JSter #76: News of August 2016 - Part 1

Maybe I JavaScripted, maybe I didn't. - Matti Nykänen

I published a new version of Reactabular so check it out if you need a table component for React. The logic is decoupled so you could reuse some of that in other environments. I also came up with slides related to the topic.

Libraries

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• Pizzicato.js - A Javascript library for web audio
• DOMtastic - Small, fast, and modular DOM & Event library for modern browsers
• Introducing serializr: serializing and deserializing object graphs with ease
• liftoff/HumanInput - A JavaScript library for handling keyboard shortcuts and other human-generated events
• Popper.js - Poppers for websites
• FelixRilling/chevronjs - A super tiny JavaScript service library
• Ramotion/aquarelle - Watercolor JavaScript effect
• verlok/lazyload - Load images only as they enter the viewport

Articles

• Node.js web frameworks are slow
• A selection of articles demystifying JavaScript engines
• js13kGames: Code golf for game devs
• Examples of How Enterprises Use Node.js in 2016
• The Case for Monorepos

Techniques

• Beyond Memory Leaks in JavaScript
• Angular 2 Hot Loading with @ngrx/store and Webpack
• Animating like you just don’t care with Element.animate
• Testing es2015 Riot Tags
• Measuring the Real-world Performance Impact of Service Workers

Interviews

• CodeceptJS - Modern Era Acceptance Testing for Node.js - Interview with Michael Bodnarchuk

Games

• return true to win

Tools

• HyperTerm - Forget iTerm, the new king is here
• ShiftJS - ShiftJS is an open source Swift to JavaScript transpiler written in JavaScript
• launchkit - A set of web-based tools for mobile app developers
• rofrischmann/inline-style-prefixer - Run-time autoprefixer for inline style objects

Demos

• Castles made of castles - WebGL demo
• Butterchurn Visualizer - Milkdrop nostalgy
• SMB3 Memory Card Game
• Procedural insects