Top 3 responses to any statement in a #conversation, such as “the sky is blue”:
– Yeah, but look who’s talking. You…
– It’s not my fault, and I am not going to justify my actions.
– I’ve read on Twitter about #JavaScript, let me tell you about…
(ad hominem, guilt-seeking vs responsibility, non sequitur)
Why is #JavaScript so widely used? My hypothesis: because most people are very loose with the definitions / #semantics / types in their lives.
Isn’t it a great #language for people who use words like “love”, “success”, “always” and “art” without a clear idea of their meaning?
Am I alone, or are misnamed terms in #JavaScript bothering you as well?
Array? Well… Object.
Regex pattern? Naa… also Object.
Function? Well, a special Object.
Daamn. Can you just be honest? Or just drop the terms? 🤯
Wait, #Facebook… “Recent optimistic video” in the DOM?! Whaaa? 😂
#HTML #JavaScript #code pic.twitter.com/dUJYFBo9C7
Probably the best overview of lexical environments and garbage collection in #JavaScript closures I’ve ever come across: javascript.info/closure#lexica…
Awesome open collaborative project by @iliakan.
My problem with #jQuery is for small projects where I choose to write straight #JavaScript instead and 400 lines of code later I’m in doubt.
My latest #Swiss #design. Using Swiss grids. For a Swiss company. In Russian: irina-sa.com Hand-coded #HTML, #CSS, #JavaScript, #PHP.
Awesome use of scroll bars to make a clock in #JavaScript: toki-woki.net/p/scroll-cloc… (via @roessli & @gruber)
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