RequireJS And The Problem Of JavaScript File Organisation
An article about RequireJS and the need to organise JavaScript as front-end codebases became larger and more dependent on separate modules.
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DevelopmentBackbone.js And The Early Shape Of JavaScript Applications Backbone.js And The Early Shape Of JavaScript Applications
A grounded article about Backbone.js and the early need for structure as JavaScript moved beyond small page interactions.
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DevelopmentWhen jQuery Plugins Started To Feel Like Technical Debt When jQuery Plugins Started To Feel Like Technical Debt
An article about the point where convenient jQuery plugins could quietly make websites heavier, harder to maintain and more difficult to debug.
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DevelopmentjQuery 1.7 And Cleaning Up Event Handling jQuery 1.7 And Cleaning Up Event Handling
A practical article about jQuery 1.7, the move towards .on(), and why event handling needed clearer patterns in growing interfaces.
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DevelopmentFront-End Performance When Every Request Still Mattered Front-End Performance When Every Request Still Mattered
A practical article about front-end performance in 2011, when reducing requests, compressing images and caching assets were still everyday concerns.
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DevelopmentSass Mixins And The Question Of Maintainable CSS Sass Mixins And The Question Of Maintainable CSS
A practical article about using Sass mixins carefully, where the benefit comes from reducing repeated work without hiding too much behaviour.
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DevelopmentLESS, Variables And Keeping Front-End Styles Consistent LESS, Variables And Keeping Front-End Styles Consistent
A practical article about using LESS-style variables to reduce duplicated design decisions across front-end builds.
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DevelopmentThe First Time I Looked At Bootstrap In A Real Build The First Time I Looked At Bootstrap In A Real Build
A grounded article about testing Bootstrap on real project work and deciding where a front-end framework helped, and where it still needed restraint.