Articles about JavaScript

JavaScript is the language that powers most of the interactivity on websites and web apps. It can also be used outside of browsers thanks to runtimes such as NodeJS or Deno. This is the language I work with most of the time, although most often I write and read its statically-typed superset: TypeScript.

JSWorld Conference 2024 impressions

2024-03-2211 minutes readJavaScript, conference

Here is how JSWorld Conference 2024 in Amsterdam looked like from my perspective.

Upgrade scoped packages with yarn

2023-04-111 minute readJavaScript, Yarn

yarn up '*' does not upgrade scoped packages by default. This article describes how to upgrade scoped packages.

Next.js getServerSideProps interception

2023-01-294 minutes readJavaScript, React, Next.js

Next.js can seem stuck fetching getServerSideProps result on client-side navigations. The approach outlined in the article bypasses making that network request, resulting in snappier UI, suitable for highly-interactive web applications.

Awaiting problems in JavaScript

2022-10-247 minutes readJavaScript

Does await solve the problems of Promise.prototype.then? Not really.

Catch rejections in every Promise chain

2022-10-197 minutes readJavaScript, Node.js

In Node.js, omitting catching a rejection in at least one Promise chain leads to an unhandledRejection event and the process being usually killed.

JavaScript's promised convenience

2022-10-1812 minutes readJavaScript

JavaScript Promise's then function offers extra convenience. Is it harmful, though?