sindresorhus/ponyfill resource

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An educational repository explaining the concept of a ponyfill: an implementation of a standard API that is used via explicit imports instead of monkey-patching globals like a polyfill. It contrasts polyfills and ponyfills with examples in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

Use cases

• understand the difference between polyfill and ponyfill
• learn how to write a ponyfill without patching globals
• find alternatives to monkey patching in javascript
• explain side-effect-free feature backports to a team
• decide whether to polyfill or ponyfill a browser API
• learn css and html ponyfill techniques

When to choose

• you want a clear conceptual explanation of ponyfills with code examples
• you are deciding between polyfill and ponyfill strategies
• you teach or document safe ways to use future web standards

When to avoid

• you need an actual runtime polyfill library for a specific API
• you want installable code rather than an explanation
• you need spec-compliant global patching behavior

Facets

learning-resource · maturity active

developer-tools documentation web-development frontend developer-tools tutorials browser ponyfill polyfill monkey-patching side-effect-free javascript css html nodejs

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