🍾 #52: Modern makefiles used the right way in 2020

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should therefore be regarded as a criminal offense

                December 30, 2019

            🍾 #52: Modern makefiles used the right way in 2020

                Node.js multithreading, JavaScript primitives, How tracking pixels work, npm lockfiles security blindspots, Progressive React, AWS perm escalation

Fullstack bulletin: 

Modern makefiles used the right way in 2020

                      View this email in your browser

                  "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should therefore be regarded as a criminal offense"

                  — 
                  E.W. Dijkstra,
                    Computer scientist

Share

Tweet

Share

Forward

Best 7 links of week #52, 2019

Modern makefiles used the right way in 2020

Makefiles the right way: why they are still relevant in 2020 and how you should take advantage of them!

Read article 

Node.js multithreading

Since the release of Node.js v10.5, multithreading has never been easier thanks to Worker Threads. In this article you will learn what exactly the worker thread module is and when you can take advantage of it.

Read article

What Is JavaScript Made Of?

This article delves into the lower level ideas of the JavaScript language: values, variables, objects, functions, closures, prototypes, etc. A very good guide to understand JavaScript a little bit better!

Read article

How tracking pixels work

How advertisers track people on the internet? You’re looking at a product online, and a day later see an ad for the same boots or whatever that you were looking at. This is called re-targeting and it is possible thanks to techniques such as tracking pixels.

Read article

Why npm lockfiles can be a security blindspot for injecting malicious modules

NPM lockfile are hard to review and they can be used to specify where the package source code is actually coming from. This is very dangerous and this article describes exactly how and what can you do to protect your project.

Read article

Progressive React

A checklist to improve React projects performance strep by step.

Read article

AWS permission escalation techniques

Guide for security professionals performing AWS cloud security reviews or pen tests. These methods can be used in practice and explained clearly to clients.

Read article

Book of the week

RESTful API Design

                                        by Matthias Biehl

this book is packed with best practices on many technical aspects of RESTful API Design, such as the correct use of resources, URIs, representations, content types, data formats, parameters, HTTP status codes and HTTP methods. You want to design and develop APIs like a Pro? Use API description languages to both design APIs and develop APIs efficiently. The book introduces the two most common API description languages RAML and OpenAPI/Swagger

Buy on Amazon.com
Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Share

Tweet

Share

Forward

Remember to share if you enjoyed this issue!

See you next week

 — Andrea

 — Luciano

fullstackbulletin.com

@fstackbulletin

*|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* FullStack Bulletin is a FREE weekly curated newsletter for ambitious full stack developers. We sift the internet for builders, covering frontend, backend, databases, DevOps, and architecture to find what truly matters. Expect practical picks, clear takeaways, and fresh ideas that cut the noise, sharpen your skills, and fuel your creativity so you can put them to work right away.

Our mailing address is:

*|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|*

 Want to change how you receive these emails?

 You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

*|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*

Don't miss what's next. Subscribe to FullStack Bulletin: