The latest release of Google's V8 JavaScript engine, V8 8.0, uses pointer compression to reduce heap size by 40% and with no performance hit. Additionally, it adds support for optional chaining using the ?. operator and for nullish coalescence using ??. V... (more…)

The JavaScript language and ecosystem have seen dramatic changes in the last 2 years. In this sessions we'll look at patterns for organizing code using modul... (more…)

An explanation of a debounce function and how to use it in your JavaScript code to improve performance... (more…)

My problem is that you'd often see that JavaScript is actually being transported over the web with all the useless stuff that doesn't need to be there -- Comments, particularly those containing lic... (more…)

It was 2010 when Backbone.js came out. Finally I could write structured code to create full web applications for our users. And with… (more…)