JSter #10 - News of November, part 1

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            JSter #10 - News of November, part 1

            Libraries, articles, tutorials, the excitement. It was a busy JS month.
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** JSter #10
** November 15, 2013
JSter #10 has arrived and is again packed with content. Remember, if you happen to come by some cool stuff you wish to share, you can always poke us at Twitter (https://twitter.com/jsterlibs) . Our RSS feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/jster)  contains some occasional extra content including interviews or book reviews.
** Libraries

AngularJS 1.2.0 (http://blog.angularjs.org/2013/11/angularjs-120-timely-delivery.html)  - The long awaited release is here. JSter entry (http://jster.net/library/angularjs)
progressbar.js (http://bug7a.github.io/progressbar.js/)  - Who wouldn’t need a progress bar every once in a while? JSter entry (http://jster.net/library/progressbar-js)
Dart 1.0: A Stable SDK for Structured Web Apps (http://blog.chromium.org/2013/11/dart-10-stable-sdk-for-structured-web.html)  - Dart 1.0 is here! JSter entry (http://jster.net/library/dart)
dogescript in the WOWser (http://zachbruggeman.me/dogescript/)  - CoffeeScript has been challenged.
Javelin (http://www.javelinjs.com/)  - A large, bloated library with an unintuitive, verbose syntax and very few features by Facebook.JSter entry (http://jster.net/library/javelin)

** Articles

Perpetuating Terrible JavaScript Practices (http://christianheilmann.com/2013/10/31/perpetuating-terrible-javascript-practices/)  - Sometimes even big corporations get it wrong.
JavaScript has a Unicode Problem (http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-unicode)  - Even if something looks the same it’s necessarily so. Fortunately ES6 comes to rescue.
JavaScript Cryptography Considered Harmful (http://www.matasano.com/articles/javascript-cryptography/)  - Yes, it’s a clichÃ© title. TLDR; Don’t use crypto inside browser. It’s hard even if you know what you are doing. Just go SSL.
Which CSS Measurements to Use When (http://demosthenes.info/blog/775/Which-CSS-Measurements-To-Use-When)
The Future of Web Apps Is – Ready? – Isomorphic JavaScript (http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/08/the-future-of-web-apps-is-ready-isomorphic-javascript/)  - Yup. The pendulum is about to swing back. First it was all about backend, then about frontend and now people realize both are somewhat important.
How and Why Building a 3D Soft Engine? Well, It’s Simply… (http://codehum.com/page/how-and-why-building-a-3d-soft-engine-well-its-simply/)  - Learn to understand 3D by starting from the basics.

** Angular.js

Video Tutorial: AngularJS Fundamentals in 60-ish Minutes (http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin/archive/2013/04/12/video-tutorial-angularjs-fundamentals-in-60-ish-minutes.aspx)
Make Your Own AngularJS, Par 1: Scopes and Digest (http://teropa.info/blog/2013/11/03/make-your-own-angular-part-1-scopes-and-digest.html)  - Implementing some of the core concepts yourself will give you insight on how they work actually.
Optimizing AngularJS: 1200ms to 35ms (http://blog.scalyr.com/2013/10/31/angularjs-1200ms-to-35ms/)
Little-known Directives of Angular.js (http://codetunes.com/2013/little-known-angular-directives/)
Promises in AngularJS, Explained as a Cartoon (http://andyshora.com/promises-angularjs-explained-as-cartoon.html)

** Backbone.js

A Pragmatic Guide to Backbone.js Apps (http://pragmatic-backbone.com/)

** Ember.js

An In-Depth Introduction to Ember.js (http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2013/11/07/an-in-depth-introduction-to-ember-js/)
Understanding Nesting in Ember.js (http://ugisozols.com/blog/2013/11/05/understanding-nesting-in-emberjs/)

** Presentations

What’s new in ECMAScript 6.0 (http://www.slideshare.net/EyalV/whats-new-in-ecmascript-60)

** Techniques

A Plain English Guide to JavaScript Prototypes (http://sporto.github.io/blog/2013/02/22/a-plain-english-guide-to-javascript-prototypes/)  - Once you understand how the chain works, you have cracked most of it.
JavaScript Tutorial: Getter & Setter Properties (http://xahlee.info/js/js_getter_and_setter_properties.html)  - If you have ever used Python’s properties, you will love this. The syntax is a bit cumbersome but the functionality is somewhat priceless.
Tinted Images with Multiple Backgrounds (http://css-tricks.com/tinted-images-multiple-backgrounds/)
Fast Image Filters with WebGL (http://phoboslab.org/log/2013/11/fast-image-filters-with-webgl)
String Interpolation Method for underscore.js (https://gist.github.com/josdejong/4537647)
Extending JavaScript with Inline Unit Tests (http://sergimansilla.com/blog/extending-js-inline-unit-tests/)
Functional Data Structures in JavaScript with Mori (http://sitr.us/2013/11/04/functional-data-structures.html)
Live Editing WebGL Shaders with Firefox Developer Tools (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/11/live-editing-webgl-shaders-with-firefox-developer-tools/)

** Resources

Zeroes in JavaScript (http://zero.milosz.ca/)  - No, it’s not PHP. It’s JavaScript.
Popular Coding Convention on GitHub (http://sideeffect.kr/popularconvention/#javascript)  - How conventional are you?
Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide (https://github.com/airbnb/javascript)

** Tools

JSbeautifier (http://jsbeautifier.org/)  - Got some mess to clean up? JSbeautifier will do that for you. In addition to JavaScript it supports HTML, JSON etc.
jsCode (http://jscode.org/)  - Generate and share your own JavaScript coding guidelines.

** Demos

Project Shapeshifter (http://shapeshifter.io/)  - 3D modeling in your browser.
Rotate the World (http://www.jasondavies.com/maps/rotate/)  - D3 is so great.
Filling text with CSS (http://codepen.io/lbebber/pen/xrwja)

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JSter #10 - News of November, part 1

Libraries, articles, tutorials, the excitement. It was a busy JS month.

** JSter #10

** November 15, 2013

** Libraries

** Articles

** Angular.js

** Backbone.js

** Ember.js

** Presentations

** Techniques

** Resources

** Tools

** Demos

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