--- title: Best Bits and Pieces posts — March 2021 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Bits and Pieces posts from March 2021, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/bit/best-of/2021/03 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/bit/best-of/2021/03 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Bits and Pieces posts — March 2021 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Bits and Pieces posts from March 2021, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Bits and Pieces — March 2021 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/vscode-automations-for-frontend-developers-ijaryukci "VSCode Automations for Frontend Developers") Article Bits and Pieces · 5y VSCode Automations for Frontend Developers VSCode Automations for Frontend Developers Boost your productivity and code quality with these tools and extensions. Nethmi Wijesinghe discusses several VS Code automation tips that frontend developers should follow. Live Server, the cool extension available in VSCode, automates this for you. Turbo Console Log is the perfect choice for writing meaningful log messages. 62 3 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/5-different-tools-for-frontend-monitoring-x8tfklwbu "5 Different Tools for Frontend Monitoring") Article Bits and Pieces · 5y 5 Different Tools for Frontend Monitoring 5 Different tools to monitor the web application frontends live in the user’s browser. Avoiding runtime errors using frontend monitoring tools is a must. Isuri Devindi compares the five tools to find the best one for you. The tools are provided by Microsoft using the Application Insights SDK for Azure Monitor. 28 1 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/the-dark-side-of-javascript-a-look-at-3-features-you-never-want-to-use-lq86qmuyx "The Dark Side of Javascript: A Look at 3 Features You Never Want To use") Article Bits and Pieces · 6y The Dark Side of Javascript: A Look at 3 Features You Never Want To use JavaScript has some dark corners filled with spiders, and here are 3 of them. The void operator is a way to generate the undefined value in JavaScript. The with statement allows you to extend the scope chain for a given statement. This is not ideal and can lead to very confusing code. 19 2 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/why-frontend-developers-need-to-be-webpack-experts-xk4qh40hc "Why Frontend Developers Need to be Webpack Experts") Article Bits and Pieces · 6y Why Frontend Developers Need to be Webpack Experts Just knowing how Webpack works won’t be enough to get maximum from it. You can easily enable its Hot Module Replacement feature to improve the development process. Tree-shaking can help you avoid dead or unwanted code from bundling. Splitting code on demand is the most straightforward and most used approach with Webpack. 16 1 5. 5 [](https://daily.dev/posts/using-gpu-to-improve-javascript-performance-xbj-jo6rv "Using GPU to Improve JavaScript Performance") Article Bits and Pieces · 5y Using GPU to Improve JavaScript Performance GPU.js is a JavaScript acceleration library that can be used for general-purpose computations on GPUs using JavaScript. It supports browsers, Node.js and TypeScript. You can perform multiple calculations asynchronously in both CPU & GPU at the same time. 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