November 15, 2013

JSter #10 - News of November, part 1

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I see JavaScript people.

My third Euro tour is progressing in hot Vienna. This has been a good time for me to relax a bit before further challenges (two major talks next month). Incidentally this is the hundredth post to this list!

** Libraries

• harc/ohm (https://github.com/harc/ohm) - A library and language for building parsers, interpreters, compilers, etc.
• Feathers (https://feathersjs.com/) - An open source REST and realtime API layer for modern applications.
• PolymerLabs/lit-html (https://github.com/PolymerLabs/lit-html) - HTML template literals in JavaScript.
• wooorm/refractor (https://github.com/wooorm/refractor) - Lightweight, robust, elegant virtual syntax highlighting using Prism.

** Articles

• JavaScript Framework Battle: ‘Hello World’ in each Command-line interface (https://medium.com/dailyjs/javascript-framework-battle-hello-world-in-each-cli-cfdba8bf5e4b)
• myshov/history-of-javascript (https://github.com/myshov/history-of-javascript) - History of JavaScript.
• vasanthk/react-bits (https://github.com/vasanthk/react-bits) - React patterns, techniques, tips and tricks.
• Have we forgotten how to program… (http://das.encs.concordia.ca/blog/why-do-developers-use-trivial-packages-npm/)
• Why WebAssembly is Faster Than asm.js (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/03/why-webassembly-is-faster-than-asm-js/)

** Techniques

• Cold and hot callbacks (https://staltz.com/cold-and-hot-callbacks.html) - Understand the difference.
• React is Slow, React is Fast: Optimizing React Apps in Practice (https://medium.com/dailyjs/react-is-slow-react-is-fast-optimizing-react-apps-in-practice-394176a11fba)
• Intersection Observer comes to Firefox (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/08/intersection-observer-comes-to-firefox/)

** Interviews

• A practitioner’s perspective on A-Frame - Interview with Roland Dubois (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/03/a-practitioners-perspective-on-a-frame-interview-with-roland-dubois/)
• Next.js - Framework for server-rendered React apps - Interview with Arunoda Susiripala (https://survivejs.com/blog/nextjs-interview/)
• Rekit - Toolkit for building scalable React applications - Interview with Nate Wang (https://survivejs.com/blog/rekit-interview/)
• Redux-First Router - Just dispatch actions - Interview with James Gillmore (https://survivejs.com/blog/redux-first-router-interview/)

** Tools

• Up by TJ Holowaychuk (https://medium.com/@tjholowaychuk/up-b3db1ca930ee) - Easier Serverless.
• Babel v7.0.0-alpha.19 (https://github.com/babel/babel/releases/tag/v7.0.0-alpha.19)
• RunKit is Node prototyping (https://runkit.com) - Prototype and explore your ideas.

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