Resources for learning JavaScript (and its ecosystem) in 2020

Links are introduced in suggested order of reading
Intended target: someone knowing to program but not in JavaScript

Why?

Why investing in JavaScript? BLOG POST IN PROGRESS

Fundamentals

A re-introduction to JavaScript (JS tutorial) https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/A_re-introduction_to_JavaScript

paulirish / what-forces-layout.md

Last active September 21, 2024 21:29

What forces layout/reflow. The comprehensive list.

What forces layout / reflow

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.

Element APIs

Getting box metrics

elem.offsetLeft, elem.offsetTop, elem.offsetWidth, elem.offsetHeight, elem.offsetParent

kevin-smets / iterm2-solarized.md

Last active September 17, 2024 13:07

iTerm2 + Oh My Zsh + Solarized color scheme + Source Code Pro Powerline + Font Awesome + [Powerlevel10k] - (macOS)

Default

Powerlevel10k

agnoster / README.md

Last active September 12, 2024 13:53

My ZSH Theme

agnoster.zsh-theme

A ZSH theme optimized for people who use:

Solarized
Git
Unicode-compatible fonts and terminals (I use iTerm2 + Menlo)

For Mac users, I highly recommend iTerm 2 + Solarized Dark

jexchan / multiple_ssh_setting.md

Created April 10, 2012 15:00

Multiple SSH keys for different github accounts

Multiple SSH Keys settings for different github account

create different public key

create different ssh key according the article Mac Set-Up Git

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "your_email@youremail.com"

Pingshun Huang (Alex) pingshunhuangalex