JSter #138: Libraries and more

JavaScript - too late to land to the moon, too early to land on Mars

React Finland is in less than three weeks and I am already freaking out.

Libraries

• Editor.js - Next generation block styled editor
• mikeal/r2 - HTTP client. Spiritual successor to reques
• yelouafi/avenir - Lightweight async library based on lazy futures
• Parsley - The ultimate JavaScript form validation library
• Guess.js - Libraries & tools for enabling Machine Learning driven user-experiences on the web

Styling

• Keep Math in the CSS
• NES.css - Style like NES

Fonts

• very able fonts - A playground for variable fonts

Tools

• terser - A JavaScript parser and mangler/compressor toolkit for ES6+
• satya164/babel-test - An opinionated library to make testing babel plugins easier
• Pika - A future without webpack

GraphQL

• Announcing OASGraph - a GraphQL Wrapper for REST APIs
• GraphQL Visual Editor

Articles

• Property order is predictable in JavaScript objects since ES2015

Techniques

• Demystify The Multi-threading in Node.JS
• How to Eliminate Circular Dependencies from Your JavaScript Project

Languages

• Imba - Create complex web apps with ease!

Security

• We're under attack! 23 Node.js security best practices

css-in-js

• Managing css-in-js Components with Namespaces