January 6, 2025

JSter #234 - Libraries and more

Happy new year JavaScripters!

New year, new challenges. I have a small favor to ask you. I have a MSc student researching how AI is used for web development. To help out, fill his query (5-15 mins).

Libraries

• Recharts - A composable charting library built on React components
• Victory - React.js components for modular charting and data visualization
• capricorn86/happy-dom: A JavaScript implementation of a web browser without its graphical user interface
• react-R/reactR: React for R
• pg-nano: Type-safe calls to Postgres UDFs, rapid SQL-first schema development, libpq-based client library
• nodejs/amaro: Node.js TypeScript wrapper
• WebReflection/promise: Abortable and Resolvable Promises.
• errsole/errsole.js: Node.js logger with a built-in dashboard
• ReactRx - Hooks for combining React with Rx observables
• matcha.css - Drop-in semantic styling library in pure CSS
• Base UI - Unstyled UI components for building accessible web apps and design systems

Frameworks

• ruvnet/drupaljs - Drupal ported to JavaScript
• AdonisJS - A fully featured web framework for Node.js

Articles

• The unique position of Vite in our ecosystem
• A Guide To Accessible Form Validation
• A nice overview on how closures can bite you in React and cause memory leaks.

Techniques

• Mutable Derivations in Reactivity
• Deep Cloning Objects in JavaScript, the Modern Way
• Dual Publishing ESM and CJS Modules with tsup and Are the Types Wrong?
• CSS-only Custom Range Slider with Motion
• On compliance vs readability: Generating text colors with CSS