Logging Activity With The Web Beacon API

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July 27, 2018 — The Beacon API is a lightweight and efficient way to log information from a web page back to a server. Find out how that can be used and what makes it so different from traditional Ajax techniques.

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Rachel Andrew wrote

Text Editing Tips And Tricks Roundup

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Keeping Node.js Fast: Tools, Techniques, And Tips For Making High-Performance Node.js Servers

June 7, 2018 — Node is a very versatile platform, but one of the predominant applications is creating networked processes. In this article, we’re going to focus on profiling the most common of these: HTTP web servers. Read More…

Nils Schütte wrote

Automating Your Feature Testing With Selenium WebDriver

April 12, 2018 — What is Selenium and how can it help you? Well, what if you were told that you could basically automate any task in your browser as if a real person were to execute it? Yes, you read that right. It is possible. Read More…

Lou Franco wrote

Will SiriKit’s Intents Fit Your App? If So, Here’s How To Use Them

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Jason McConnell wrote

Automated Browser Testing With The WebDriver API

January 30, 2018 — This article provides an overview of the concepts, technologies and coding techniques involved with running test scripts against browsers automatically using WebDriverJS on Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge. Read More…

Denys Mishunov wrote

Confessions Of An Impostor

October 18, 2017 — Five years ago, when, for the first time ever, I was invited to speak at one of the best front-end conferences in Europe, I had quite a mixture of feelings. Obviously, I was incredibly proud and happy: I had never had a chance to do this before for a diverse audience of … Read More…

Karim Maaloul wrote

Exploring Animation And Interaction Techniques With WebGL (A Case Study)

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Serg Hospodarets wrote

It's Time To Start Using CSS Custom Properties

April 19, 2017 — Today, CSS preprocessors are a standard for web development. One of the main advantages of preprocessors is that they enable you to use variables. This helps you to avoid copying and pasting code, and it simplifies development and refactoring. Read More…

Cory Shaw wrote

Using Slack To Monitor Your App

April 13, 2017 — For the past few months, I’ve been building a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application, and throughout the development process I’ve realized what a powerful tool Slack (or team chat in general) can be to monitor user and application behavior. After a bit of integration, it’s … Read More…