Despite writing JavaScript almost every working day for the past seven years, I have to admit I don’t actually pay that much attention to ES language announcements. Major features like async/await and Proxies are one thing, but every year there’s a steady... (more…)

Async generators and async iteration are likely to ship before too long. Let’s investigate how async generators work and examine the challenges of using them.

To make Pragli feel more natural alongside Slack, we implemented a basic window management feature for macOS that automatically places Slack and Pragli next to each other with a simple hotkey. Learn how to implement basic window management in your Mac des... (more…)

Zip files are ubiquitous files on the net. We use them frequently when sending an e-mail or downloading a program. What is a zip file? It’s an archive format which contains one or several files in a compressed form in order to reduce the overall size of...

In this post, we develop a JavaScript technique to position and scale a background image so that the subject matter is optimally placed at a target area of the browser viewport, no matter the device orientation or window size. (more…)