August 18, 2016

Biweekly JSter #76 - August (part 1)

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Maybe I JavaScripted, maybe I didn’t. - Matti Nykänen

I published a new version of Reactabular (http://reactabular.js.org/) so check it out if you need a table component for React. The logic is decoupled so you could reuse some of that in other environments. I also came up with slides related to the topic (https://survivejs.github.io/react-api-design) .

** Libraries

• Pizzicato.js (https://alemangui.github.io/pizzicato/) - A Javascript library for web audio
• DOMtastic (http://domtastic.js.org/) - Small, fast, and modular DOM & Event library for modern browsers
• Introducing serializr: serializing and deserializing object graphs with ease (https://medium.com/@mweststrate/introducing-serializr-serializing-and-deserializing-object-graphs-with-ease-8833c3fcea02)
• liftoff/HumanInput (https://github.com/liftoff/HumanInput) - A JavaScript library for handling keyboard shortcuts and other human-generated events
• Popper.js (http://popper.js.org/) - Poppers for websites
• FelixRilling/chevronjs (https://github.com/FelixRilling/chevronjs) - A super tiny JavaScript service library
• Ramotion/aquarelle (https://github.com/Ramotion/aquarelle) - Watercolor JavaScript effect
• verlok/lazyload (https://github.com/verlok/lazyload) - Load images only as they enter the viewport

** Articles

• Node.js web frameworks are slow (https://medium.com/@hnry/node-js-web-frameworks-are-slow-3b7dfb5e204d)
• A selection of articles demystifying JavaScript engines (https://github.com/a0viedo/demystifying-js-engines)
• js13kGames: Code golf for game devs (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/08/js13kgames-code-golf-for-game-devs/)
• Examples of How Enterprises Use Node.js in 2016 (https://blog.risingstack.com/node-js-examples-how-enterprises-use-node-in-2016/)
• The Case for Monorepos (https://medium.com/@bebraw/the-case-for-monorepos-907c1361708a)

** Techniques

• Beyond Memory Leaks in JavaScript (https://medium.com/outsystems-experts/beyond-memory-leaks-in-javascript-d27fd48ae67e)
• Angular 2 Hot Loading with @ngrx/store and Webpack (http://teropa.info/blog/2016/08/08/angular-2-hot-loading-with-ngrx-store-and-webpack.html)
• Animating like you just don’t care with Element.animate (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/08/animating-like-you-just-dont-care-with-element-animate/)
• Testing es2015 Riot Tags (http://jaketrent.com/post/testing-es2015-riot-tags/)
• Measuring the Real-world Performance Impact of Service Workers (https://developers.google.com/web/showcase/2016/service-worker-perf)

** Interviews

• CodeceptJS - Modern Era Acceptance Testing for Node.js - Interview with Michael Bodnarchuk (http://survivejs.com/blog/codeceptjs-interview/)

** Games

• return true to win (https://alf.nu/ReturnTrue)

** Tools

• HyperTerm (https://hyperterm.org/) - Forget iTerm, the new king is here
• ShiftJS (http://www.shiftjs.com/) - ShiftJS is an open source Swift to JavaScript transpiler written in JavaScript
• launchkit (https://github.com/launchkit/launchkit) - A set of web-based tools for mobile app developers
• rofrischmann/inline-style-prefixer (https://github.com/rofrischmann/inline-style-prefixer) - Run-time autoprefixer for inline style objects

** Demos

• Castles made of castles (https://sciencevsmagic.net/castles/) - WebGL demo
• Butterchurn Visualizer (https://butterchurnviz.com/) - Milkdrop nostalgy
• SMB3 Memory Card Game (https://codepen.io/hexagoncircle/details/OXBJxV/)
• Procedural insects (https://dattasid.github.io/ProcInsect.html)

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