (rau)1977
books, typescript
Some Features That Every JavaScript Developer Should Know in 20251976
arrays, promises, prototypes, variables
Hiding Elements That Require JavaScript Without JavaScript (0xd)1975
css, html
Debugging JavaScript Memory Leaks (jar/bun)1974
memory, debugging, dev-tools, chrome, browsers, bun
A Decade of Impact: How Our npm Packages Hit 1 Billion Downloads and Shaped JavaScript1973
npm, dependencies, history
React 19’s New Hooks: With Practical Examples (let)1972
react, hooks, examples
On JavaScript’s Weirdness1971
Deno vs. Oracle Update 3: Fighting the JavaScript Trademark (tin/den)1970
deno, oracle, legal, history
Breaking Down Circular Dependencies in JavaScript1969
dependencies
Automated Visual Regression Testing With Playwright (css)1968
regressions, testing, automation, playwright
Could JavaScript Have Synchronous “await”? (rau)1967
asynchrony
JavaScript’s Missing Link: Wasp Offers Full Stack Solution1966
wasp, frameworks, history
Land Ahoy: Leaving the Sea of Nodes1965
v8, javascript-engines, compiling
War Story: The Hardest Bug I Ever Debugged (jak)1964
debugging, v8, chrome, browsers, bugs
UI Algorithms: A Tiny Undo Stack (jul)1963
algorithms, functionality, undo-redo
JavaScript Basics for a Senior Dev1962
fundamentals, concepts, examples
Previewing Content Changes in Your Work With “document.designMode” (sma)1961
browsers, dev-tools, content, design
Stop Chasing New JavaScript Frameworks: Build With Fundamentals Instead1960
fundamentals, frameworks, react, vuejs, angular, svelte, solidjs
How WebAssembly Components Can Replace JavaScript SDKs (sac)1959
webassembly, components
SSR Deep Dive for React Developers (ade)1958
deep-dives, server-side-rendering, react
Why the Latest JavaScript Frameworks Are a Waste of Time1957
frameworks, react, angular
“Intl.DurationFormat”: Format Time Durations With Locale Support (tre)1956
localization
A Perplexing JavaScript Parsing Puzzle (hil)1955
parsing, history
On JavaScript Closures (With Examples of Interview Questions) (mar)1954
guest-posts, closures, variables, examples, interviewing
Ten Years Ago Today I Coined the Shorthand “js;dr” for “JavaScript Required; Didn’t Read” (tan)1953
support, terminology
JavaScript Best Practice: Use “return await”1952
asynchrony, best-practices
The Professional Standing of Frontend Developers (mar)1951
guest-posts, career, learning, html, css, communication, collaboration, community, ai
JavaScript (htt)1950
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, performance, bundling, transpiling, web-workers, libraries, web-components
7 Best Practices of File Upload With JavaScript and React1949
file-handling, react, best-practices
Image Comparison Slider in 6 Lines of JavaScript1948
sliders, images
JavaScript Fatigue Strikes Back (all)1947
react, frameworks, libraries, tooling
How to Reduce Web Application Bundle Size? (ant)1946
how-tos, web-apps, bundling, tooling
What Is TypeScript? An Overview for JavaScript Programmers (rau)1945
overviews, typescript, comparisons
Justified Text, JS “moveBefore” Method, Performance Optimization (zor/css)1944
videos, css, typography, performance, optimization
Turbocharging V8 With Mutable Heap Numbers1943
v8, javascript-engines, performance, randomness
Subverting Control With Weak References (jlo)1942
programming
Solved by Style Observer: “Element.matchContainer()” (bra)1941
css
Speeding Up the JavaScript Ecosystem—Rust and JavaScript Plugins (mar)1940
performance, rust, plugins
Clean Code in JavaScript: A Comprehensive Guide1939
guides, principles, conventions, variables, objects, functions, comments, testing, quality
Introduction to Frontend Development1938
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)1937
standards, ecmascript, regex, escaping, arrays, math
20 Years of AJAX: The Technology That Revolutionized Web Development1936
ajax, history, data-fetching
How to Move the First Element to the End in JavaScript1935
how-tos
Create Contextual Console Loggers (pat/dev)1934
console, debugging, dev-tools, browsers, edge, chrome
Style Observer: JS to Observe CSS Property Changes, for Reals (lea)1933
tooling, libraries, css
Testing 10 JavaScript Frameworks on Their HTML Defaults (j9t)1932
frameworks, html, conformance, comparisons, link-lists
Think JavaScript Is Slow? Here’s How JIT (Just in Time) Compilation Makes It 100× Faster Instantly1931
compiling, performance
The First Ever Website That Literally Glows in the Dark1930
videos, effects, apis, css
View Transitions Applied: More Performant “::view-transition-group(*)” Animations (bra)1929
css, view-transitions, performance
Move on to ESM-Only (ant)1928
esm, modules, nodejs, support, typescript
Using “at()” Method in JavaScript to Get the Last Item From an Array (ama)1927
arrays
Oracle Justified Its JavaScript Trademark With Node.js—Now It Wants That Ignored (tin/den)1926
oracle, nodejs, deno, legal
Fast and Smooth Third-Party Web Fonts (sco)1925
fonts, embed-code, performance, css
Introducing the JSR Open Governance Board (tin+/den)1924
introductions, jsr, typescript, community
There Are a Lot of Ways to Break Up Long Tasks in JavaScript (mac)1923
web-workers, performance
Vite With TypeScript (rwi)1922
vite, migrating, typescript, configuration
Is npm Enough? Why Startups Are Coming After This JavaScript Package Registry (kat/red)1921
npm, jsr, bun, pnpm, yarn
How to Set WebGL Shader Colors With CSS and JavaScript (nma)1920
how-tos, webgl, css
Page Bloat Update: How Does Ever-Increasing Page Size Affect Your Business and Your Users? (tam/spe)1919
performance, trends, metrics, images, desktop, mobile
What Text Area Popovers Taught Me About Browser APIs (bla)1918
html, forms, apis
How Long Is a Second in JavaScript? (iag)1917
The Modern Way to Write JavaScript Servers (mar)1916
nodejs, servers
You’re Overthinking Web Components (all)1915
web-components
JavaScript Temporal Is Coming (bsm/mdn)1914
apis, time
Exploring AI, Web Development, and Accessibility in Tech With Stefan Judis (ste+/wea)1913
videos, interviewing, ai, runtimes, accessibility, screen-readers, craft
My Website Has Been Gaslighting You (dav)1912
css, colors, effects
Simplify Lazy Loading With Intersection Observer’s “scrollMargin” (fro)1911
scrolling, apis, lazy-loading, performance
Generating Test Values Using JavaScript Generators1910
typescript, functions, testing
Google Begins Requiring JavaScript for Google Search (kyl)1909
google
SolidJS Creator on Confronting Web Framework Complexity1908
frameworks, angular, vuejs, multi-page-apps, single-page-apps, complexity, outlooks
JavaScript’s “Promise.race” and “Promise.all” Are Not “Fair” (chr)1907
promises
Making “this” Less Annoying (dav)1906
formatting, configuration
Using SVGs on Canvas With Compose Multiplatform (eev)1905
canvas, svg, images
What Is a Callback Function? (cfe)1904
callbacks, functions
JavaScript Hashing Speed Comparison: MD5 Versus SHA-256 (lem)1903
hashing, performance, comparisons, bun, nodejs
All JavaScript Keyboard Shortcut Libraries Are Broken1902
libraries, keyboard-shortcuts
Oracle Refuses to Yield JavaScript Trademark, Deno Land Says (inf)1901
oracle, deno, legal
Sharing a Variable Across HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (chr/fro)1900
variables, html, css
Exploring Modern JavaScript Compilers: Why Oxc Matters for the Developer Community (hac)1899
oxc, compiling, tooling
5 Technical JavaScript Trends You Need to Know About in 20251898
trends, architecture, serverless, webassembly, state-management, typescript, type-safety, micro-frontends
Progressive Enhancement Brings Everyone In (jay)1897
progressive-enhancement, history, advocacy, link-lists
Reckoning: Frontend’s Lost Decade (sli/per)1896
videos, performance, web-platform
Top PHP Alternative for Web Development?1895
php, java, python, ruby, go, rust
2024 JavaScript Rising Stars1894
frameworks, libraries, react, vuejs, tooling, mobile, desktop, state-management, ai, css-in-js, testing, graphql, retrospectives
JavaScript Frameworks—Heading Into 2025 (rya/thi)1893
frameworks, performance, complexity, maintainability
Relatively New Things You Should Know About HTML Heading Into 2025 (chr/fro)1892
html, forms, toggles, pop-overs, import-maps, css, transitions
The Difference Between HTML Attributes and Properties (pau/clo)1891
html, attributes, terminology
What’s Actually Happening With JS Frameworks1890
videos, frameworks, trends
Refactoring a Web Performance Snippet for Security and Best Practice (the)1889
performance, metrics, refactoring
View Transitions Snippets: Getting All Animations Linked to a View Transition (bra)1888
css, view-transitions, apis
Breaking Up With Long Tasks or: How I Learned to Group Loops and Wield the Yield (rvi/per)1887
performance, loops
A Gentle Introduction to Using a Vector Database1886
introductions, databases, vector-databases, ai, openai
Shallow Clones Versus Structured Clones (phi)1885
After Rome Failure, VoidZero Is the Newest Attempt to Create Unified JavaScript Toolchain (inf)1884
voidzero, tooling
JavaScript Benchmarking Is a Mess1883
performance
Broadcast Channel API (5t3)1882
apis
Important Topics for Frontend Developers to Master in 20251881
learning, typescript, css, frameworks, git, apis, testing, performance, security, ci-cd, websockets
“AsyncLocalStorage”: Simplify Context Management in Node.js (tre)1880
nodejs, asynchrony
JS Import Maps (5t3)1879
dependencies, import-maps
How to Create Multi-Step Forms With Vanilla JavaScript and CSS (css)1878
how-tos, forms, css
State of JavaScript 2024 [Results] (sac/dev)1877
surveys, metrics
WebAssembly JavaScript Interface (w3c)1876
standards, webassembly, apis
11 Essential JavaScript Hooking Techniques for Reverse Engineering in 2024 (xiu)1875
debugging, techniques
Your JavaScript Bundle Is Too Fat1874
bundling, performance, dependencies, code-splitting, lazy-loading, tree-shaking, minification, optimization
5 Technical Trends to Help Web Developers Stand Out in 20251873
trends, career, security, ai, low-and-no-code
Native HTML Light and Dark Color Scheme Switching (pep/mat)1872
dark-mode, html, css, functionality
Understanding the Main Thread in the Browser (per)1871
browsers, dom
Publishing a Simple Client-Side JavaScript Package to npm With GitHub Actions (sim)1870
dependencies, npm, github-actions
Just Say “No” to JavaScript (nic/inf)1869
typescript, programming
Creating an Effective Multistep Form for Better User Experience (sma)1868
forms, html, user-experience
Let’s Learn Generators in JavaScript1867
functions
Observation: CSS Math Eval (kiz)1866
css, math
The 5 Most Transformative JavaScript Features From ES15 (tar)1865
ecmascript
Contributing to JavaScript and TypeScript (rob)1864
videos, typescript, foss, standards
Building Better CLI Apps (mol)1863
videos, typescript, command-line, tooling
Deno vs. Oracle: Canceling the JavaScript Trademark (tin/den)1862
deno, oracle, legal
JavaScript Events Made Easy: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners1861
guides, events
Mastering JavaScript Event Delegation1860
events
Exploring Alternative Interactions in JavaScript (dev)1859
videos, ai, interaction-design
Mastering Accessible Modals With ARIA and Keyboard Navigation (a11)1858
accessibility, keyboard-navigation, aria, modals
State of JavaScript 2024 (sac/dev)1857
surveys
Importing a Frontend JavaScript Library Without a Build System (b0r)1856
libraries, commonjs, esm, nodejs, html
The Art of Clean Code: A Practical Guide to Writing Maintainable JavaScript1855
guides, principles, maintainability
Exploring JavaScript Symbols (tre)1854
Self-Contained Executable Programs With Deno Compile (tin/den)1853
deno, typescript, compiling
Understanding Bitwise Shifts in JavaScript: “<<” and “>>” (tre)1852
operators
JavaScript Import Attributes (ES2025) (tre)1851
security
Why Does JavaScript’s “parseInt(0.0000005)” Print “5”?1850
How a BBC Navigation Bar Component Broke Depending on Which External Monitor It Was On (jos)1849
debugging, case-studies
The Path to Learn Web Development (fla)1848
learning, http, html, css, tooling, git, typescript, databases, frameworks
Mapping Over Promises in JavaScript (pmb)1847
promises
Should Web Designers Learn JavaScript or CSS? (ope)1846
design, career, css
Celebrating Innovation and Impact: JavaScriptLandia Community Awards (ope)1845
community
Maybe It Isn’t JavaScript (gee)1844
videos, seo, google
How Bun Supports V8 APIs Without Using V8 II (bun)1843
bun, v8, apis
How Do HTML Event Handlers Work? (tbr)1842
html, events
How to Test JavaScript for Accessibility Compliance (flo/a11)1841
how-tos, accessibility, compliance, wcag, testing
JavaScript’s “&&=” Operator: Understanding Logical “AND” Assignment (tre)1840
operators
JavaScript’s “??=” Operator: Default Values Made Simple (tre)1839
operators
Introducing the vlt Package Manager and Serverless Registry (dar+/vlt)1838
introductions, dependencies, serverless, tooling
JavaScript Do’s and Don’ts (mua)1837
accessibility
How to Roll Your Own Auth in JavaScript and TypeScript (rwi)1836
how-tos, authentication, typescript
What Is the JavaScript Pipeline Operator “|>” (tre)1835
operators
Octoverse: AI Leads Python to Top Language as the Number of Global Developers Surges1834
research, github, community, ai, programming, python, typescript, java, php, shells, go
JavaScript Best Practices (jet)1833
best-practices
20 JavaScript Tricks Every Developer Must Know1832
tips-and-tricks
JavaScript Truthy and Falsy: A Deep Dive (tre)1831
deep-dives
How We Shrunk Our JavaScript Monorepo Git Size by 94%1830
monorepos, git
Front End Debugging: Not Just Console Log (deb)1829
debugging, console, dom
Passing Data to New Window Using JavaScript1828
comparisons