July 5, 2023

JSter #198 - Libraries and more

The only thing we have to fear is JavaScript itself.

I recently gave a presentation titled ECMAScript - From an idea to a major standard (paper) at EURAS 2023. That's also the reason why this edition was delayed by a couple of days.

Libraries

• DrizzleORM - next gen TypeScript ORM
• Splide is a lightweight, flexible and accessible slider/carousel written in TypeScript. No dependencies, no Lighthouse errors
• GoogleChromeLabs/quicklink: Faster subsequent page-loads by prefetching in-viewport links during idle time
• superlucky84/lithent - A lightweight Virtual DOM UI library

Frameworks

• Qwik 1.2: Performance in Autopilot
• Enhance - Full stack HTML first framework
• Medusa - Building blocks for digital commerce
• NestJS v10 is now available
• waiter-and-autratac/WaiterAndAUTRATAC: A pair of frameworks that allow delaying JavaScript code execution.
• Fresh 1.2 - sharing state between islands, limited npm support, and more

Services

• Modern Font Stacks - Font stacks to choose from

Tools

• WebReflection/basic-devtools: Exports $, $$, and $x utilities as described in Chrome Console Utilities API reference
• Browsh - The modern text based browser
• Fallback Font Generator

CSS

• kkuchta/css-only-chat: A truly monstrous async web chat using no JS whatsoever on the frontend
• Panda CSS - The fastest way to build beautiful websites in React.

Articles

• A better way to use Dotenv
• The problem with disabled buttons and what to do instead
• Misko's Take on a Unified Theory of Reactivity
• JavaScript Imports Under The Hood