July 2021

The Pomodoro Technique: Productivity hacks

The Pomodoro Technique: Productivity hacks

  • July 21, 2021

The irony of time management productivity tips is that the people who need them the most do not realize that they do. There are too many productivity tips out there but the Pomodoro technique is probably the most discussed and used one. The reason for its popularity is that it...

React fragments: What and Why

React fragments: What and Why

  • July 15, 2021

React fragments were a feature released in React 16.2. They have been around for a while now but have been a relatively lesser used feature. Let us explore the what and why the feature exists. What are React Fragments? React fragments are a syntactic addition to React that allow wrapping...

Using Sub Resource Integrity to secure web applications

Using Sub Resource Integrity to secure web applications

  • July 8, 2021

Sub Resource Integrity (SRI) is a security feature that can be used to validate that the resources that the browser is fetching have not been manipulated. But why do you need it? Remember that script tag that you keep throwing at random places in your code? What if someone got...

Measuring JavaScript execution time

Measuring JavaScript execution time

  • July 1, 2021

When it comes to performance of applications, measuring performance becomes important. For anything to be optimized, it must be measured first, optimized, and measured again to capture gains. Measuring JavaScript execution time thus becomes one of these steps. Modern browsers and the Node.js platform provide various API’s to measure code...