November 16, 2016

Biweekly JSter #82 - Libraries, data structures, and more

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JavaScript, sweet JavaScript

It has been busy two weeks again. I gave my first keynote, did eight sessions over seven days and so on. You can read more about it in my travel report (http://www.nixtu.info/2016/11/kharkivjs-2016-and-react-in-barcelona.html) .

** Libraries

• Superdom.js (https://superdom.site/) - jQuery for millennials
• HTML GL (http://htmlgl.com/) - WebGL through HTML syntax
• AOS (https://michalsnik.github.io/aos/) - Animate on Scroll
• jrainlau/LowPolifier (https://github.com/jrainlau/LowPolifier) - Style an image with low-poly

** Data Structures

• graphology (https://graphology.github.io/) - Graph structure for JavaScript
• Sigma (http://sigmajs.org/) - A JavaScript library dedicated to graph drawing
• navjobs/relation (https://github.com/navjobs/relation) - Clone of Laravel’s Eloquent ORM for nodejs
• arqex/freezer (https://github.com/arqex/freezer) - A tree data structure that emits events on updates, even if the modification is triggered by one of the leaves, making it easier to think in a reactive way

** Articles

• Why TDD’ing your frontend feels pointless (https://engineering.haus.com/why-tdding-your-frontend-feels-pointless-5f710fea7325)

** Tutorials

• Understanding the observable type pt.2 (http://nick.balestra.ch/2016/creating-observables/)
• Creating a Scalable JavaScript Application with Cycle.js (https://medium.com/@domagojk/creating-a-scalable-javascript-application-with-cycle-js-589f4d4020a5)
• Using ES6 to create a tiny, functional library (https://medium.com/@DveMac/using-es6-to-create-a-tiny-functional-library-fe8e4667045c)

** Opinions

• Avoid forEach (http://aeflash.com/2014-11/avoid-foreach.html)
• Progressive enhancement isn’t dead, but it smells funny (https://nolanlawson.com/2016/10/13/progressive-enhancement-isnt-dead-but-it-smells-funny/)

** Guides

• Control mechanisms in JavaScript games (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/10/control-mechanisms-in-javascript-games/)
• JavaScript — The Magic Behind Event Emitter (https://medium.com/@NetanelBasal/javascript-the-magic-behind-event-emitter-cce3abcbcef9)

** Techniques

• 19 things David learned reading the NodeJS docs (https://hackernoon.com/19-things-i-learnt-reading-the-nodejs-docs-8a2dcc7f307f)
• Cooperative Scheduling with requestIdleCallback (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/11/cooperative-scheduling-with-requestidlecallback/)
• The misunderstood X-XSS-Protection (http://blog.innerht.ml/the-misunderstood-x-xss-protection/)
• 6 of the Most Exciting ES6 Features in Node.js v6 LTS (https://nodesource.com/blog/six-of-the-most-exciting-es6-features-in-node-js-v6-lts)
• 4 modern background tricks to try out (http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2016/10/4-modern-background-tricks-to-try-out/)

** Interviews

• StarRatio - Compare JavaScript Projects - Interview with Dmitry Zaets (http://survivejs.com/blog/starratio-interview/)

** Badges

• exogen/badge-matrix (https://github.com/exogen/badge-matrix) - More advanced badges for projects using Travis or Sauce Labs

** Tools

• siddharthkp/cost-of-modules (https://github.com/siddharthkp/cost-of-modules) - Find out which of your dependencies is slowing you down
• aserg-ufmg/JSCity (https://github.com/aserg-ufmg/JSCity) - Visualizing JavaScript source code as navigable 3D cities
• jaridmargolin/inspect-process (https://github.com/jaridmargolin/inspect-process) - Dead simple debugging for node.js using chrome-devtools
• WebAssembly Browser Preview (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/10/webassembly-browser-preview/)
• jasonlong/isometric-contributions (https://github.com/jasonlong/isometric-contributions) - GitHub contributions in isomorphic view

** Demos

• Web Audio Theremin & Oscilloscope (http://bl.ocks.org/alexmacy/41bf2c3727c59a3366528807c2c708b2)

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