For a long time, HTML gave us all the semantics and other goodies we needed to make things work properly on the web. Then we started inventing new UI components, and now we use ARIA and Javascript to polyfill ...

The Server Timing header provides a discrete and convenient way to communicate backend server performance timings to developer tools in the browser. Adding timing information to your application enables you to monitor ...

TypeScript is a language that extends JavaScript to support static typing. It complements the open, malleable design principles of JavaScript, while catching bugs and improving code understandability. In this talk, you...

The web API has been a vital part of the JavaScript ecosystem for quite some time now, giving us AJAX, window timers and more. With the rise of progressive web apps, the web API's functionality is increasing ...

Speech recognition is all around us. From the smartphones in our pockets to the devices at the heart of our digital homes, we’re never far from speech recognition technology. Not only does it enable new ways of interacting with computers, but i...

If you'd like a completely unbiased feed of your Facebook friends' posts, this tool is for you. This project was broadly prompted by thinking about how to empower social network users. One current limitation is how separate social ...

Clojure the language hasn't changed all that much in the last 3 years, but the way in which ClojureScript applications are built and deployed has changed massively. In particular, improvements to tooling and a bigger ecosystem now make ClojureS...

A look at how to control lights with code and how to use this to build aesthetically pleasing displays, such as a word clock.

Firebase started as a real-time backend for mobile application developers and has evolved to offer a suite of powerful tooling for mobile and web applications. It allows web devs the ability to access various services including a real-time data...

The developer’s brain works hard. Billions of neurons hyperwire to enable the coder to think multidimensionally for hours a day, under complex deadlines, day after day. An understanding of what keeps the brain/mind ...