Front End Performance is increasingly gaining awareness amongst developers who code for the responsive web. The problems with it show in virtually every website that goes beyond the simplest complexity. Because of excessive use of external libraries, increased calculations and DOM manipulation in the front end, and on the other side potentially slow devices with […]
The daily routine of front end developers has evolved quite drastically within the past few years. Having an IDE and knowing about HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and browser inconsistencies is not enough anymore if you are setting up or joining a professional project. There is a range of nifty helpers that improve your productivity as well […]
When starting to learn JavaScript and moving from developing static to dynamic sites, the power of being able to juggle DOM elements makes you feel like you’ve reached a whole new level of web development (and you have). If you want an element to look different after any event or at any point in time, […]
What’s a masterfully crafted responsive GUI good for if the user experience is ruined by a site’s horrible performance? You are right: nothing. At all. “jQuery is hogging resources.” “Don’t use jQuery if you want your site to be fast on iPads.” Opinions like these can be heard more and more lately in the developer […]
Trying to figure out the right starting point on how to tackle JavaScript? jQuery seems tempting but all JavaScript pros you know keep telling you it’s important to start from scratch? Understanding the purpose and capabilities of jQuery is the key to figuring out the right time where to dig deeper. The most important fact […]