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3 JavaScript Qestions to Watch out for during Coding Interviews

JavaScript is the official language of all modern web browsers. As such, JavaScript questions come up in all sorts of developer interviews. In this article, you will learn 3 things that usually come up in interviews when discussing JavaScript.

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How to enhance your front-end development workflow using Gulp?

Gulp is a task runner, meaning that you can use it to automate common tasks in the development of a project. It’s built on Node.js and both Gulp and your Gulp file are written in JavaScript. In this article, you will learn how to enhance your frontend development workflow using Gulp.

Refactoring 30000 lines of JS with types

How to refactor 30000 lines of JS with types? One approach is to add tests incrementally- end to end tests to avoid breaking functionality and unit tests to aid with refactoring.

Must See JavaScript Dev Tools That Put Other Dev Tools to Shame

Developer tools are a collection of software that makes life easier for developers. But JavaScript is a dynamic language, and along with its dynamic nature comes a need for more runtime developer tooling.

How NativeScript Works?

NativeScript is a runtime that lets you build native iOS, Android, and (soon) Windows Universal apps using JavaScript code. NativeScript has a lot of cool features, such as two-way data binding between JavaScript objects and native UI components, and a CSS implementation for native apps.

Tools & Code

Enzyme: JavaScript Testing Utility for React

Almost three months ago, Airbnb open sourced Enzyme, a JavaScript library for testing React components. Since then, the reception has been extremely positive, currently with over 3,000 stars, and over 50 contributors, 45 of which are outside of Airbnb.

Using npm as a build system for your next project

Npm powers modern front-end development more than any other tool: It provides all modules you need to set up your Node.js based environment.

Interesting Links

Microsoft Edge’s JavaScript engine to go open-source

The core components of Chakra as ChakraCore will be open-souce, which will include all the key components of the JavaScript engine powering Microsoft Edge.Chakra offers best-in-class JavaScript execution with the broadest set of ES2015 feature coverage and dependable performance, reliability, and scalability.