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October 2020

Removing racist terms in tech

Mostly HTML, some CSS, and a little JS

Converting jQuery's addClass(), removeClass(), toggleClass(), and hasClass() methods to vanilla JS

How to build a progressively enhanced accordion component with vanilla JS

How to convert the jQuery children() method to vanilla JS

Converting a jQuery plugin to vanilla JS: fitVids.js

How to quickly create a new GitHub Gist or CodePen

Converting a jQuery plugin to vanilla JS: Lettering.js

Enforcing a maximum number of parameters for a function in vanilla JS

An alternative to single page apps: multi-page apps with service workers

Modern JS is amazing. Modern JS is trash.

How to convert the jQuery append() function into vanilla JS

Vanilla JS project: creating digital dice

Fighting for diversity

How to work with multiselect elements in vanilla JS

How to get and set the value of a select menu using an ID

How to get and set the value of a select menu with vanilla JS

Career advice on the Junior to Senior Podcast

September 2020

Talking about the Lean Web at WordCamp LA 2020

How to make semitransparent layers backgrounds without affecting the text using CSS

Learning by doing

The Lean Web at js.la

How to get the date for a specific day of the week with vanilla JS

How to get the relative time between two dates with vanilla JS

How to get the date N seconds, minutes, hours, or days in the past or future with vanilla JS

How to create and work with timestamps in vanilla JS

What do you want learn about JavaScript?

Callbacks vs. custom events in vanilla JS

Three ways to create multiline strings with vanilla JS

How to write your own vanilla JS polyfill

How to replace all instances of a string with another with vanilla JS

How to replace a section of a string with another one with vanilla JS

How to check if an element contains another one with the vanilla JS Node.contains() method

Checking if a value is an array with vanilla JS

How to find specific items in an array with vanilla JS