Front-End Hacking
medium.com/front-end-hacking · Group blog · on HN since 2016
A Medium publication of front-end web development articles about JavaScript, React, Redux, TypeScript, and related tools.
What HN saysHN commenters bring it up in discussions of JavaScript fatigue, React criticism, and the audience that Medium offers writers.
19HN people shared it
3linked it in comments
60stories submitted
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Most-shared posts
- 1How it feels to learn JavaScript in 20173 people · 315 points · first shared 2017 · 161 comments on HN
- 2Am I wrong in hating React JS?2 people · 46 points · first shared 2016 · 39 comments on HN
- 3Typescript: class vs. interface1 people · 49 points · first shared 2018 · 33 comments on HN
- 4Resources to Learn Redux1 people · 8 points · first shared 2018 · 1 comments on HN
- 5The Rise of Shadow DOM1 people · 5 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 6The Other Kind of JavaScript Fatigue1 people · 4 points · first shared 2017 · 1 comments on HN
- 7Let’s build Dinder – a unique dinner-dating app1 people · 4 points · first shared 2018 · 1 comments on HN
- 8Rapid Web App Development – App 1 – Front End Weekly1 people · 4 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 9Loading images on the web1 people · 3 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 10JavaScript Event Loop Explained1 people · 3 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 11How learning Angular made me better React developer1 people · 3 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 12Feature First – The Best Front End Architecture Available1 people · 3 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 13JavaScript – Why All the Hate?1 people · 3 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 144 Secrets to Comfortably Working with Screenshots1 people · 2 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 15Function Composition: Breaking Down Theory into Practical Code1 people · 2 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
brlewis · 2018-08-18
I've also bought into JSX. I use JSX in all my Mithril projects.
Advantages over React: Routing built in. Smaller/faster. You don't get numb to the word "dangerously" being used routinely for data that you trust.
Debatable: Mithril does not wrap native browser events. This is an advantage because what you learn about events applies outside the framework. It may also be a disadvantage; debatable.
Disadvantage: React is a more attractive keyword on your resume and in job listings.
EDIT: Forgot my example - https://medium.com/front-end-hacking/how-it-feels-to-learn-javascript-…
erik_p · 2017-10-20
my recollection is that it decompresses fine/performantly, let me see if I can dig up an article.
https://blog.codinghorror.com/zopfli-optimization-literally-free-bandw…
https://blogs.akamai.com/2016/02/understanding-brotlis-potential.html
one more: https://medium.com/front-end-hacking/reduce-your-javascript-bundle-siz…
styfle · 2017-07-31
This is precisely why I created a medium account-- because there is already an audience that is reading, liking, and commenting on articles. I tested this theory by cross posting articles to both my domain[0] and to Medium[1]. The Medium article has thousands of views in a month and my domain gets maybe 20 views a month. This is partly because "publishers" pick up articles on Medium which shows it to a new audience.
[0]: https://www.ceriously.com/blog/post.php?id=2017-05-09-nodejs-promisify…
[1]: https://medium.com/front-end-hacking/promises-in-node-js-8-x-core-d6a8…