What's a Single-Page App?
The web development community talks a lot about single-page apps, but are we all on a single page? Here's my ontology of web app architectures, organized by rendering and navigation.
Posts tagged #javascript
Building a Single-Page App with htmx
People talk about htmx as though it's saving the web from single-page apps. Well, I guess I missed the memo, because I used htmx to build a single-page app.
The Web Component Success Story
Web components won't take web development by storm, or show us the One True Way to build websites. What they will do is let us collectively build a rich ecosystem of dynamic components that work with any web stack.
The Website vs. Web App Dichotomy Doesn't Exist
A one-dimensional spectrum can't sufficiently capture the tradeoffs involved in web development.
Web Components Eliminate JavaScript Framework Lock-in
Web components can dramatically loosen the coupling of JavaScript frameworks. To prove it, we're going to do something kinda crazy: build an app where every single component is written in a different JavaScript framework.
Web Components Will Outlive Your JavaScript Framework
If we're building things that we want to work in five or ten or even 20 years, we need to avoid dependencies and use the web with no layers in between.
Making CRDTs 98% More Efficient
State-based CRDTs grow monotonically, but that doesn't mean they can't be efficient. We'll learn how to compress the pixel editor state by 98%.
Building a Collaborative Pixel Art Editor with CRDTs
CRDTs sound cool, but how are they actually used? Let's learn by building a collaborative pixel art editor.
An Interactive Intro to CRDTs
CRDTs don't have to be all academic papers and math jargon. Learn what CRDTs are and how they work through interactive visualizations and code samples.
Building a Live Coding Audio Playground
Two weeks at Recurse went by fast! I started out trying to build an Audio Units extension and — in a classic yak shave — ended up building a live coding audio playground.
An Extremely Simple React Starter Kit
If you’re worried about complexity in the JavaScript ecosystem, you might be sleeping on one of my favorite web development tools: esbuild!
Were React Hooks a Mistake?
People like signals because signal-based components are far more similar to class components than to function components with hooks.
Pathetic
The toxicity in the web development community needs to stop.
Integrating My Blog with Mastodon
Turns out it’s pretty easy to set up an integration between your blog and the Fediverse!
A React Developer’s First Take on Solid
Although not quite there yet in terms of community, Solid and Solid Start are looking real promising.
That’s a Radish!
I built a static site generator! It’s called Radish.
No One Ever Got Fired for Choosing React
If you spend a lot of time on Hacker News, it’s easy to get taken by the allure of building a project without a framework.
Tools and Services I Use to Run My SaaS
A stack teardown of SongRender.