Memory Allocation and Garbage Collection in Javascript
Javascript developers usually don’t care much about memory management. The JS engine …
Programming Complexity in JavaScript – not What You’d Expect
I’ve recently given a talk about Design Patterns in JS at Javascript Israel. I’ve spoken about memory allocation in JS when I explained about the Object Pool design pattern.
After the talk several people came to ask questions …
Deep dive into an interview question: Array Nesting
The Array Nesting interview question might seem complex at first and very simple after you solve it. But sometimes, a deeper dive into it can expose some more performance optimizations that can be interesting. After this article, you’ll be able …
Measuring used JS heap size in the browser
Part of the tools frontend developers have in their arsenal is the performance API. Part of it is the memory object. It can be used for various causes – from debugging performance through experimenting to performance budget monitoring.
Object Pool use case
After the Object Pool article went online, I was asked this on Facebook:
What I take from here is 2 fold:
- The one
Improve Performance with Object Pool
In a former article I’ve shown the consequences of memory allocation and garbage collection. Object pool is a simple design pattern that can be used in order to solve both problems.
The Problem
Memory allocation is a slow process. …