Joined February 2012
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OOCSS - My Top 5 Most Reused
over 1 year
ago
- selectors are slow for redraw/reflow/layout. For highest perf, only apply styles to the elements that need it.
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Cache your scripts with localStorage
over 1 year
ago
Falls short in speed. Check my updates tip for a link to a perf test between browser cache and localStorage.
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DO NOT $('#foo a'); DO $('#foo').find('a');
over 1 year
ago
this tip in vanilla js = document.getElementById('foo').querySelector('a'). just throwing that in there so the practice can extend into non-jquery js apps.
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DO NOT $('#foo a'); DO $('#foo').find('a');
over 1 year
ago
burntime, those results are crazy. looks like i can write a selector any way i want to now. is it jquery fixing and optimizing my bad selector or is the browser?
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