JSter #32: News of October 2014 - Part 1

It takes two to JS.

Libraries

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• AngularJS: AngularJS 1.3.0 – superluminal-nudge
• PathFinding.js - Basic path finding algorithms for JavaScript to help you find your way back home.
• verb - A CAD library for the web. NURBS and all that fun.
• Pegasus - Pegasus loads your data in parallel with your other scripts.

Articles

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• 10 Top Mistakes Angular.js Developers Make
• From Backbone To React: Our Experience Scaling a Web Application
• AngularJS vs. Backbone.js vs. Ember.js
• Apple's Biggest Announcement Yet Isn't About Phones Or Watches
• From AngularJS to React: The Isomorphic Way

Guides

• ReactJS For Stupid People - Of course that does not include you.
• Sustainability vs Speed - Good Reddit discussion on the topic.
• docs.gl - OpenGL API documentation.

Techniques

• Six reasons to define constructors with only one argument - It just makes a lot of sense in JS.
• Add Rules to Stylesheets with JavaScript
• 5 Guidelines For Avoiding Scope Soup in Angular
• Emerging Patterns in JavaScript Event Handling

Tools

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• react-hot-loader - JSX live reload for React fans out there.
• JSON Viewer - You can also convert your JSON to enterprise friendly XML using this tool!
• Lapple/ErrorBoard - Track and log JavaScript errors triggered by your users.
• JavaScript Style Sheets - A blast from the past. If only...
• JsonML (JSON Markup Language) - If you took HTML and replaced it with something nicer, you would end up with JsonML.
• Polyfills as a service
• 108 byte CSS Layout Debugger
• twbs/bootlint - Lint your Bootstrap.
• 5 of the Best Chrome Apps Available Today for Web Developers

Hardware

• Espruino - A cheapo JavaScript embedded board.