Issue #81 · September 24, 2018

CSS Variables with JavaScript

“The best way to predict the future is to implement it”

Best 7 links of week #38, 2018

CSS Variables with JavaScript

CSS Variables with JavaScript

Did you know you can control CSS variables from JavaScript? This short article will take a very practical approach to show you how to do so by connecting a box positioned with CSS absolute positioning and mouse movements tracked in JavaScript.

Articles

Next Generation Package Management

What if installs were so fast they could happen in the background, just by using Node? What if every file in your dependencies could be guaranteed to be bit-by-bit identical to what’s on the registry?

Git Cheatsheet

Interactive Git Cheatsheet, categorizing commands based on what they affect.

Book of the week

ReactJS by Example- Building Modern Web Applications with React

ReactJS by Example- Building Modern Web Applications with React

by Vipul A M

tarting with a project on Open Library API, you will be introduced to React and JSX before moving on to learning about the life cycle of a React component. In the second project, building a multi-step wizard form, you will learn about composite dynamic components and perform DOM actions. You will also learn about building a fast search engine by exploring server-side rendering in the third project on a search engine application. Next, you will build a simple frontpage for an e-commerce app in the fourth project by using data models and React add-ons. In the final project you will develop a complete social media tracker by using the flux way of defining React apps and know about the best practices and use cases with the help of ES6 and redux.