May 16, 2024

JSter #219 - Frameworks and more

What are you prepared to JavaScript?

I recently completed the rewrite of survivejs.com although I still have to write a blog post describing the technical bits behind it as quite a lot of development effort went into the site. As Future Frontend (13-14.6, Helsinki) conference takes place in a month, that has been keeping me busy.

Frameworks

• Gracile - A thin, full-stack, web framework
• hex2f/marz: 🚀 A Fast and Lightweight React Server Components Framework for Bun
• VanJS: A 1.0kB Grab 'n Go Reactive UI Framework without React/JSX
• DML - Object oriented web programming framework
• Supercharge — an open-source Node.js framework, not just a web framework

Libraries

• lxsmnsyc/seroval: Stringify JS values

Games

• Athena Crisis, a game implemented in JavaScript, is now open source

Tools

• nksaraf/vinxi: The JavaScript Server SDK
• API Extractor helps you develop better TypeScript projects
• tshy - TypeScript hybridizer

Techniques

• Natural sorting of strings containing numbers
• New alternatives to innerHTML
• How Omri saved 16% of their bundle size using a Babel plugin
• Islands & Server Components & Resumability, Oh My!
• Printing music with CSS Grid