http://ln.ht/_/images/favicon-4c526c32c48400028d7739cac47cd2a3.svg?vsn=d http://ln.ht/_/feed/javascript/JavaScript/webdev 2026-09-17T21:41:29.863013Z veryroundbird https://ln.ht/~veryroundbird <p> Pretext went viral for its beautiful canvas demos. But the community is showcasing the wrong feature.</p> https://denodell.com/blog/youre-looking-at-the-wrong-pretext-demo 2026-04-14T14:45:59Z veryroundbird https://ln.ht/~veryroundbird <p> Rough.js is a light weight javascript library that lets you draw graphics with a hand-drawn, sketchy, appearance.</p> https://roughjs.com/ 2026-01-09T18:02:21Z chrisSt https://ln.ht/~chrisSt <p> Minimal files config for a PWA. Contribute to chr15m/minimal-pwa development by creating an account on GitHub.</p> https://github.com/chr15m/minimal-pwa 2025-10-01T14:53:27Z fungi https://ln.ht/~fungi <p> Argues that JS isn’t as necessary anymore, and that CSS can replace many niches previously filled by JS. Some strategies for avoiding JS.</p> https://lyra.horse/blog/2025/08/you-dont-need-js/ 2025-09-24T07:08:53Z teddy https://ln.ht/~teddy <p> Datastar helps you build reactive web applications with the simplicity of server-side rendering and the power of a full-stack SPA framework.</p> https://data-star.dev/ 2025-04-22T10:01:33Z chrisSt https://ln.ht/~chrisSt <p> Empower the web community and invite more to build cross-platform apps</p> https://lynxjs.org/index.html 2025-03-06T13:15:02Z levibeach https://ln.ht/~levibeach <p> Discover how functional programming can clean up your JavaScript code. Learn key concepts like immutability, currying and function composition to write cleaner, more maintainable, and efficient code.</p> https://janhesters.com/blog/unleash-javascripts-potential-with-functional-programming 2024-10-06T06:47:00Z levibeach https://ln.ht/~levibeach <p> In this tutorial we will examine the source code of a website that lists information about games submitted to the A-Frame category in the js13kGames 2017 competition. You don’t have to think about what the actual content on the website is; the main point is to learn how to use PWA features in your own projects.</p> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/Tutorials/js13kGames 2024-08-08T11:36:37Z eli https://ln.ht/~eli <blockquote> <p> Now to be fair, I’ve dunked on shadow DOM a bit in the past myself… such as when it’s used as a container for piles of JavaScript-generated HTML that would be better off in the page from the start. But the more I’ve worked with web components, the more I’ve come to see that shadow DOM (and slots in particular) may still play an interesting role in the HTML Web Components story. </p> </blockquote> https://scottjehl.com/posts/html-web-components-shadow-dom/?2 2024-08-06T17:39:52Z eli https://ln.ht/~eli <blockquote> <p> For years now, though, I’ve been using Tachometer for most browser-based benchmarks. It’s featured in this blog a few times, although I’ve never written specifically about it. Tachometer doesn’t make benchmarking totally foolproof, but it does automate a lot of the trickiest bits. What I like best is that it: </p> </blockquote> https://nolanlawson.com/2024/08/05/reliable-javascript-benchmarking-with-tachometer/ 2024-08-05T15:18:55Z levibeach https://ln.ht/~levibeach <p> JavaScript Frameworks generally do a lot of DOM handling for you, but doing it yourself can be the most performant option, and there are quite a few best practices.</p> https://frontendmasters.com/blog/patterns-for-memory-efficient-dom-manipulation/ 2024-08-02T11:27:50Z levibeach https://ln.ht/~levibeach <p> A delightful language with friendly error messages, great performance, small assets, and no runtime exceptions.</p> https://elm-lang.org/ 2024-06-30T09:25:33Z levibeach https://ln.ht/~levibeach <p> Bundle, install, and run JavaScript </p> https://bun.sh/ 2024-06-29T14:22:39Z levibeach https://ln.ht/~levibeach <p> Astro is a new kind of static site generator for the modern web, and is centered around helping you… Tagged with webdev, javascript, jamstack, astro.</p> https://dev.to/whitep4nth3r/how-to-deploy-an-astro-site-m8h 2024-03-29T12:58:25Z chrisSt https://ln.ht/~chrisSt <p> Visual testing is essential in web app development, ensuring your users never face a broken UI. Learn everything you’ll need in this comprehensive guide.</p> https://www.browsercat.com/post/ultimate-guide-visual-testing-playwright 2024-03-10T02:31:37Z chrisSt https://ln.ht/~chrisSt <p> This guide explores localStorage in JavaScript web apps, detailing its usage, limitations, and alternatives like IndexedDB and AsyncStorage.</p> https://rxdb.info/articles/localstorage.html 2024-02-24T14:19:19Z eli https://ln.ht/~eli <p> RetroV (pronounced “retro vee”) is a virtual DOM (VDOM) rendering library. It is “vanilla” JavaScript, browser-native, and has no dependencies or build system.</p> http://ratfactor.com/retrov/ 2023-03-29T01:42:58Z eli https://ln.ht/~eli <p> The age of frontend JavaScript frameworks eating the web world didn’t happen simply because some well-meaning developers found great DX. It happened because we were fed a line.</p> https://www.spicyweb.dev/the-great-gaslighting-of-the-js-age/ 2023-03-13T18:25:34Z eli https://ln.ht/~eli https://avanier.studio/scripts 2022-08-19T13:46:39Z eli https://ln.ht/~eli https://nomadiq.hashnode.dev/reimagining-front-end-web-development-with-htmx-and-hyperscript 2022-08-02T17:58:17Z