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theprimeagen/js-perf-example — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-20 · repo last pushed 2024-01-08

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TL;DR

Companion code for the Blazingly Fast JavaScript course on Frontend Masters. Students follow along with lesson files to learn and practice making JavaScript code run faster.

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    What it does
      Course companion code
      Practice optimization
      Run and modify examples
    Tech stack
      TypeScript
      JavaScript
    Use cases
      Learn performance tuning
      Find code bottlenecks
      Hands-on practice
    Audience
      Web developers
      Bootcamp students
      Founders and PMs

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Follow along with the Blazingly Fast JavaScript course by running and modifying lesson code.

REASON 2

Practice identifying and fixing performance bottlenecks in web application code.

REASON 3

Use the examples as a reference for how different optimization strategies affect execution speed.

What's in the stack?

TypeScriptJavaScript

How it stacks up

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Stars757575
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScriptTypeScript
Last pushed2024-01-082026-05-01
MaintenanceDormantMaintained
Setup difficultyeasyeasymoderate
Complexity1/52/52/5
Audiencedevelopervibe coderdeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Requires access to the Frontend Masters video course to understand how the example code is organized and used.

Wtf does this do

This repository is a companion project for "Blazingly Fast JavaScript," an online course taught on Frontend Masters by ThePrimeagen. It serves as the codebase students follow along with during lessons, providing a hands-on way to practice techniques for making JavaScript code run faster. The project is designed to help people learn how to identify and fix performance bottlenecks in their web applications. Instead of just watching videos, students can open these files, run the code, make changes, and see the real-world impact of different optimization strategies on execution speed. This would be most useful for web developers or coding bootcamp students who already know some JavaScript but want to understand what makes code slow and how to make it faster. Founders or product managers working closely with engineering teams might also find it helpful as a basic reference for why performance optimizations matter and what developers actually do when tackling speed issues. The repository itself is built using TypeScript, which is a more structured version of JavaScript. Beyond that, the README doesn't go into detail about the specific performance techniques covered or how the example code is organized, since the actual explanations live in the video course itself rather than in the project files.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Help me set up and run the js-perf-example project locally so I can follow along with the Blazingly Fast JavaScript course.
Prompt 2
Walk me through common JavaScript performance optimization techniques I can practice using this repo's example files.
Prompt 3
Explain how to measure and compare execution speed before and after applying optimizations to the code in this project.
Prompt 4
Show me how to modify the TypeScript files in this repo to test different performance strategies and see their impact.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is js-perf-example?

Companion code for the Blazingly Fast JavaScript course on Frontend Masters. Students follow along with lesson files to learn and practice making JavaScript code run faster.

What language is js-perf-example written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, JavaScript.

Is js-perf-example actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2024-01-08).

How hard is js-perf-example to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is js-perf-example for?

Mainly developer.

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