JSter #162: Libraries, and more

JavaScript is here to stay.

It has been another busy month. I published a new major version of my webpack book. Tomorrow, 2nd of December, React Finland mini-conference about performance will take place.

We also published a new version of MonoLisa, a popular font for coders. At the same time, we made the basic version a bit more affordable while offering more options.

Libraries

• pioardi/poolifier - Fast and small Node.js thread pools implemented
• DataTables - Add advanced interaction controls to your HTML tables the free & easy way
• vedantroy/typecheck.macro - A easy (and fast) TypeScript validation library/macro. Automatically generate validation functions for TypeScript types.
• getify/monio - Async-capable IO Monad for JS, with several companion monads thrown in
• pmndrs/zustand - Bear necessities for state management in React
• 👷‍♀ Compiled - The CSS in JS authoring experience we love without the runtime cost
• Rest Hooks - Delightful data fetching
• saarw/flushout - Flushout is a distributed data model based on event sourcing written in TypeScript.
• josdejong/workerpool - Offload tasks to a pool of workers on node.js and in the browser

Articles

• Shipping Progressive Web Apps everywhere
• Deno 1.5 Sees 3x Bundling Performance Improvement Due to Rust-Based JavaScript/TypeScript Compiler
• 10 ways to deploy a React app for free
• Better Error Handling In NodeJS With Error Classes
• Model-Based Testing in React with State Machines
• Is serverless cheaper for your use case? Find out with this calculator.

Animation

• dixonandmoe/rellax - Lightweight, vanilla javascript parallax library
• AOS - Animate On Scroll Library
• janpaepke/ScrollMagic - A library for magical scroll interactions
• Rich-Harris/ramjet - Morph DOM elements from one state to another with smooth animations and transitions

Frameworks

• Frontity - The React framework for WordPress
• UmiJS - Extensible enterprise-level front-end application framework
• Arwes - Futuristic Sci-Fi and Cyberpunk Graphical User Interface Framework for Web Apps
• blitz - The Fullstack React Framework — built on Next.js

Styling

• kenoxa/beamwind - A collection of packages to compile Tailwind CSS like shorthand syntax into CSS at runtime

Components

• schrodinger/fixed-data-table-2 - React table component designed to allow presenting millions of rows of data
• React Datasheet Component - Simple and highly customizable excel-like spreadsheet
• naisutech/react-tree - Hierarchical object tree component for React
• React CustomScroll - A tiny React component for scroll bar customization, without dependencies but with a lot of features

Interviews

• CV Compiler - The Fastest Way to Improve Your CV - Interview with Andrew Stetsenko
• Plasmic - The fast and fun visual builder for React - Interview with Yang Zhang
• Multi-platform applications with JavaScript - Interview with Valentyn Poliskyi
• Enroute - Envoy Route Controller - Interview with Chintan Thakker

Tools

• lastmjs/zwitterion - A web dev server that lets you import anything*