January 3, 2016

JSter #61 - December (part 2)

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2016 - The year of JavaScript on desktop?

It was a good year for me and I did a little recap about SurviveJS (http://survivejs.com/blog/2015-recap/) . The upcoming 2.0 release is currently in beta mode (http://survivejs.com/blog/survivejs200-beta2/) . A beta or two and we’re ready for a final version.

** Libraries

• Hexagon.js (https://www.hexagonjs.io/) - A modular, themeable collection of components for modern browsers.
• Bliss.js (http://blissfuljs.com/) - Light utility library for common tasks.
• hg_sdf (http://mercury.sexy/hg_sdf/) - A glsl library for building signed distance functions
• Angular 1.5 (https://medium.com/google-developer-experts/angular-new-features-in-angularjs-1-5-24f9b503af15)
• React Komik (http://reactkomik.jscomic.net/) - Create comics with React.
• Cropper.js (https://fengyuanchen.github.io/cropperjs/) - Neat JavaScript image cropper.

** Articles

• Hunting a Ghost (https://blog.risingstack.com/finding-a-memory-leak-in-node-js/) - How to find a memory leak in Node.js.
• Foundation 6: an advanced template review (https://www.devbridge.com/articles/foundation-6-an-advanced-template-review/)
• Compiling to WebAssembly: It’s Happening! (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2015/12/compiling-to-webassembly-its-happening/)

** Tutorials

• Creating a Lightsaber with Polymer (https://developers.google.com/web/showcase/case-study/lightsaber)
• Exploring Elm - Part 2 (http://www.christianalfoni.com/articles/2015_12_17_Exploring-Elm-part2)

** Interviews

• Codemod - Refactoring Code Programmatically - Interview with Ramana Venkata (http://survivejs.com/blog/codemod-interview/) - Codemods provide an easier way to make big changes across codebases.
• WhiteStormJS - Three.js Based Game Engine - Interview with Alexander Buzin (http://survivejs.com/blog/whitestormjs-interview/)

** Guides

• Angular 2 for React developers (https://angularclass.com/angular-2-for-react-developers/)
• Mercateo/component-check (https://github.com/Mercateo/component-check) - A quick introduction to explore how components can be created in several frameworks.

** Techniques

• Useful JavaScript debugging tips you didn’t know (https://raygun.io/blog/2015/06/useful-javascript-debugging-tips-you-didnt-know/)

** Tools

• documentationjs (http://documentation.js.org/) - Documentation generator.
• JSVerify (https://jsverify.github.io/) - QuickCheck implementation for JavaScript.
• amireh/happypack (https://github.com/amireh/happypack) - Speed-up for Webpack.
• JSweet: a transpiler to write JavaScript programs in Java (http://www.jsweet.org/)
• xto6 (http://xto6.js.org/) - ES5 code to eS6

** Nostalgy

• oldweb.today (http://oldweb.today/)

** Demos

• Password Strength meter (https://css-tricks.com/password-strength-meter/)

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