September 19, 2023

JSter #203 - Libraries and more

Any programming languages whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a programming language

The Winter is coming and it's only a matter of days that we'll get the first snow in Finland.

Libraries

• evanw/thumbhash: A very compact representation of an image placeholder
• vercel/satori: Enlightened library to convert HTML and CSS to SVG
• mlc-ai/web-stable-diffusion: Bringing stable diffusion models to web browsers. Everything runs inside the browser with no server support.
• TimboKZ/Chonky: 😸 A File Browser component for React.

Articles

• Astro JS Framework: A Practical Guide To Building Faster Websites
• Build your own sandwich with React Hooks

Polyfills

• luwes/selectmenu-polyfill: Polyfill for the selectmenu element

Frameworks

• Nue - Frontend troublesolver
• Wasp - develop full stack apps without the boilerplate

Techniques

• Draw SVG rope using JavaScript

Tools

• graphql-editor/graphql-zeus: GraphQL client and GraphQL code generator with GraphQL autocomplete library generation ⚡⚡⚡ for browser,nodejs and react native
• Bun 1.0 - The popular Node alternative has reached 1.0
• SST - Build modern full-stack applications on AWS
• Quickboot.js - Reduce JavaScript beyond treeshaking

Design systems

• USWDS: The United States Web Design System