JSter - May (part 2)

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                June 2, 2015

            JSter - May (part 2)

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There’s no script like JavaScript
As hinted in the previous entry I have been working on a book. I have some good news. The Webpack/React book has an official site (http://survivejs.com/) now. You can find the content there in case you are curious about the topic.
** Libraries

Polymer 1.0 (https://www.polymer-project.org/1.0/) - Web Components. Now.
Ractive.js (http://www.ractivejs.org/) - Reactive templating
jQuery.my (http://jquerymy.com/) - Easy two way bindings for jQuery
Elemental UI (http://elemental-ui.com/) - Promising UI library for React
React DnD 1.0 (http://gaearon.github.io/react-dnd/) - Drag and Drop. Not Dungeons and Dragons.
Vorlon.JS (http://vorlonjs.com/) - Platform-agnostic tool for remotely debugging and testing your JavaScript

** Articles

Why React Native is Different (http://jlongster.com/Why-React-Native-is-Different)
10 Top Mistakes AngularJS Developers Make (https://www.airpair.com/angularjs/posts/top-10-mistakes-angularjs-developers-make)
Paranoid coding (http://glebbahmutov.com/blog/paranoid-coding/)
Decoupled object models in JavaScript (http://www.syntaxsuccess.com/viewarticle/decoupled-object-models-in-javascript)
How Netflix modularized their JavaScript Codebase (http://www.theserverside.com/tip/How-Netflix-modularized-their-JavaScript-Codebase)
An introduction to JavaScript-based DDoS (https://blog.cloudflare.com/an-introduction-to-javascript-based-ddos/)
API Design &: The Bind Operator (https://medium.com/@matthewwithanm/api-design-the-bind-operator-5a22d255bb18)

** Tutorials

Milliseconds Matter Modern JavaScript libraries: the isomorphic way (https://blog.algolia.com/modern-javascript-libraries-the-isomorphic-way/)
Handling Complex State with Baobab (http://www.christianalfoni.com/articles/2015_04_26_Handling-complex-state-with-Baobab)
An Introduction To Graphical Effects in CSS (https://blogs.adobe.com/dreamweaver/2015/04/an-introduction-to-graphical-effects-in-css.html)
Building an Open Source React Component (http://davidtheclark.com/building-react-aria-menubutton/)
An Introduction to the Futuristic New Router in AngularJS (http://www.sitepoint.com/introduction-futuristic-new-router-angularjs/)
GraphQL Introduction (https://facebook.github.io/react/blog/2015/05/01/graphql-introduction.html)

** Slides

Eliminate JavaScript Code Smells (http://elijahmanor.com/talks/js-smells/)

** Techniques

Better Asynchronous JavaScript (http://eng.localytics.com/better-asynchronous-javascript/)
Immutability in React (http://www.sitepoint.com/immutability-react/)
The React.js Way: Flux Architecture with Immutable.js (http://blog.risingstack.com/the-react-js-way-flux-architecture-with-immutable-js/)
Best Practices for Building Large React.js Applications (http://blog.siftscience.com/blog/2015/best-practices-for-building-large-react-applications)
Rendering React Components on the Server (http://www.crmarsh.com/react-ssr/)
ES6 In Depth: Generators (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2015/05/es6-in-depth-generators/)
ES6 In Depth: Iterators and the for-of loop (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2015/04/es6-in-depth-iterators-and-the-for-of-loop/)

** Comics

Not Invented Here (http://notinventedhe.re/on/2015-5-19)

** Tools

react-component-boilerplate (https://survivejs.github.io/react-component-boilerplate/)
component playground (http://projects.formidablelabs.com/component-playground/) - Render React components with editable source and live preview
Visual Studio Code (https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/editingevolved) - Visual Studio goes full hipster!
Wallaby (http://wallabyjs.com/) - Commercial, intelligent test runner that runs your tests continuously

** Demos

JS1k Train Window - post mortem (http://birdgames.nl/2015/05/js1k-post-mortem-train-window/)
Spring (http://oos.moxiecode.com/js_webgl/spring/) - 3D demo
Future Crew: Second Reality (https://archive.org/details/msdos_2ND_REAL_shareware) - Classic

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