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Since the introduction of HTML5 it’s been possible to manage the browser history using the history and history.pushState API. It allows us to change the URL in the browser without the page refreshing. There are a lot of frameworks that already support the history and pushState API such as Backbone.js, Ember.js and Angular.js.

In this post, we’ll be looking at using the Browser push state without resorting to any framework. To do this we first need to have a way to check if the user has access to the history API.

I recently faced a new challenge where I had to generate large CSV files from the backend. The whole process can take a while and if done improperly can cause the server to stop responding or even crash in worst-case scenarios.

One of my best finds of the 2014 was Ngrok, service providing secure tunneling from your local machine to the web. It allows you to expose your locally running server to on-line in just a seconds, moreover you are able to access it on http and https. Each developer can find multiple use-cases for this kind of service.

It's multi-platform, stable, simple to use and free of charge service. Of course if you need, you can buy a license but you don't need to.