JSter #121: Libraries, articles, utilities, tools

JavaScript, the hipster certified programming language.

It's that time of the month again. npm almost had a disaster in their hands as a worm got through to the registry through a popular package. Enabling two-factor authentication for npm is recommended.

Libraries

• TensorFlow.js - A JavaScript library for training and deploying ML models in the browser and on Node.js.
• Fluture - FantasyLand compliant (monadic) alternative to Promises.
• Luxon - A powerful, modern, and friendly wrapper for Javascript dates and times.

Articles

• A Bloatless Web - How to deal with browser bloat? Are there better ways? Spoiler: yes there are.
• Making calls to WebAssembly fast and implementing anyref - WebAssembly/JavaScript interop is getting fast.

Utilities

• streamich/jsx-plus-plus - What if JSX could be made better?
• lukeed/dynamic-import-ponyfill - Ponyfill import() in the browser.

Tools

• ry/deno - A secure TypeScript runtime on V8.
• pnpm version 2 is out! - pnpm, a npm client alternative, has reached a new major version. It maintains each package version only once on your computer making it both fast and space conserving.
• Vue Design System - Design systems for Vue.js.
• JSUI - A graphical application for visualizing your project and maintaining it.