JSter #29 - August (part 2)
Libraries, articles, tutorials, the excitement. It was a busy JS month.
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** Libraries
- YUI is Retiring (http://yahooeng.tumblr.com/post/96098168666/important-announcement-regarding-yui)
- AngularJS vs. Backbone.js vs. Ember.js (http://www.airpair.com/js/javascript-framework-comparison)
- sweep.js (http://rileyjshaw.com/sweep/) - Nice color transitions
- Psykick2D (http://mcluck90.github.io/psykick2d/) - HTML5 game engine built with performance and usability in mind
- p5.js (http://p5js.org/) - Alternative to Processing
- Knockout 3.2.0 released (http://blog.stevensanderson.com/2014/08/18/knockout-3-2-0-released/)
- Raynos/mercury (https://github.com/Raynos/mercury) - A truly modular frontend framework
** Articles
- 10 essential JavaScript resources for HTML5 (http://www.developerdrive.com/2014/08/10-essential-javascript-resources-for-html5/)
- Javascript: the weird parts – Charlie Harvey (http://charlieharvey.org.uk/page/javascript_the_weird_parts)
- Rails and React I: A happy medium (http://codeloveandboards.com/blog/2014/08/24/rails-and-react-i-a-happy-medium/)
- Opinionated Rundown of JS Frameworks (http://blog.andyet.com/2014/08/13/opinionated-rundown-of-js-frameworks)
- The future of NPM website (http://blog.npmjs.org/post/94662089625/the-future-of-the-npm-website-lets-map-this-road)
- 3 New JavaScript APIs You May Want to Follow (http://www.sitepoint.com/3-new-javascript-apis-may-want-follow/)
- 7 Minimal Node.js Web Frameworks for 2014 and Beyond (http://codecondo.com/7-minimal-node-js-web-frameworks)
** Tutorials
- Advanced objects in JavaScript (http://bjorn.tipling.com/advanced-objects-in-javascript)
- How To Add Page Transitions with CSS and smoothState.js (http://css-tricks.com/add-page-transitions-css-smoothstate-js/)
- Better Builds Begin with Broccoli (http://moduscreate.com/better-builds-begin-with-broccoli/)
** Guides
- A JavaScript Quality Guide (https://github.com/bevacqua/js/)
- Easing Functions Cheat Sheet (http://easings.net/)
- JS: The Right Way (http://jstherightway.org/)
** Techniques
- Black Box Driven Development in JavaScript (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/08/black-box-driven-development-in-javascript/)
- Async requests with React.js and Flux, revisited. (http://www.code-experience.com/async-requests-with-react-js-and-flux-revisited/)
- Browserify and Gulp with React (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/08/browserify-and-gulp-with-react/)
- Pure CSS parallax scrolling websites (http://blog.keithclark.co.uk/pure-css-parallax-websites/)
- Single Element CSS Spinners (http://projects.lukehaas.me/css-loaders/)
** Games
- Old school racing (http://wagnerandrade.github.io/old-school-racing/)
- WebGL available in Unity for free (http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/08/14/building-and-maintaining-value-for-developers/)
** Tools
- HTML5 Web Components and Custom Tags, built with X-Tags, Polymer or Pure JavaScript by Martin Ivanov (@wemakesitesnet) (http://experiments.wemakesites.net/html5-web-components.html)
- danielstjules/pjs (https://github.com/danielstjules/pjs) - Pipeable javascript. Quickly filter, map, and reduce from the terminal
** Demos
- MathBox² (http://acko.net/files/pres/siggraph-2014-bof/online.html)
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