Kata

javajosh 2023

Simple html files exercising one aspect of the browser. Serve as both exercise and reference. See kata.md for a full explanation.

• javascript asynchrony techniques callbacks, promises, async await, rxjs, oh my.
• site proximity coherence a classic webapp problem, with a new twist.
• Markdown (and showdownjs)
• mvp css (what is currently active)
• time (browser time measurement, limits, etc)
• websockets demo with simple chat.
• d3 fun with d3

There are also some server-side (node) experiments:

• zlib.js and zlib-server.js for simple node code.

Ideas for future kata

• Web components . I don't agree that they will last longer than everything else, but they are worth learning and this article is really good. In particular expresses the basics of the built-in shadow DOM, and I like the "implicit binding" of custom tags. However I do like progressive enhancement and semantic HTML, and this tech violates that to some degree.