April 2016

jlongster.com

Presents monkey-hot-loader, a webpack loader that patches top-level functions on save so a running app picks up edits without a restart.

jlongster.com

Configures webpack as the build tool for a Node.js backend, using target node and the externals option to keep node_modules unbundled, plus sourcemap support.

jlongster.com

Drives the frontend and backend webpack builds from a single Gulp setup, watching for changes and restarting the server with nodemon.

medium.com

Reviews how React Hot Loader and React Transform preserve component state across reloads, why both grew complicated, and argues for proxying at the call site instead.

github.com

JavaScript library wrapping the GitHub API for use in the browser, exposing repositories, issues and gists through both callback and promise interfaces.

jquense.github.io

Documentation for react-widgets, a suite of accessible React input components — dropdowns, comboboxes, calendars and number pickers — with installation and styling instructions.

javier.xyz

Live demo of react-textselect, a React component that overlays an invisible dropdown on a run of text so the value can be changed inline.

bharani91.github.io

Live demo of react-select-popover, a React component that replaces a select box with a popover list backed by a hidden multi-select field for form submission.

instructure-react.github.io

Live demo of react-select-box, an accessible select box component for React, with a link to its repository.

jedwatson.github.io

Select control for React supporting multi-select, autocomplete and asynchronously loaded options; the demo now points to the current docs at react-select.com.

standardjs.com

Zero-configuration JavaScript linter and formatter that enforces one style across a project, with no config file to maintain.

igvita.com

Builds a blockchain from first principles, showing how digital signatures, proof of work and the longest-chain rule settle transactions without a trusted third party.