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Interactive introduction to [OpenVSCode Server]

Published: 29 September 2021
Tags: typescript

Just a heads up, this page kind of sucks to read on a mobile. If you want to go through with it, just minimize the side panels. "OpenVSCode Server is a fork of VS Code that extends the editor to be runnable in the browser, speaking to a web server that provides a remote dev environment". This article uses the source code to demonstrate how the this is achieved, including the setting up of two RPC channels, an HTTP server, and upgrading to a websocket server.

C++20 Coroutine Iterators

Published: 23 September 2021
Tags: cpp

A coroutine is a function that can suspend execution to be resumed later. This makes them especially useful for generator style functions or infinite lazy-computed sequences. This article by Martin Bond implements an "iterator to the [previously defined] template to support the range-for loop and iterative algorithms". Martin also makes a note of features/quirks from previous versions of C++.

Implementer's Guide to WebSockets

Published: 28 September 2021
Tags: javascript

Want to put some code to a protocol (bastardization of putting a face to a name)? As a follow up on yesterday's article about web communication protocols, the author of this article completely implements a peer-to-peer ready, WS13 protocol supported websocket in JavaScript, with a focus on "the underlying network protocol and frame parsing mechanisms".