JSter #116: Libraries and more

New Wave of Heavy JavaScript

React Finland 2018 is a wrap! The event was a great success and it’s likely we’ll organize it again next year as the feedback was positive.

Libraries

• pshihn/rough - Create graphics with a hand-drawn, sketchy, appearance.
• Quiq/check-some - Component to help with form validation in React.
• getify/CAF - Cancelable Async Functions.
• TensorFlow.js - A WebGL accelerated, browser based JavaScript library for training and deploying ML models.
• ballercat/walt - JavaScript-like syntax for WebAssembly text format.
• Docusaurus - Easy to Maintain Open Source Documentation Websites.

GraphQL

• graphile/postgraphile - A GraphQL API created by reflection over a PostgreSQL schema.
• bradleyboy/tuql - Automatically create a GraphQL server from a sqlite database.

Styling

• Tailwind CSS - A Utility-First CSS Framework for Rapid UI Development.

Articles

• Introducing Nexus.js: A multi-threaded JavaScript run-time

Tutorials

• Build An Interactive Game of Thrones Map (Part II)

Techniques

• 4 tips to write maintainable React components

Tools

• 🚀Give Parcel a Try, You May Like It 🚀
• JamieMason/syncpack - Manage multiple package.json files in Lerna Monorepos.
• twbs/bootlint - HTML linter for Bootstrap projects.
• NectarJS - Compiling JavaScript into Native Binaries for Every Platform

Services

• BundlePhobia - Find the cost of adding a npm package to your bundle.