Variable values have certain types. In fact, you can cast a value of one type to the other. If you do it explicitly, it is type casting (also called explicit coercion). If it happens in the background when you are trying to perform an operation on types that do not match, it is called coercion (sometimes referred to […]
Today we continue our webpack 4 tutorial. After walking through the basic concepts of webpack, it is time to go deeper. This time we will cover something that is a great strength of webpack: loaders. First, we will learn how to use loaders that are available. This will include handling css, scss, image files and […]
Hello! Today we begin a webpack 4 course. We will start with the basic concepts of Webpack, with every part of the course going deeper. This time we will learn the basics of module bundling using ES6 modules. Webpack 4 provide default configuration, which we will go through. Let’s go! Webpack 4 course begins – […]
In the previous article, we’ve learned what events are and how to work with them. This time we will dive a bit deeper into them, explaining in more details how do they work. We will go through the event object and create our own, custom events. We will also simulate some native events that take […]
JavaScript is a language, where events play a big role. In this article, we will talk about how they work. It includes different ways of listening to them and how they propagate. On the way we will cover some of mechanics from under the hood of JavaScript and browsers. We will also look a bit […]
In JavaScript, the memory taken by the values held by the variables is automatically freed when they are not used anymore. This is done by the garbage collector to free up space. How can we benefit from knowing how it works and therefore how to write better code? Let’s find out! Memory management In more classic […]
In the previous article, we’ve talked about WebStorage API that you can nowadays use to store data in the browser. LocalStorage and sessionStorage were introduced in the HTML5. Does that mean that before we could not save data on the client side? Not at all – we’ve had (and still have) cookies. How to use […]
Web Storage API is used to store data in the browser and was introduced in HTML5. It brought us localStorage and sessionStorage. At the first glance, they seem similar. There are some important differences between them though, which is what we will talk about today. You will learn what their use-cases are and how to […]
Webpack 4 brought us some changes. Among things like faster bundling, it introduced SplitChunksPlugin, which made CommonsChunksPlugin obsolete. In this article, you will learn how to split your output code to improve the performance of our application. The idea of code splitting First things first: what exactly is code splitting in webpack? It allows you […]
Functions are one of the most basic features of JavaScript. Have you ever wondered how exactly do they work? After all, they are just a special kind of objects. If you are curious, dig into them with me in this article! The basics of functions Speaking practically, a function is a subprogram that can be called […]
Mastering your tools as a developer is a very important thing. One of them is Node Package Manager – and quite a crucial one for a JavaScript developer. Having a better understanding how dependencies work will improve your workflow greatly and help to avoid many problems both for you and your fellow developers. Today we will cover […]