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@paulirish
paulirish / what-forces-layout.md
Last active April 24, 2025 09:45
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
@arielsalminen
arielsalminen / link-line.scss
Created October 23, 2015 19:01
Nicer links
@joepie91
joepie91 / getting-started.md
Last active July 7, 2024 02:41
Getting started with Node.js

"How do I get started with Node?" is a commonly heard question in #Node.js. This gist is an attempt to compile some of the answers to that question. It's a perpetual work-in-progress.

And if this list didn't quite answer your questions, I'm available for tutoring and code review! A donation is also welcome :)

Setting expectations

Before you get started learning about JavaScript and Node.js, there's one very important article you need to read: Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years.

Understand that it's going to take time to learn Node.js, just like it would take time to learn any other specialized topic - and that you're not going to learn effectively just by reading things, or following tutorials or courses. _Get out there and build things!

@wesbos
wesbos / tab-trigger.js
Created November 16, 2015 19:33
How to properly get a TAB trigger working with Emmet inside of JSX
{
"keys": ["tab"],
"command": "expand_abbreviation_by_tab",
// put comma-separated syntax selectors for which
// you want to expandEmmet abbreviations into "operand" key
// instead of SCOPE_SELECTOR.
// Examples: source.js, text.html - source
"context": [
{
@Avaq
Avaq / combinators.js
Last active March 18, 2025 22:17
Common combinators in JavaScript
const I = x => x
const K = x => y => x
const A = f => x => f (x)
const T = x => f => f (x)
const W = f => x => f (x) (x)
const C = f => y => x => f (x) (y)
const B = f => g => x => f (g (x))
const S = f => g => x => f (x) (g (x))
const S_ = f => g => x => f (g (x)) (x)
const S2 = f => g => h => x => f (g (x)) (h (x))
@jfmengels
jfmengels / lodash-fp-documentation.md
Last active January 15, 2025 00:34
Generated docs for Lodash/fp. Help make them better at https://github.com/jfmengels/lodash-fp-docs
// Root.js
const Root = () =>
<Router>
<Route component={UserScene} path="/users/:userId" />
</Router>;
export default Root;
// UserDetailsScene.js
const USER_DETAILS_FRAGMENT = gql`
@andyrbell
andyrbell / scanner.sh
Last active March 28, 2025 17:57
Make a pdf look scanned using ImageMagick
# use ImageMagick convert
# the order is important. the density argument applies to input.pdf and resize and rotate to output.pdf
convert -density 90 input.pdf -rotate 0.5 -attenuate 0.2 +noise Multiplicative -colorspace Gray output.pdf

I bundled these up into groups and wrote some thoughts about why I ask them!

If these helped you, I'd love to hear about it!! I'm on twitter @vcarl_ or send me an email [email protected]

Onboarding and the workplace

https://blog.vcarl.com/interview-questions-onboarding-workplace/

  • How long will it take to deploy my first change? To become productive? To understand the codebase?
  • What kind of equipment will I be provided? Will the company pay/reimburse me if I want something specific?
@JoeyBurzynski
JoeyBurzynski / 55-bytes-of-css.md
Last active April 8, 2025 14:18
58 bytes of css to look great nearly everywhere

58 bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere

When making this website, i wanted a simple, reasonable way to make it look good on most displays. Not counting any minimization techniques, the following 58 bytes worked well for me:

main {
  max-width: 38rem;
  padding: 2rem;
  margin: auto;
}