Monthly JSter #13 - News of December

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            Monthly JSter #13 - News of December

            Libraries, articles, tutorials, the excitement. It was a busy JS month.
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** JSter #13
** January 1, 2014
JSter #13, and a new year, is here! A lot happened in the world of JavaScript the past year. Let’s just say it was a good year for us developers. Many interesting releases were made and the tooling keeps on improving. There is still plenty to do of course. And if everything goes well, I think JSter will look quite different the next time I write this post.
This was the first year for us with “Monthly JSter”. It’s more like biweekly JSter now as that makes more sense for both me and you. Perhaps a weekly schedule would be even nicer? Less content, more often. This is definitely something I need to consider. Also if you have any specific ideas, feel free to contact me directly and I’ll see what we can do.
Psst. Remember to follow @jsterlibs (https://twitter.com/jsterlibs)  at Twitter.
** Libraries

Koa - Next Generation Web Framework for Node.js (http://koajs.com/)  - Note that Koa depends on generators so you will need to use Node 0.11 (dev version).
Jasmine 2.0 (https://github.com/pivotal/jasmine/blob/master/release_notes/20.md)  - The popular testing framework reached 2.0!
JSIco - a Tilebased HTML5 Canvas Engine (http://jsiso.com/)
The Annotator (http://okfnlabs.org/annotator/demo/)  - This library lets you annotate pretty much anything on your site. It uses AnnotateIt (http://annotateit.org/)  as a backend.
Ring.js - JavaScript Class System with Multiple Inheritance (http://ringjs.neoname.eu/)  - I don’t use multiple inheritance myself but maybe someone still does.
Cylon.js - JavaScript Robotics, By Your Command (http://cylonjs.com/)  - Just don’t go and build cylons, please.
Sortable (http://rubaxa.github.io/Sortable/)  - Nice little sorting library. Look ma, no jQuery!

** Articles

Developing Modular JavaScript Components (http://www.infoq.com/articles/modular-javascript)
The Power and Limitations of Partials (http://www.kenpowers.net/blog/the-power-and-limitations-of-partials/)
The Essentials of Writing High Quality JavaScript (http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/the-essentials-of-writing-high-quality-javascript/)
The Future of JavaScript MVC Frameworks (http://swannodette.github.io/2013/12/17/the-future-of-javascript-mvcs/)
Monolithic Node.js (http://www.richardrodger.com/monolithic-nodejs)  - Even if you don’t use Node.js, you should read this long article. It’s a very refreshing take on web architectures and helps you understand why monolithic architectures should become a thing of the past.
Counting Stars on GitHub (http://adereth.github.io/blog/2013/12/23/counting-stars-on-github/)  - It shouldn’t come as a surprise JavaScript dominates.
The Tech Stack Behind Keen IO’s Analytics Backend Service (http://blog.leanstack.io/keen-io-tech-stack/)
What is the DOM? (http://css-tricks.com/dom/)

** Guides

JavaScript Promises - There and Back Again (http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/es6/promises/)
Short Guide to JavaScript Gotchas (http://blog.codacy.com/short-guide-js-gotchas/)
Callback Hell (http://callbackhell.com/)

** Angular.js

AngularJS for Mobile (http://blog.revolunet.com/angular-for-mobile/)  - Slides.
Unit and End to End Testing in AngularJS (http://www.sitepoint.com/unit-and-e2e-testing-in-angularjs/)
How to Unit Test Controllers in AngularJS Without Setting Your Hair on Fire (http://nathanleclaire.com/blog/2013/12/13/how-to-unit-test-controllers-in-angularjs-without-setting-your-hair-on-fire/)
Staggering Animations in AngularJS (http://www.yearofmoo.com/2013/12/staggering-animations-in-angularjs.html)
Rapid AngularJS Prototyping Without Real Backend (http://www.codeorbits.com/blog/2013/12/20/rapid-angularjs-prototyping-without-real-backend/)

** Ember

Ember Inspector on a Firefox Near You (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/12/ember-inspector-on-a-firefox-near-you-2/)

** Techniques

Writing Fast JavaScript for Games and Interactive Applications (http://www.gamedev.net/page/resources/_/technical/game-programming/writing-fast-javascript-for-games-interactive-applications-r3516)
Ways to Remove Those Pesky console.log Statements (http://www.elijahmanor.com/grunt-away-those-pesky-console-log-statements/)
JavaScript Kinetic Scrolling: Part 4 (http://ariya.ofilabs.com/2013/12/javascript-kinetic-scrolling-part-4.html)

** Tools

Myth (http://www.myth.io/)  - CSS the way it was imagined.

** Demos

109 Three.js Examples (http://www.smartjava.org/content/all-109-examples-my-book-threejs-threejs-version-r63)
Christmas Tree (https://github.com/anvaka/atree)
JavaScript Training Games (http://jankoro.blogspot.fi/2013/12/javascript-training-games.html)

** Comics

Node.js Gets Roommates (http://dontkry.com/posts/comics/roommates.html)

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Monthly JSter #13 - News of December

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** January 1, 2014

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