Posts about Javascript
Why Node.js Developers Are in Higher Demand than PHP Programmers
With the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence driving the rise of virtual AI-powered developers, you might think that the job of a software developer would soon be fading away. But in fact, demand for Web...
14 Popular JavaScript Libraries for Data Visualization in 2019
To what extent does your app rely on data? It probably does in some way. Even if the app is not exactly business-oriented, you’d probably need data for the admin panel, the dashboard, performance tracking, and similar...
Working With Legacy Code — How Refactoring Let Us Escape The Black Hole
I’m pretty much sure that sooner or later every developer finds themselves working on a project that makes them face the issue of legacy code. For those lucky dogs who still haven’t experienced it firsthand—legacy code...
Migrating from AngularJS to Angular Using a “Hybrid” Approach—a Case Study
Getting into a project based on AngularJS in its 1.4 version is not the most exciting thing that can happen to a programmer in 2019. And it doesn’t matter whether you’re a junior front-end developer or a senior...
Reasons Why Vue.js Is Getting More Traction Every Month
With over 120k stars on GitHub, Vue.js is currently the trendiest JavaScript front-end framework, beating Angular and React in GitHub star count by a fair margin. When it comes to overall popularity, React is still the...
Updated State of Vue.js is coming in February 2019
We’re back! And I hope you’re just as excited as I am writing this. You might have noticed some suggestions about the next edition of State of Vue.js on Evan You’s Twitter… But it’s time to make it official. The updated...
8 Examples of Node.js Development in Enterprise Products
Netflix, PayPal, Intel, eBay, Groupon... What do all these names have in common? Aside from the fact that they all offer a highly popular service or product, of course. They’re all enterprises operating on a global...
Angular, the Successor of AngularJS, Is Thriving and Has Big Plans for the Future. An Interview with Stephen Fluin
AngularJS revolutionized how we build modern apps. In early July, AngularJS entered its long-term support phase, which means that the Google team will no longer be merging any new features or fixes that would require...
Brief Summary of the Vue.js Core Team Sprint and Their Visit at Monterail
Is there anything better than working on one of the most-loved JavaScript framework out there and doing it with eight other smart people in one room? If you’re nerdy enough and you love Vue, the most likely answer is:...
How to build a reactive engine in JavaScript. Part 2: Computed properties and dependency tracking
Hey! If you have ever worked with Vue.js, Ember or MobX I’m pretty sure you stumbled upon so-called computed properties. They allow you to create functions that can be accessed just like normal values, but once computed...
How to build a reactive engine in JavaScript. Part 1: Observable objects
With the growing need for robust and interactive web interfaces, many developers have started embracing the reactive programming paradigm. Before we begin implementing our own reactive engine, let’s quickly explain what...
Front-trends 2015
These days, being a front-end developer isn't easy. The time when our work was mostly writing HTML, CSS and some jQuery is long over. Hardly a month passes without a new JavaScript framework, new tools to ease our work,...
Karma on Rails
TL;DR We have prepared a sample app with nothing more than the necessary configuration and a single, oversimplified spec file. You can find it on github now or first you can get more details about it below.
From Monterail with Love #1
A couple of months ago Bartosz described how we use Facebook to improve communication in our team. Actually most of the content on our wall are more or less interesting links from the internet. We quickly noticed a...
How I learnt about jQuery Deferred thanks to Rails
If you are not a regular JS developer but Ruby one or whatever, you probably don't know every feature of JavaScript or jQuery, even if you use them every day. But some of them are worth spending some time to get to know...
Backbone.js, Rails 3 and asynchronous interfaces
Currently at Monterail we're building a frontend-heavy app. With a lot of cool stuff. Like preloading data for daily views so that you won't have to wait for every surrounding day to load. Many, many interactive...
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