Max Stoiber mxstbr

architectures and whatnot

plain ol' React

let state = initial
render(view(state), element)

view is pure!

We're excited to have you attend one of our workshops! Here's a JavaScript (re)fresher to help you get up-to-speed on some features of the language we'll be using.

Let and Const

JavaScript has always had var:

var name = 'Ryan'

Looking for support tables for HTML/CSS/JavaScript features or details on their implementation status in major browsers?

Chrome Platform Status (covers Chromium and thus includes Opera)
Firefox Platform Status
Microsoft Edge Platform Status
WebKit Feature Status
API Catalog

And then there’s Can I use…?.

Extracting Emoji From Slack!

Slack doesn't provide an easy way to extract custom emoji from a team. (Especially teams with thousands of custom emoji) This Gist walks you through a relatively simple approach to get your emoji out.

If you're an admin of your own team, you can get the list of emoji directly using this API: https://api.slack.com/methods/emoji.list. Once you have it, skip to Step 3

HOWEVER! This gist is intended for people who don't have admin access, nor access tokens for using that list.

Follow along...

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

Hi Nicholas,

I saw you tweet about JSX yesterday. It seemed like the discussion devolved pretty quickly but I wanted to share our experience over the last year. I understand your concerns. I've made similar remarks about JSX. When we started using it Planning Center, I led the charge to write React without it. I don't imagine I'd have much to say that you haven't considered but, if it's helpful, here's a pattern that changed my opinion:

The idea that "React is the V in MVC" is disingenuous. It's a good pitch but, for many of us, it feels like in invitation to repeat our history of coupled views. In practice, React is the V and the C. Dan Abramov describes the division as Smart and Dumb Components. At our office, we call them stateless and container components (view-controllers if we're Flux). The idea is pretty simple: components can't

Folder Structure

Please note

While this gist has been shared and followed for years, I regret not giving more background. It was originally a gist for the engineering org I was in, not a "general suggestion" for any React app.

Typically I avoid folders altogether. Heck, I even avoid new files. If I can build an app with one 2000 line file I will. New files and folders are a pain.

Shortcut for Syntax Highlighting in Keynote

The idea is based on a gist by @jimbojsb.

You can use Pygments or Highlight.

Install Pygments

brew install python

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

	import { combineReducers } from 'redux';
	import users from './reducers/users';
	import posts from './reducers/posts';

	export default function createReducer(asyncReducers) {
	return combineReducers({
	users,
	posts,
	...asyncReducers
	});