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JavaScript articles and tutorials ranging from new language features to using interesting packages.

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Nov 4, 2018
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JavaScript's map, filter, and reduce methods

JavaScript provides some amazing functions that can be called against your arrays to help filter them, manipulate them, or even reduce them down to a single value or grouped values.

3 min read
Nov 25, 2016
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Introduction to ECMAScript 6

The latest in ECMAScript 6 introduces new features to JavaScript which makes it so much more fun to use, while solving problems that have been around for years. The intent of this article is to provide you with resources you can use to start learning ES6 today.

1 min read
Nov 24, 2016
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Babel Installation and Configuration

Babel offers a convenient way to transform your ES6 code to JavaScript that all browsers can understand. In this article we'll go over a basic configuration that will enable you to start using it with any project right away.

3 min read
Nov 23, 2016
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Configuring Stylus CSS Pre-Processor with Gulp and Sourcemaps

In this article we'll go over how to configure your project to process Stylus files using Gulp. We'll also create source map file which your browser will use to help point you in the right direction of your files when developing

1 min read
Nov 22, 2016
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Configuring Gulp With Less CSS Pre-Processor

Less is a CSS pre-processor allowing you to create variables, mixins, and functions in an effort to make your CSS more maintainable.

2 min read
Nov 21, 2016
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Using Browser Sync with Gulp for Live Reloading

Browser Sync is a nice tool to use while developing. It allows your browser to reload live when changes are made to your files. For instance, assuming we're watching our CSS file for changes we can have the browser auto refresh/sync when it sees those changes made.

2 min read
Nov 20, 2016
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Gulp Watch: Automate Your Gulp Tasks

Gulp watch is perfect for when you're editing project files since it allows you to not have to run the gulp command manually each time.

2 min read
Nov 19, 2016
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Configuring Gulp On A New Project

Gulp may seem like a scary thing to wrap your head around at first, but it's actually quite easy to start using once you understand the basics.

6 min read
Nov 18, 2016
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Yarn: Publishing a Package

Publishing a package to the npm repository has never been simpler. With a few steps, you can create a package that is redistributable to all of your projects.

3 min read
Nov 17, 2016
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Yarn: Fast and Secure Dependency Management

Yarn is a super simple dependency management tool which is way faster to use instead of traditional npm. It acts as a drop-in replacement, so you can get started using yarn right away. The best way to install yarn is by using npm.

3 min read