From first principles

Tag: #javascript

3 posts

  1. The Un-Abstracted Frontend

    Building a modern React app from scratch - no Vite, no Next.js - to demystify the magic of `create-react-app` and its friends.

  2. CommonJS vs ES Modules in JavaScript

    Why JavaScript has two module systems, how they differ in practice, and when each one shows up in your code.

  3. Dynamic dispatch pattern in Scheme/Racket

    Implementing dynamic method dispatch - the polymorphism trick that powers JavaScript's toString - in plain Scheme.