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Language-Level Reactivity with Elm

Reactive programming is becoming more prevalent in the JavaScript programming world. But, it's always added on as an afterthought or a library. But what if it could exist by default, inherent to the language? Richard Feldman shows how the Elm language is just that. Elm doesn't just try to make JavaScript better, it tries to rewrite the developer experience and make it inherently better.

Richard Feldman
on Oct 24, 2016
Web Development

The SAM Pattern: Lessons Learned Building Functional Reactive Front-End Architectures

Modern User Experience requires an architecture that is able to continuously “react” not just to user inputs, but also to its broader environment. In this article, Jean-Jacques Dubray and Gunar C. Gessner talk about the lessons learned implementing the SAM pattern with different frameworks and libraries.

Gunar C. Gessner Jean-Jacques Dubray
on Oct 17, 2016
Web Development

Polymorphism of MVC-esque Web Architecture: Classification

The MVC architecture has a long and storied history, from its early days in the Smalltalk community to its modern implementation in JavaScript frameworks. In this article, Brent Chen explains the history of the MVC architecture and its different forms in modern applications, both on the client and on the server.

Brent Chen
on Sep 15, 2016
Mobile

Iterative Prototyping in the Mobile App Development Process

Mobile app development adopted an iterative, rapid development process and prototypes have a role to play in this agile approach, enabling developers to build, test, iterate, re-test and re-build rapidly and at lower cost (not to mention allowing all stakeholders in the process early on). This article guides through the essential steps of mobile app prototyping.

Cassandra Naji
on Aug 01, 2016
Web Development

Intro to knysa: Async-Await Style PhantomJS Scripting

Typical PhantomJS test frameworks suffer from callback hell and other tricks that reduce the clarity of how the program flows. Bo Zou created knysa which uses async-await style programming to eliminate these callbacks. Additionally, there's no need to resort to currying and common try-catch-fail constructs are used to maintain a sane path through the code.

Bo Zou
on Jul 21, 2016
Java

HTTP-RPC: A Lightweight Cross-Platform REST Framework

HTTP-RPC is an open-source framework allowing developers to create and access cross-platform polyglot RESTful web services using a convenient, RPC-like metaphor, while preserving fundamental REST principles such as statelessness and uniform resource access.

Greg Brown
on Jul 12, 2016
Web Development

Q&A on Express.js with Evan Hahn

When people talk about Node.js powering the back-end web, they're often actually talking about Express. Just as jQuery and other frameworks smooth over the XmlHttpRequest work in the browser, Express.js works to make the experience on the server just as easy. In this Q&A, author Evan Hahn provides more context on Express and where it's going.

David Iffland
on May 05, 2016
Web Development

Angular 2 and TypeScript - A High Level Overview

AngularJS has become the world's most popular JavaScript framework for creating web applications. And now Angular 2 and TypeScript have brought true object oriented web development to the mainstream, using a syntax that is strikingly close to Java 8. In this article we provide a high-level overview of the Angular 2 framework.

Yakov Fain
on Apr 26, 2016
Web Development

State of the JavaScript Landscape: A Map for Newcomers

Modern JavaScript development is in constant motion. Build tools that were popular 12 or even six months ago are no longer en vogue. In this article, Bonnie Eisenman gives JavaScript newcomers a map to get started on their JavaScript journey. For more experienced JavaScript developers, Bonnie provides an update on where the community is at and what technologies to use for new projects.

Bonnie Eisenman
on Apr 11, 2016
Web Development

Full Stack Testing: Balancing Unit and End-to-End Tests

Full-stack testing can be a widespread and involved task. There are unit tests and end-to-end tests, but how do you know where to focus your efforts? In this article, David Copeland looks at the kinds of tests and how to balance the interplay between those tests and the overall software development effort.

David Copeland
on Mar 30, 2016
Web Development

Will WebSocket survive HTTP/2?

HTTP/2 is poised to eliminate much of the waste that developers deal with. Multiplexed connections will eliminate the need to bundle JavaScript libraries together. But is HTTP/2 a panacea to all our problems? What about WebSocket? Allan Denis tells us what HTTP/2 is good at and debunks some myths about what it can do.

Allan Denis
on Mar 14, 2016
Mobile

Writing Cross-Platform Apps with React Native

React Native is Facebook's open source project for building native mobile apps using JavaScript. Rather than wrapping a web view and pretending to be a mobile app, React Native allows developers to create truly native applications. Bonnie Eisenman presents an introduction on React Native, how to get started, and how to get your app into the store.

Bonnie Eisenman
on Feb 25, 2016