Xah Web Dev Blog Archive 2017-06

2017-07-30

CSS: Common Web Fonts (added screenshot for correct illustration)

2017-07-24

js escape unicode tears 2017 07 24 — JavaScript escape unicode tears

escape (major rewrite)

2017-07-24

String.prototype.charAt (updated)

2017-07-24

Character, Code Unit, Codepoint (minor update)

2017-07-24

String.fromCharCode (minor update)

2017-07-07

Function Declaration vs Function Expression (updated for ES2015)

2017-07-05

var Name Scope (updated for ES2015)

2017-07-05

var Declaration Order (Name Hoisting) (minor update)

2017-07-01

Netflix switched from Java to node.js

Making Netflix.com Faster
2015-08-05
By Kristofer Baxter.
https://medium.com/netflix-techblog/making-netflix-com-faster-f95d15f2e972

2017-07-01

paypal switched from Java to node.js

paypal java to nodejs 2013 81643 — paypal java to nodejs

paypal java vs nodejs speed 78513 — paypal java vs nodejs speed

Node.js at PayPal
2013-11-22
By Jeff Harrell.
~~https://www.paypal-engineering.com/2013/11/22/node-js-at-paypal/~~

2017-06-12

Google trying to prevent user downloading brave browser?

google evil brave browser 2017 06 12 — Google trying to prevent user downloading brave browser. Other deb file, such as skype, no such warning. 2017-06-12. According to brave, they imply that's due to they failed to sign the file. See https://x.com/brianbondy/status/874421743779229696 and https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/9408