Alex MacArthur

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Nashville, TN Joined on Jan 4, 2018 https://macarthur.me

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Alex MacArthur

Oct 6 '20

When DOM Updates Appear to Be Asynchronous

#javascript #animation #performance

9 min read

A Typewriter, but using a New HTML Tag

This is sick. I have plans to introduce a custom element for ...

Sep 10

10 Of The Most Amazing JS Libraries That Almost You Will Enjoy Using Them In Your Project!

Thanks for putting TypeIt on here (I made it)!

Aug 31

Bringing Modern JavaScript to Libraries

This is super insightful! I love that there's movement behind...

Aug 1 '20

How I made WordPress Faster with 1KB JavaScript

I love that this solution specifically addresses challenges...

Nov 28 '19

Animated Typing Utility with JavaScript

Great, straightforward instructions on getting up & run...

Jun 2 '19

Alex MacArthur

Aug 7 '20

Why I Like Tailwind CSS

#tailwindcss #css #styling #frameworks

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7 min read

Alex MacArthur

Jul 16 '20

Don't Feel Bad About Using XMLHttpRequest

#ajax #fetch #xmlhttprequest #javascript

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12 min read

Alex MacArthur

May 15 '20

When It Makes Sense to Use a Utility Function Instead of a Polyfill

#performance #polyfill #javascript

11 min read

Alex MacArthur

Apr 8 '20

Clean Up Your Redux Store Listeners When Component State Updates

7 min read

Alex MacArthur

Mar 31 '20

Cleaning Up Redux Store Listeners When Component State Updates

#react #redux #statemanagement #lifecycle

7 min read

Alex MacArthur

Mar 9 '20

Streamlining Conditional Statements with Logical Operators

#javascript #logic #programming #syntax

4 min read

Alex MacArthur

Mar 9 '20

A Plot Proposal for Frozen III

#entertainment #browsers #chrome #firefox

1 min read

Alex MacArthur

Mar 9 '20

If the Democratic Presidential Candidates Were JavaScript Packages

#javascript #politics

1 min read

Alex MacArthur

Nov 26 '19

For the Sake of Your Event Listeners, Use Web Workers

#javascript #performance #webworkers

5 min read

Alex MacArthur

Nov 10 '19

Blog for Your Own Sake

#blogging #writing

3 min read

Alex MacArthur

Aug 29 '19

Building a Shell Function to Copy the Latest Git Commit SHA

#zsh #bash #shell

5 min read

Alex MacArthur

Aug 27 '19

Should We All Start Implementing Differential Serving?

#performance #javascript #frontend

6 min read

Alex MacArthur

Aug 23 '19

Deploying Code with a Git Hook on a DigitalOcean Droplet

6 min read

Alex MacArthur

Aug 23 '19

A Simpler Unit Testing Setup for WordPress

7 min read

Alex MacArthur

Aug 23 '19

Creating a .map() Method for Objects, Strings, Sets, and Maps

5 min read

Alex MacArthur

Aug 23 '19

Remember to Probably Target an Empty Object with Object.assign()

2 min read

Alex MacArthur

Aug 23 '19

Formatting My PHP More Efficiently with a Bash Function

3 min read

Alex MacArthur

Aug 23 '19

Quickly Spin Up MySQL w/ Docker Compose

#mysql #docker

1 min read

Alex MacArthur

Aug 23 '19

Writing a Regular Expression to Target Images Without a Class

#regex #php

5 min read

Alex MacArthur

Aug 23 '19

Best-ish Practices for Dynamically Prefetching & Prerendering Pages with JavaScript

#performance #javascript

10 min read

Alex MacArthur

Aug 23 '19

Using the 'posts_where' Filter with WP_Query in WordPress

#wordpress

3 min read

Alex MacArthur

Aug 23 '19

Preloading JavaScript Assets in WordPress

#javascript #performance #wordpress

6 min read

Alex MacArthur

Aug 23 '19

Let's Stop Making it Cool to Hate jQuery

#jquery #javascript

5 min read

Alex MacArthur

Aug 23 '19

Build Your Own Simple Lazy Loading Functionality in WordPress

#wordpress #performance #javascript

6 min read

Alex MacArthur

Aug 23 '19

Building a Lambda Function with Netlify

11 min read

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When DOM Updates Appear to Be Asynchronous

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A Typewriter, but using a New HTML Tag

10 Of The Most Amazing JS Libraries That Almost You Will Enjoy Using Them In Your Project!

Bringing Modern JavaScript to Libraries

How I made WordPress Faster with 1KB JavaScript

Animated Typing Utility with JavaScript

Why I Like Tailwind CSS

Don't Feel Bad About Using XMLHttpRequest

When It Makes Sense to Use a Utility Function Instead of a Polyfill

Clean Up Your Redux Store Listeners When Component State Updates

Cleaning Up Redux Store Listeners When Component State Updates

Streamlining Conditional Statements with Logical Operators

A Plot Proposal for Frozen III

If the Democratic Presidential Candidates Were JavaScript Packages

For the Sake of Your Event Listeners, Use Web Workers

Blog for Your Own Sake

Building a Shell Function to Copy the Latest Git Commit SHA

Should We All Start Implementing Differential Serving?

Deploying Code with a Git Hook on a DigitalOcean Droplet

A Simpler Unit Testing Setup for WordPress

Creating a .map() Method for Objects, Strings, Sets, and Maps

Remember to Probably Target an Empty Object with Object.assign()

Formatting My PHP More Efficiently with a Bash Function

Quickly Spin Up MySQL w/ Docker Compose

Writing a Regular Expression to Target Images Without a Class

Best-ish Practices for Dynamically Prefetching & Prerendering Pages with JavaScript

Using the 'posts_where' Filter with WP_Query in WordPress

Preloading JavaScript Assets in WordPress

Let's Stop Making it Cool to Hate jQuery

Build Your Own Simple Lazy Loading Functionality in WordPress

Building a Lambda Function with Netlify