JSter #126: Libraries, the usual

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Libraries

• proxy-state-tree - An implementation of the Mobx/Vue state tracking approach, for library authors
• react-nodesy - Render a hierarchy of nodes
• Rabbit Ear, origami and creative code
• GoogleChromeLabs/idlize - Helper classes and methods for implementing the idle-until-urgent pattern
• WorkerDOM - Concurrency for JavaScript programming with the DOM

Tools

• Kikobeats/git-authors-cli - Detect project contributors and add them into package.json
• terser - JavaScript parser, mangler, optimizer and beautifier toolkit for ES6+
• np - A better npm publish

Articles

• Five tips Alex wish he knew when he started with Typescript
• One-in-two JavaScript project audits by NPM tools sniff out at least one vulnerability

Techniques

• Flat node_modules is not the only way
• No need to wait for the holidays, start Decorating now

Opinions

• Robin Doesn’t Believe in Full-Stack Engineering
• Fear, trust and JavaScript: When types and functional programming fail

Tutorials

• JavaScript engine fundamentals: optimizing prototypes

Apis

• Apple Maps now available to embed into websites with MapKit JS

Benchmarks

• dominictarr/your-web-app-is-bloated - Measuring memory usage of popular webapps