Documenting Complexity

A case study of how design by committee puts the developer, and therefore the end-user, last.

This questionable API design turned out to not be a mistake after all, thanks to the inclusion of Web Components

An obscure corner of the spec lacking any practical use due to an unnecessary constraint.

Mindset is shifting away from jQuery, yet the web platform is still lacking many of its fundamental features. In part one, we take a shot at making the native DOM interface fluent.