JSter #107: Libraries, Articles, and more

JavaScript another day.

I published a new version of my webpack book. While doing this, I published a new book about JavaScript maintenance. You can find both online if you want to have a look.

Libraries

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• cezarlz/pozition.js - Geolocation Position. Plus Promise.
• Popmotion - The JavaScript motion engine.
• anime.js - Another JavaScript animation engine.
• Citation.js - Convert citations from a format to another.
• react-cosmos - Dev tool for creating reusable React components.
• JedWatson/react-select - A Select control built with and for React.
• sunesimonsen/ukkonen - Ukkonen's Approximate String Matching algorithm.

Articles

• The Performance Cost of Server Side Rendered React on Node.js
• Mobdux: Combining the good parts of MobX and Redux – Cameron Fletcher
• Introducing FilterBubbler: A WebExtension built using React/Redux

Guides

• JavaScript versus Research Computing - A Brief Guide for Those Who Regret That This Has Become Necessary.
• Unleash Your Inner Supercomputer - Your Guide to GPGPU with WebGL.

Stories

• The Story of our Progressive Migration from Backbone to Vue.js

Techniques

• Get the advantages of TypeScript without transpiling
• HTTP/2 push is tougher than Jake thought

Interviews

• Flow Runtime - A runtime type system for JavaScript with full Flow compatibility - Interview with Charles Pick.
• a-plus-forms - A+ forms. Would use again - Interview with Nikolay Nemshilov.

Slides

• JavaScript Maintenance

Demos

• Elastic Man - By Adult Swim. It's Morty!