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Ask HN: What would you like to see in a tech blog revolving around JavaScript?

2 points by deadcoder0904 ↗ HN
I am making myself a challenge to write 1 quality blog everyday to make sure I got a good grasp of the subject in question.

I know, I know you must be thinking yet another blog. But I think the number of libraries/frameworks JavaScript ecosystem creates, there aren't enough people blogging about them. Also, there aren't more quality blogs like CSS Tricks or HackerNoon or sometimes FreeCodeCamp (yeah FCC used to be great once upon a time). Most of the people that write a lot of code aren't that interested in blogging.

I can write about CSS, JavaScript, React, React Native, GraphQL, Apollo, Node, Redux, Mobx, Jest, Flow & a lot of other things.

Please comment if you work with any of the above & what you would like to see? A full blown real world example or short explaination of concepts. Also, if there is any interest I can create Series like CSS Grid (there are already many out there but mine would be more example focused) or anything you love.

I am currently creating my Blog in Gatsby so I guess in a day or two I'll start writing. If you would like to be notified, subscribe @ https://tinyletter.com/deadcoder0904

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tlb
We lived for so long in a world where Javascript was so flaky and non-standard that wise programmers stuck to a lowest-common-denominator style. But now you can really take advantage of the language.

I'm writing a compiler in JS that uses higher-order functions all over the place and I haven't been bitten yet by language inconsistency or performance gotchas. So I think you could go a long way showing how to do the sorts of metaprogramming tricks that used to be only attempted in Lisp or Haskell.

deadcoder0904
Any example? Just know that they are Functional Programming Languages. But I don't want to burden myself learning anything else because now I know a lot of things with which I can build Websites, Mobile & Desktop apps. So want to just apply it with Blogging as a hobby.
timdeneau
It would be nice to follow vanilla JavaScript/ES2017/ES2018 etc features, usage examples, etc. Maybe an ongoing tutorial series on building some common web features, deconstructing interesting stuff found around the web, etc.

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I think vanilla JS is worth learning without reliance on the latest frameworks and libraries.

deadcoder0904
Yep, yep & yep it helps learning Vanilla JS. But I don't think people will now go back to use `var` rather than `let` & `const`. Yeah I can give a basic overview why we have ES2015/16/17/18 when we can still use Vanilla JS. But my question is would most people learn that content when you know you can write better code in ES6 or ES7 & use Babel to transpile it to Vanilla JS?

The point is I want to reach to more people & I don't think there are many people like you & me that are willing to learn the roots of the evolution of JavaScript. If you think it would reach a wider audience, I can make tutorials on it.

But there are some awesome resources which have many of those things are - https://javascript30.com & http://exploringjs.com & http://2ality.com/2017/02/ecmascript-2018.html

I was thinking maybe its better to create something which has less awesome resources. Something like Svelte or a full blown tutorial like https://teropa.info/blog/2015/09/10/full-stack-redux-tutoria...