JSter #23: News of May 2014 - Part 2

The book Javascript Ninja has a Samurai on the cover. That happens because JS is not strongly typed.

Libraries

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• Pure 0.5.0 - Light alternative to Bootstrap and Foundation.
• Socket.IO 1.0
• MooTools 1.5
• EmberUI Alpha
• 10 Best JavaScript Libraries for May 2014
• Fluxxor - Get started with your React/Flux app!

Articles

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• 10 Vital Aspects of Building a Node.JS Application
• Meteor vs. Angular
• The Dangers of Stopping Event Propagation
• Understanding Flux
• Javascript Closures for a 6 year old
• Removing User Interface Complexity, or Why React is Awesome
• No more JS frameworks

Guides

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• GLSL.io – Open Collection of GLSL Transitions
• HTTP Status Codes
• Web Fundamentals
• A Better Way to Learn AngularJS

Books

• JavaScript Challenges

Techniques

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• Techniques for authentication in AngularJS applications
• Unoptimize V8 for Easy Debugging
• Migrating Express.js 3.x to 4.x: Middleware, Route and Other Changes
• In-browser RAW Processing: How We Did It
• Reactive UIs with React & Bacon

Games

• The Sun And Moon by Daniel Linssen

Tools

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• epeli/angry-caching-proxy
• npmawesome: Full stack traces with longjohn
• Bootstrap Editor and Playground for JavaScript, CSS, HTML5 and jQuery.
• fb-flo - Like LiveReload but better.
• mozilla/scanjs - Static analysis.
• zeke/package-json-to-readme

Competitions

• JavaScript code challenge - Make strftime 50x faster than original JS and win some cash.

Demos

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• Chubby Cat 3-D Practice Run
• ng-drum
• The Evolution of the Web
• Realistic terrain in 130 lines