I think it’s now the third time I’ve had to think about the best approach to create new e-commerce marketplaces.
TL;DR; This is hard, and there is no go-to marketplace as a service yet. But there are alternative approaches.
React overview
Here is a small talk I gave at the Oulu Web Development Meetup: a React overview.
Blurring the line between web and desktop apps
Two years ago, the folks at GitHub released a new text editor called Atom. They built it with web technologies: HTML, CSS and JavaScript. As part of this project they released Electron, a framework to write cross-platform desktop applications with web technologies.
Projects like Atom and Electron changed the way we think about the frontier between desktop and web apps. Let’s consider what frameworks like Electron make possible.
JavaScript Workshops at Springload
At Springload, we frequently organise internal training workshops. I have made the workshop material (largely based on NodeSchool) available publicly for others to reuse.
Reusable D3 charts
I love D3. D3 is amazing at making charts. D3 code is also quite hard to write – the learning curve is steep, and using the library expertly also requires expert knowledge of SVG. Instead of reinventing the wheel, here are reusable D3 charts I made while working on client projects at Springload.