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October 16, 2013

Monthly JSter #8

Libraries, articles, tutorials, the excitement. It was a busy JS month.

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** Monthly JSter #8

** October 16, 2013

Okay guys. We’re going to try something a little different here. On average we tweet around three times per day at @jsterlibs (https://twitter.com/jsterlibs) . Roughly that means 90 links or so per month. That’s a lot to click through.

As a result I’m trying out something a little different here. How would a bi-weekly publishing schedule sound? Then it’s 45 links and I have time to include some commentary and there’s less to click through. Everybody wins!

Our RSS feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/jster) contains some occasional extra content including interviews.

** Libraries

  • httpinvoke (https://github.com/jakutis/httpinvoke) - HTTP client library that shows a lot of promise!
  • Bluebird (https://github.com/petkaantonov/bluebird) - A promise library with stellar performance.
  • Odometer (http://github.hubspot.com/odometer/) - Awesome looking way to perform number transitions.
  • FormBuilder (https://github.com/dobtco/formbuilder) - Let your users build their own forms. Useful for survey builders etc. Demo (http://dobtco.github.io/formbuilder/) .

** Articles

  • Node.js and the new web front-end (http://www.nczonline.net/blog/2013/10/07/node-js-and-the-new-web-front-end/) - The good news is that we can leave business logic for the languages that are a good fit for that and insulate ourselves from that.
  • How to Make a Bootstrap 3 Theme The Proper Way (http://css.dzone.com/articles/how-make-bootstrap-3-theme)
  • Functional Reactive Programming in JavaScript (http://flippinawesome.org/2013/09/30/functional-reactive-programming-in-javascript/)
  • Size Does Matter: Choosing a Javascript MVC Framework (http://www.funnyant.com/choosing-javascript-mvc-framework/)
  • API first architecture or the fat vs thin server debate (http://www.leaseweblabs.com/2013/10/api-first-architecture-fat-vs-thin-server-debate/)
  • 10 Time-Saving JavaScript Code Snippets For Web Developers (http://www.bestdesigntuts.com/10-time-saving-javascript-code-snippets-for-web-developers)
  • How-to: Heap Snapshots and Handling Node.js Memory Leaks (http://strongloop.com/strongblog/how-to-heap-snapshots/) - The StrongLoop guys strike again. With quality content.

** Presentations

  • JavaScript Testing Tactics (http://blog.testdouble.com/posts/2013-10-03-javascript-testing-tactics.html)
  • Grown-up JavaScript with AngularJS (http://www.slideshare.net/sotomajor/grownup-javascript-with-angularjs) - Slides only.
  • JavaScript for Designers (http://rachelnabors.com/javascript-for-designers/) - Show this to your designer friends!

** Resources

  • ngmodules (http://ngmodules.org/) - Find your Angular modules here.
  • bento (http://www.bentobox.io/) - Everything you need to know about web development apparently fits into a bento box.
  • Animate.css (http://daneden.me/animate/) - A collection of cool, fun(!) and cross-browser animations.
  • The Big List of D3.js Examples (http://christopheviau.com/d3list/)
  • Collection of Promise Experiments (http://jsbin.com/OqUWagu/24)

** Tools

  • harp (http://harpjs.com/) - The static web server with built-in preprocessing. Need to host some Markdown files quick and get them rendered? Harp does that.
  • StackEdit (http://benweet.github.io/stackedit/) - A sweet, web-based MarkDown editor.
  • NodeOS (http://nodeos.github.io/) - Not a troll, I promise.
  • nwm (https://github.com/mixu/nwm) - Window manager for X11 developed using Node.js.
  • JSIL (http://jsil.org/) - JSIL transforms .NET applications and libraries into cross-browser JavaScript. So if you are into dotnet, this might be your thing.
  • html5snippet (http://html5snippet.net/) - More competition to jsbin, jsfiddle and co.
  • Strider CD (http://stridercd.com/) - Open source continuous integration and deployment server.
  • cubic-bezier (http://cubic-bezier.com/) - Understand how cubic-bezier CSS declaration works.

** Games

  • You Can’t JavaScript Under Pressure (http://toys.usvsth3m.com/javascript-under-pressure/) - Or can you? Extra challenge: use only functional solutions.
  • Hover (http://www.hover.ie/) - Yes, it’s the same they included in CD-ROM version of Windows 95. Nostalgy!
  • Full Screen Mario (http://www.fullscreenmario.com/) - Tidit-tiddyti-ti…

** Demos

  • LSO Play (http://play.lso.co.uk/) - Experience LSO’s performance from the pole position. Never before has an orchestra been this close to the audience.
  • 1987 ray-tracer ported to WebGL (http://plunk.org/~grantham/ray1/) - The WebGL port is realtime. Quite sweet actually.
  • MacPaint (http://www.cloudpaint.com/client/index.php)
  • Digital Landscapes (http://littleworkshop.fr/landscapes/) - Beautiful landscapes implemented in WebGL.
  • The Zoomquilt (http://zoomquilt.org/) - Supposedly deadmau5 works well with this. You didn’t hear that from me, though.

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