August 16, 2023

JSter #201 - Libraries and more

I am become JavaScript, the destroyer of worlds

Not much to say this time. I have the dates for the next Future Frontend, though. It will take place 13-14.6.2024 at Helsinki, Finland.

Libraries

• WebReflection/nonchalance: The easiest way to augment DOM builtin elements.
• ts-rest - Incrementally adoptable type-safety for your new and existing APIs
• macaron — CSS-in-JS with zero-runtime
• fgnass/type-assurance - Lightweight type guards and assertions

Frameworks

• dai-shi/wakuwork - Minimalistic React framework
• emilwidlund/nodl: A framework for computational node graphs.

Articles

• Making the Case for Signals in JavaScript
• The Evolution of Signals in JavaScript
• Ryan Dahl, Node.js Creator, Wants to Rebuild How We Experience the Web

Platforms

• moonrepo - a developer productivity platform for scaling codebases

Components

• RippleUI - TailwindCSS Components
• Konsta UI - Mobile UI components built with TailwindCSS

Benchmarks

• modderme123/js-reactivity-benchmark

Tools

• zachleat/performance-leaderboard-pagespeed-insights - A plugin to run Lighthouse on Pagespeed Insights against a set of urls to see which site is the fastest.