JSCritic

1 · Juriy Zaytsev · March 27, 2014, midnight
JSCritic Choosing a good piece of Javascript is hard. Every time I come across a newly-released, shiny plugin or library, I wonder what's going on underneath. Yes, it looks pretty and convenient but what does underlying code look like? Does it browser sniff or extend the DOM? Does it pollute global scope? What about compatibility with older browsers; could it be that it utilizes, say, ES5 getters/setters making it unusable in IE<9? I always wished there was a way to quickly check how well a cert...