143 Stories To Learn About Javascript

"Not a real programming language" since 1995.

1. Copying text to clipboard with JavaScript

In this article, I will be explaining in depth how the copyToClipboard snippet from 30 seconds of code works. You can find the source code for it and a ton of other useful methods in the project’s repository.

2. 21 Best Developer Portfolio Examples

21 Awesome DEV portfolios for your inspiration

Summary: I provide a practical solution for solving CORS issue in WKWebView in Ionic and Cordova. The solution works both for iOS and Android.

4. 19 GitHub Repositories to Make you a 10x Developer

Invaluable pointers about repositories on GitHub that offer immense value to developers that are at the early stages of their journey.

5. Enforcing a Single Web Socket Connection per User with Node.js, Socket.IO, and Redis

(“A black-and-white shot of a person working with a MacBook on their lap” by Sergey Zolkin on Unsplash)

6. Using Core Node JS Modules in React Native Apps

Here’s a problem you might run into while using React Native: Let’s say you want to use the crypto module to create some hashes. It might seem natural to do something like this:

7. Creating a Library of React Components using Create React App

UPDATE: You can use the npm package create-component-lib to automate all the steps described in this blog post.

8. Replacing ‘componentWillReceiveProps’ with ‘getDerivedStateFromProps’

With the release of React 16.3, some new lifecycle methods have been introduced, and release of React 17 will deprecate some lifecycle method.

9. Iterating Over JavaScript Object Entries and their Performance - 5 Techniques

This post includes 5 different ways for iterating over JavaScript Object entries and a performance comparison of those techniques.

10. API testing with Jest

11. The Best Whiteboard Interview Advice I Ever Received

Whiteboard-style interviews are ubiquitous in the tech industry. For those who not had the pleasure, whiteboard interviewing is the practice of asking candidates to solve technical questions on a whiteboard, piece of paper, or computer during the interview. This kind of environment can feel like a pressure cooker and cause even the most competent engineer to fall apart.

12. "If You Have a Goal, You Can Reach it" Nominee Nominee Yan Tsishko

Yan Tsishko is a chief software engineer at Oxagile. He believes Javascript/TypeScript is the most exciting technology & that frontend is the future of tech.

13. Building a Music Streaming App using React Native

React Native is a framework for building native apps using React and Javascript. In this post, I’ll walk through the process of building a music streaming similar to Spotify. What’s really cool is that the exact same code is going to work for both iOS and Android, and the apps are going to be 100 % native (no WebViews or anything).