Monthly JSter #3
Libraries, articles, tutorials, the excitement. It was a busy JS month.
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** Monthly JSter #3
** June 7, 2013
It was a busy month to put it mildly. You should see some of the results soon in a form of a sibling service.
I provided an interview at Pingdom’s blog (http://royal.pingdom.com/2013/05/22/web-dev-projects/) . Besides that I contributed a guest post for gun.io (http://gun.io/blog/finding-javascript-libraries/) . In this case the topic was “How do I find JavaScript libraries?” and you can probably guess which service was mentioned there amongst a few others.
This will be the first time “Monthly JSter” will be available as a newsletter (http://eepurl.com/zB_g5) . So in case you came by this post by accident and are interested in this sort of content, do subscribe. Besides our montly one you might enjoy reading JavaScript Weekly (http://javascriptweekly.com/) . HTML5 Weekly (http://html5weekly.com/) is somewhat excellent too. The lists have linked to us a couple of times. Thank you for that!
I think I’ve bored you enough. Time to scavenge through our Twitter feed (https://twitter.com/jsterlibs) and blog archives (http://jster.net/blog) . :)
** Libraries
- Turbulenz (https://turbulenz.com/) - The game engine went open source (http://news.turbulenz.com/post/49430669886/turbulenz-engine-goes-open-source) . See also JSter entry (http://jster.net/library/turbulenz) .
- Pijs.io (http://pijs.io/) - Raspberry Pi (http://www.raspberrypi.org/) + Node.js (http://nodejs.org/) = Sheer awesomeness as in Pijs.io
- MixItUp (http://mixitup.io/) - A beautiful filtering and sorting library. JSter entry (http://jster.net/library/mixitup)
- fartscroll.js (http://theonion.github.io/fartscroll.js/) - Doubles your conversion rates, for a while anyway. JSter entry (http://jster.net/library/fartscroll-js) .
- Polymer (http://www.polymer-project.org/) - A structured way to build web apps. JSter entry (http://jster.net/library/polymer)
- lazy.js (http://dtao.github.io/lazy.js/) - Like Underscore (http://underscorejs.org/) , but lazier. JSter entry (http://jster.net/library/lazy-js)
** Articles
- JavaScript MVC frameworks: A Comparison of Marionette and Chaplin (http://9elements.com/io/index.php/comparison-of-marionette-and-chaplin/)
- The MEAN Stack: MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS and Node.js (http://blog.mongodb.org/post/49262866911/the-mean-stack-mongodb-expressjs-angularjs-and)
- Simpler Web Design with HTML5 Prototyping Services (http://jster.net/blog/html5-prototyping-services)
- Tips for Maintaining an Open-Source Library (https://segment.io/blog/tips-for-maintaining-an-open-source-library/)
- Compiling to JavaScript, and Debugging with Source Maps (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/05/compiling-to-javascript-and-debugging-with-source-maps/)
- Things I Wish I Were Told About Angular.js (http://ruoyusun.com/2013/05/25/things-i-wish-i-were-told-about-angular-js.html)
- A Study on Solving Callbacks with JavaScript Generators (http://jlongster.com/A-Study-on-Solving-Callbacks-with-JavaScript-Generators)
- Fighting crimes with Batman.js - Interview with Nick Small of Shopify (http://jster.net/blog/batman-js-interview-with-nick-small-shopify)
** Tutorials
- Building HTML5 Apps with Yeoman and Backbone (http://rockyj.in/2013/05/11/yeoman_and_backbone.html)
- Building a Spreadsheet in 20 Minutes with Angular.js (http://thomasstreet.net/blog/spreadsheet.html) - The first steps towards your own version of Excel
- Building Cross-Browser Extensions with Kango and Backbone (http://jster.net/blog/cross-browser-kango-extensions-and-backbone)
- Building Backbone.js apps with Backlift Part 1: Views and Templates (http://gun.io/blog/Building-Backbone.js-apps-with-Backlift-Views-and-Templates/)
** Tools
- Charcoal, the easiest way to create Ember projects (http://www.thomasboyt.com/2013/05/02/announcing-charcoal.html)
- ExplainJS (http://www.explainjs.com/) - View comments and code side by side
- Intern (http://theintern.io/) - A promising approach to testing your web app. See also JSter entry (http://jster.net/library/intern)
- JSHint 2.0.0 (http://www.jshint.com/blog/2013-05-07/2-0-0/)
- jQuery Builder (http://projects.jga.me/jquery-builder/) - Create a custom build of your favorite(?) library
- Haxe 3.0 (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/haxelang/h_KliNPb-jM/AQdmP7M3KO0J)
- JSON Generator (http://www.json-generator.com/) - Perfect for your dummy needs
** Slides
- The Politics of JavaScript (https://speakerdeck.com/anguscroll/the-politics-of-javascript) - Excellent slides by Angus Croll. His blog is awesome too (http://javascriptweblog.wordpress.com/) .
- The j1k Experience (http://slid.es/zz85/the-js1k-experience) - Superb slides by @BlurSpline (https://twitter.com/BlurSpline)
- High Performance Data Visualizations (https://speakerdeck.com/mourner/high-performance-data-visualizations)
- Master the CLI with Node (http://michaelbrooks.ca/deck/jsconf2013)
** Demos
- Epic Citadel (http://www.unrealengine.com/html5/) - It doesn’t get more epic than that. You might remember this demo from iOS and Android devices.
- GitHub ArchiveRoom (http://archiveroom.net/) - Explore your GitHub (https://github.com/) archive in 3D. How neat is that?
- js1k Spring Demos (http://js1k.com/2013-spring/demos)
- JavaScript Gauntlet (http://codeincomplete.com/posts/2013/4/30/javascript_gauntlet/) - Yes, Gauntlet is back
- HackerNews frontend for the mobile (http://hn.premii.com/) - Nice work by @premii (https://twitter.com/premii)
- CSS NES (http://codepen.io/onediv/pen/AsDev) - @One_div (https://twitter.com/One_div) put a NES in your CSS
What’s the favorite bread of JS developers? NaN.
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