web-development
2 posts
The Early Web Era: When Scripts Were Simple
Before webpack existed, we concatenated files with Grunt. Before React, we wrestled with jQuery spaghetti. Here's how frontend tooling evolved from manual file management to sophisticated build systems.
Development
javascript
jquery
grunt
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Google Closure Compiler: The Forgotten Pioneer of Modern JavaScript Tooling
Exploring how Google's 2009 Closure Compiler and Library shaped modern web development toolchains, from dead code elimination to type checking, and their lasting impact on today's build tools.
Development
javascript
closure-compiler
build-tools
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