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Futurist Code Bases: Integrating JS of the Future TodayReactiveConf 20192019-10-30
Concrete takeaways include ES2019 additions like flat and flatMap and Object.fromEntries, a push toward PRPL and PRPL and HTTP/2/3–style delivery, and a…
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Human ReactReact Rally 20192019-08-22
Argues that React’s value is human outcomes not clever APIs: accessibility, internationalisation and web performance are treated as concrete requirements (maps…
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Futurist Code Bases: Integrating JS of the FutureTodayNationJS Frontrunners 20192019-05-10
Node 12 finally runs ES modules in Node 12 (with --experimental-modules) and ES2019 lands features like Object.fromEntries, trimStart/trimEnd, flat/flatMap and…
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10KB or Bust" The Delicate Power of Webpack and Babel"JSConfCO 20182018-11-16
Claim: aim for an initial payload under 10 kilobytes by changing build configs not rewriting app code. Tools: Webpack, Babel (preset-env, useBuiltIns, modules…
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10KB or Bust: The Delicate Power of Webpack and BabelReactiveConf 20182018-10-29
Sites target 2G at ~14 kbps; LinkedIn desktop on 2G stalls ~1.3 minutes, while Treebo’s site reaches first useful paint under 1s and full load in 12s. Concrete…
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Chaos Monkeys in Your Browser What Chaos Engineering Means for the Front EndReact Rally 20182018-08-16
Argues that intentionally injecting failures reveals real-world brittle spots, with Netflix’s Chaos Monkey and commercial Gremlin as operational tools and…
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10KB or Bust: The Delicate Power of Webpack and BabeljsDay 20182018-05-09
Concrete knobs and their payoffs: swap to Babel preset-env, set modules false and let Webpack tree-shake lodash to cut 73.3KB → 11.1KB, enable…
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10KB or Bust: The Delicate Power of Webpack and BabelCodemotion Amsterdam 20182018-05-08
LinkedIn’s desktop page takes about 1.3 minutes to load on 2G while a similar site on Preact completes in ~12 seconds, so swapping frameworks matters: Preact…
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10KB or Bust: The Delicate Power of Webpack and BabelVoxxed Days Bucharest 20182018-03-22
Shows concrete Webpack and Babel tweaks that cut real payloads: use type="module" with a legacy fallback to send modern browsers a much smaller bundle, enable…
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Proposals in This Day & Age, Taking Steps to the Next StageYou Gotta Love Frontend 20172017-10-30
Explains how JavaScript moves from proposal to language with stages 0–4, what each stage requires (stage 3 needs exhaustive spec, stage 4 requires two browser…
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Proposals in this day & age, taking steps to the next stageJazoon TechDays Spring 20172017-04-28
Explains how proposals move from stage 0 straw man to stage 4: two browsers + Test262, with concrete criteria: stage 1 needs API and examples, stage 2 expects…
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React: Learn Once Write AnywhereJSConf Iceland 20162016-08-25
Claim: learning React’s component model and one‑way data flow lets the same ideas target many runtimes. Shows a working command‑line UI built with blessed and…
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Falcor: Simplifying Your DataReact Rally 20152015-08-24
Claim: Falcor treats local and remote data the same and handles fetching and caching for you. Live specifics include model.get paths and JSON Graph as the data…
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Brian Holt (reddit) interviewed at Fluent 2014Fluent 20142014-03-11
Argues frameworks are different tools for different jobs and picks Angular originally for largest mind share and marketing push, warns Angular churns when…
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