Issue 37

Must Read

One small step for Chrome, one giant heap for V8

V8 has a hard limit on its heap size. This serves as a safeguard against applications with memory leaks.

Learn

What makes WebAssembly fast?

Programming with WebAssembly or JavaScript is not an either/or choice. We don’t expect that too many developers will be writing full WebAssembly code bases.

A Map To Modern JavaScript Development

This is a cheat-sheet to get you up and running fast without having to make too many decisions by yourself. Basically I will be laying out a set of tools that just work together for general-purpose frontend development.

How to boost the performance of your applications with .NET profiling?

Find bottlenecks in your code or database boost performance with new ANTS Performance Profiler 9.

Tools & Code

15 Must-have Chrome extensions for web designers and front end developer

If you are a front end develper, here are 15-must have Chrome extensions that will be helpful in your projects.

How to Sort an Array of Objects in JavaScript?

If you have an array of objects that you need to sort into a certain order, the temptation might be to reach for a JavaScript library. Before you do however, remember that you can do some pretty neat sorting with the native Array.sort function.

BigPicture.js: Lightweight Image / Video Viewer

Here's a super lightweight (just over 4 KB minified, 2 KB gzip) and framework independent JavaScript image / video viewer that supports Youtube, Vimeo, and direct video links.

Interesting Links

WebAssembly consensus and end of Browser Preview

The W3C WebAssembly Community Group says the design of WebAssembly is complete enough that browsers can ship it “on by default”. An official logo has also been chosen.