Better match results with String.prototype.matchAll()
Chrome 73 introduces the String.prototype.matchAll() method. It behaves similarly to match(), but offers a simple way to iterate over matches, especially when you need access to capture groups.
Loading WebAssembly modules efficiently
When working with WebAssembly, you often want to download a module, compile it, instantiate it, and then use whatever it exports in JavaScript. This post explains our recommended approach for optimal efficiency.
#SmooshGate FAQ
What can #SmooshGate teach us about standards development and the Web Platform? This write-up gives an overview.
CSS Paint API
Houdini’s CSS Paint API allows you to programmatically draw CSS images.
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Upcoming regular expression features
An overview of the exciting new features coming to JavaScript regular expressions, including named captures, the dotAll flag, Unicode property escapes, and lookbehind assertions.
Introduction to the Budget API
The Budget API allows developers to perform background actions without notifying users, enabling use cases like silent push.
Chromium policy on JavaScript dialogs
Synchronous, app-modal JavaScript dialogs are commonly (and unfortunately) used to harm users. Because of this, the Chromium team highly recommends that you not use JavaScript dialogs.
Complexities of an Infinite Scroller
Infinite scrollers are a common UI pattern. Here we explore how to implement this pattern in a memory conservative way that performs at 60fps.
Performance Observer: Efficient Access to Performance Data
The W3C Performance Timeline specification defines an interface for browsers to provide programmatic access to low level timing data. This opens the door to some interesting use cases like custom performance analysis, third party tools and more.
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Improving Scroll Performance with Passive Event Listeners
New to Chrome 51, passive event listeners provide a major potential boost to scroll performance.
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Introducing ES2015 Proxies
ES2015 Proxies (in Chrome 49 and later) provide JavaScript with an intercession API, enabling us to trap or intercept all of the operations on a target object and modify how this target operates.
Getting Literal With ES6 Template Strings
Template String literals with embedded expressions. We've been waiting for this for ages. Literally
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Respond to change with Object.observe
Optimizing JavaScript
