I'm currently entangled in the middle of a debate with a friend of mine over which direction the web interface of our project should go. One of the limitations of the server is that it's extremely low ...

The Microsoft JavaScript Upshot library provides a simplified API for retrieving data from the server and caching it at the client for reuse. Coupled with Knockout, the two JavaScript libraries form ...

In past articles, I've covered different ways to understand, analyze and improve the performance of your web applications. I've shown that between your network connections, server hardware, database ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Note, this article deals with client-side JavaScript. For a client and server-side JavaScript ...

The world of JavaScript frameworks keeps growing. One of the latest entrants, jsblocks, is positioned as more powerful than Backbone and faster or more flexible than React, Meteor, and AngularJS. An ...

IndexedDB allows you to store data on the client to let the user work offline and to reduce demands on the server. Here's enough code to both get you started and to show you the difference between ...

Faster webpage loading times play a big part in user experience and SEO, with page load speed a key determining factor for Google’s algorithm. A front-end web developer must decide the best way to ...

On January 1, 2020, California's new privacy law took effect, which will dramatically increase security risks for any company operating there as well as for third parties that might have access to ...