willurd / web-servers.md

Last active November 5, 2025 20:58

Big list of http static server one-liners

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

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Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

elijahmanor / conferences.md

Last active August 29, 2015 14:20

Conferences

Larger Events (Single City)

O'Reily Fluent Conference (san francisco) http://fluentconf.com/

Large (Multiple Cities)

Breaking Development (nashville, atlanta, washington dc, orlando, san diego, dallas) http://bdconf.com/
An Event Apart (atlanta, seattle, boston, san diego, washington dc, chicago, austin, san francisco) http://aneventapart.com/

paulirish / what-forces-layout.md

Last active November 7, 2025 17:42

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