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🚀 Make 2019 the year you master JavaScript! My vanilla JavaScript pocket guides are short, focused, and made for beginners. You can do this!

August 2019

The Localhost Podcast

Custom events in Internet Explorer with vanilla JS

How to create a map of DOM nodes with vanilla JS

Converting a string into markup with vanilla JS

A simple alternative to React and Vue that weighs just 2.5kb

How I document my code

Waiting for multiple all API responses to complete with the vanilla JS Promise.all() method

Building an extensible app or library with vanilla JS

Fixing Safari's back button browser cache issue with vanilla JS

Detecting click events on SVGs with vanilla JS event delegation

Formatting dates with vanilla JS

Composition vs. inheritance in JavaScript

July 2019

Either/or selectors with the vanilla JS querySelector() and querySelectorAll() methods

Avoiding Uncaught TypeErrors with the vanilla JS querySelector() method

Is jQuery still relevant

How to test vanilla JS performance

How to add multiple styles to an element with vanilla JS

How performant are data attributes as selectors

How to approach JavaScript selectors with vanilla JS

Keeping credentials secure when making API calls with JavaScript

Documented code equals better code

Converting a color from a three-digit hexcolor to a six-digit hexcolor with vanilla JS

JavaScript frameworks are better for accessibility (and other myths)

Dynamically changing the text color based on background color contrast with vanilla JS

The tao of web development

Building an audience

Template literals in vanilla JS

How to learn vanilla js in 2019

Core vanilla JS concepts to learn if you eventually want to learn a framework like React, Vue, or Angular