Debugging Closures and Modules
The most common co...
Object-to-Primitive Conversions in JavaScript
Like most object-oriented programming languages, JavaScript provides built-in ways to convert between objects and primitive values, by way of the special toString and valueOf methods. This article will cover the basics of these methods, but then dive into the details of how this stuff really works, bad stuff, performan...
JavaScript-Style Objects in Python
One of JavaScript’s most convenient features is the object syntax. Objects are so easy to work with. You’ve got a l...
JavaScript: Better and Faster
“JavaScript: Better and Faster” is the name of a presentation I gave at Slide last week. It was generally well-received by the Slide crew so I decided to put a (slightly edited) copy of the accompanying slidesho...
JavaScript Module Pattern: In-Depth
The module pattern is a common JavaScript coding pattern. It’s generally well understood, but there ar...