List of helpful shortcuts for faster coding
If you have any other helpful shortcuts, feel free to add in the comments of this gist :)
All of the below properties or methods, when requested/called in JavaScript, will trigger the browser to synchronously calculate the style and layout*. This is also called reflow or layout thrashing, and is common performance bottleneck.
Generally, all APIs that synchronously provide layout metrics will trigger forced reflow / layout. Read on for additional cases and details.
elem.offsetLeft
, elem.offsetTop
, elem.offsetWidth
, elem.offsetHeight
, elem.offsetParent
/* | |
<a href="posts/2" data-method="delete"> <---- We want to send an HTTP DELETE request | |
- Or, request confirmation in the process - | |
<a href="posts/2" data-method="delete" data-confirm="Are you sure?"> | |
*/ | |
(function() { |