JSter #122: Libraries and more

There's always room for one more JavaScript library

GraphQL Finland (October, Helsinki) has reached the last week for early bird tickets. It should be great fun. :)

Libraries

• monet.js - Monadic types library for JavaScript
• tehnokv/picojs - A face detection library in 200 lines of JavaScript
• iamkun/dayjs - A light alternative to moment.js
• mdx - JSX in Markdown for ambitious projects

Articles

• React Native at Airbnb
• Here are three upcoming changes to JavaScript that you’ll love

Tutorials

• Lighter than Lightweight - How LinkedIn Built the Same App Twice with Preact and Glimmer.js

Guides

• How JavaScript works - The rendering engine and tips to optimize its performance
• Node.js event loop workflow and lifecycle in low level
• JavaScript essentials: why you should know how the engine works

Techniques

• Parallax scrolling with CSS variables
• Slaying a UI Antipattern in Fantasyland
• Threads in Node 10.5.0: a practical intro

Slides

• Monoliths always pay their debts

Interviews

• Uppy - Painless Uploads for JavaScript - Interview with Artur Paikin

Tools

• Does it mutate?
• Electron 2.0

Demos

• Oat the Goat - An interactive story
• Elements of Physics
• 8-Bit Emulators
• TRACK - WebGL coolness
• rhysd/vim.wasm - Vim ported to WebAssembly