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React.js is a fantastic library. Sometimes it seems like the best thing since sliced Python. React is only one part of a front-end application stack, however. It doesn’t have much to offer when it comes to managing data and state. Facebook, the makers of React, have offered some guidance there in the form of Flux….
Flux is the application architecture that Facebook uses for building client-side web applications. It complements React’s composable view components by utilizing a unidirectional data flow. It’s more of a pattern rather than a formal framework, and you can start using Flux immediately without a lot of new code. <br /> Flux applications have three major…
Choose easy to understand and short names for variables and functions. Bad variable names: Also bad variable names: incrementerForMainLoopWhichSpansFromTenToTwenty } createNewMemberIfAgeOverTwentyOneAndMoonIsFull Avoid describing a value with your variable or function name. Might not make sense in some countries: Works everywhere: Your code is a story – make your storyline easy to follow! Global variables are…
Beautiful Syntax A. Parens, Braces, Linebreaks // if/else/for/while/try always have spaces, braces and span multiple lines // this encourages readability // 2.A.1.1 // Examples of really cramped syntax if(condition) doSomething(); while(condition) iterating++; for(var i=0;i<100;i++) someIterativeFn(); // 2.A.1.1 // Use whitespace to promote readability if ( condition ) { // statements } while ( condition )…
google_ad_section_start I’ve already written about how to get started with Gulp as well as how to get started with Grunt. They both automate our tasks, they both use Node, and they both require you to create tasks and install plugins of some sort. But do you wonder about the difference between the two, or even,…
How to use bookmarklets in mobile Chrome Many of the bookmarklets used on your desktop version of Chrome can also be used on your mobile device. Here’s the steps you’ll need to get started. more+ Layered tabs in Chrome for Android. Screenshot by Nicole Cozma/CNET There are Android apps that come with many features, possibly…
Callbacks, Promises, and Coroutines (oh my!): Asynchronous Programming Patterns in JavaScript .title .title-container .author-info .author-container .infoContainer #slideview_likes Uploaded on Oct 31, 2011 This talk takes a deep dive into asynchronous programming patterns and practices, with an emphasis on the promise pattern. … This talk takes a deep dive into asynchronous programming patterns and practices, with…
This post originally appeared as a gist. Since then, the development of Promises/A+ has made its emphasis on the Promises/A spec seem somewhat outdated. Contrary to some mistaken statements on the internet, the problems with jQuery’s promises explained here are not fixed in recent versions; as of 2.1 beta 1 they have all the same…