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Featured
| Data-Binding Revolutions with Object.observe() — Object.observe(), part of a future ECMAScript standard, is a method for asynchronously observing changes to JavaScript objects (for frameworkless two-way binding, say). Support for it has arrived in Chrome 36 beta and Addy Osmani presents a full lowdown on its use. |
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Reading
| The Curious Case of JavaScript NaN — NaN (meaning Not a Number) is a special value in JavaScript that denotes an undefined or unrepresentable value. However, it can also feel like it means ‘Not a NaN’ because NaN === NaN is false. Confused? Ariya lays it out. |
| Ariya Hidayat |
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| Script-injected “async scripts” Considered Harmful — Script-injected scripts (i.e. scripts dynamically included via JavaScript) do not block the network in the usual way synchronous scripts do. However, there is still a gotcha, as they’re not truly asynchronous. |
| Ilya Grigorik |
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| Using Media Queries in JavaScript with AbsurdJS — AbsurdJS provides a polyfill for window.matchMedia which allows you to both make media queries within the browser and also define callbacks for when a media query’s condition matches the environment. |
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Watching
| Lesser Known Debugging Techniques — At EmpireJS, Amjad Masad gave a 25 minute talk about debugging, starting with some history and crude methods before moving to monkey patching, live editing, breakpoints, and more. |
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| Easing into ECMAScript 6 and Beyond — Facebook’s Ben Newman looks at the future of JavaScript and explores the idea of easing into using ES6’s most useful features from ES5 to avoid a Python 3-style ‘big jump’ situation. |
| Ben Newman |
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Code, Libraries and Tools
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