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JavaScript language details, browser behavior, and useful workarounds.

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JavaScript articles

  1. Reading query string values in JavaScript

    To get anything useful from window.location.search you need to parse it in JavaScript to get individual values.

    2 min read

  2. Non-blocking web fonts using LocalStorage

    You want custom web fonts, but without the performance drawback? Read how to use a simple script to load base64 encoded web fonts in a non-blocking way and cache them in LocalStorage.

    5 min read

  3. Always catch LocalStorage security and quota exceeded errors

    Why you should always catch LocalStorage errors, and a cross-browser solution to catch the quota exceeded error.

    4 min read

  4. Parsing emoji Unicode in JavaScript

    JavaScript is limited in supporting emoji Unicode. This post describes the problem and a workaround.

    7 min read

  5. In JavaScript, almost anything is an expression

    Article about JavaScript expressions, operators and operator precedence.

    5 min read