Web Development in Southwest Missouri

Justin York is a full-stack web developer based in Monett, Missouri. He has a love for JavaScript and a unique expertise in using the FamilySearch API.

Technology I Love To Use

Latest Blog Posts

• unpkg - A CDN for npm packages

  Now we can stop the deadly sin of committing our assets to git for Bower, CDNJS, and jsDelivr. Instead let’s use unpkg, a CDN for npm.

• Element.querySelector() Evaluates the Entire DOM

  I used to think that Element.querySelector() and Element.querySelectorAll() worked like jQuery.find() in that they would evaluate a CSS selector against an element’s descendants. But today I learned that they are not the same.

• Using Redis to Persist PHP Sessions on Heroku

  This article focuses on the specific task of using Redis to persist PHP sessions when running your app on Heroku. If you’re not in that exact same situation then this article will not apply to you.

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Open Source

FamilySearch JavaScript SDK

A JavaScript libary for using the FamilySearch public API.

D3 Pedigree Examples

Examples of how to create family pedigrees with D3.

GEDCOM X JSON Schema

JSON Schema (v4) for GEDCOM X

fs-traversal

A JavaScript traversal framework for the FamilySearch Family Tree using the visitor pattern.

fs-check

Find Research Opportunities in the FamilySearch Family Tree.

gensearch

Generate search links for genealogy websites.

genscrape

Retrieve person data from genealogy websites.