Joe Honton

Joe Honton @joehonton

About: Writing clean code one line at a time.

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Joe Honton
articles - 13 total

How A Simple 500-Word Memo Changed the Way We Talk About the Internet

The unlikely trio MUST, SHOULD, and MAY in internet standards

Learn More 4 0Oct 18 '21

Variations on the HTML Two-Step

It’s not that HTML is impossible to read or write — it’s just awkward.

Learn More 0 0Jul 8 '21

Excellence in Software

Accuracy · Usability · Safety · Compliance

Learn More 0 0Apr 22 '21

Taking Responsibility for Ethical Design

The traces of data that we leave behind, like breadcrumbs scattered on the trail of our daily lives, has become troubling — much more troubling than the topics of surveillance, or advertising, or behavioral prediction would each suggest.

Learn More 1 0Apr 5 '21

Cross Domain JSON Requests

Correctly configuring CORS for content-type application/json

Learn More 6 0Mar 29 '21

Infinite Scroll As A Design Pattern

Infinite scroll provides a better user experience than paginated search results. It keeps shoppers and readers engaged with what they've already demonstrated an interest in. It's not difficult to implement, here's how.

Learn More 6 0Mar 22 '21

Every Place That Uses Daylight Saving Time

Time zones are straightforward, but when it comes to summer-time versus winter-time daylight rules, there's a big gap in our understanding.

Learn More 0 1Mar 16 '21

JavaScript Modules Versus Components

Here's an intriguing job interview question — Can you describe the difference between a component and a module?

Learn More 0 0Mar 2 '21

Take Control of Mouse and Touch Events to Create Your Own Gestures

How to create an API for -- tap, press, flick, swipe, scroll, pinch, spread, pan, rotate, and more.

Learn More 5 0Feb 23 '21

Has Open Source Licensing Reached Its End of Life?

Lately I’ve begun to wonder if open-source licensing has failed to keep up with technology. The first version of GPL debuted in 1989, and was updated soon after in 1991. The most recent revision of GPL was in 2007. That was 14 years ago!

Learn More 1 2Feb 15 '21

High Performance HTML Rendering: How to properly use a game loop with HTML canvas drawings

Game programming uses a software pattern that's also applicable to more serious endeavors such as: time-series charting, interactive data visualization, and scientific modeling.

Learn More 0 0Feb 8 '21

Make Professional Components with Pub/Sub and Custom Events

How to use broadcasters and listeners for dependency-free code

Learn More 1 0Feb 2 '21

Honoring Web Standards: Standing on the shoulders of giants

Standards — those dense documents chock-full of jargon, long-winded sentences, and intertwined self-referential definitions — you’ve got to hate them, but you’ve got to love ’em too. They make everything we do possible.

Learn More 18 0Oct 28 '20