3 ms·
MDN will be a huge legacy for Mozilla. Of all of their projects, I think MDN will have the biggest impact on the web. It's absolutely needed for someone who jus
by nathancahill 10y ago
MDN will be a huge legacy for Mozilla. Of all of their projects, I think MDN will have the biggest impact on the web. It's absolutely needed for someone who just wants to know the order of function parameters.
For a more nuanced understanding of browser behavior, you have to read the spec. Worked on a high performance network app, and I think I know the XHR spec by heart now.
- Klathmon 10y agoI couldn't agree more, and I also think it influenced the standards bodies. New ES[year] specs include lots of very MDN-esque explanations, examples, and "polyfills" for the new features.
- awalGarg 10y ago> Worked on a high performance network app, and I think I know the XHR spec by heart now. I am curious, can you elaborate on this? :) What part of the performance related work involved peeking at the XHR spec so much?
- nathancahill 10y agoFor mapping applications, tiles are loaded to display data. These requests have to be handled carefully, especially when there is a lot of data, because every map movement causes 10s of requests to be fired at once. Their lifecycles have to be managed so they can be cancelled as soon as their result isn't needed (user panned away, or changed zoom level).