JSter #36: News of December 2014 - Part 1
Two weeks makes a fine language
Libraries
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- josephernest/bigpicture.js - Infinite zooming and panning in HTML pages
- Shadow.js - Give shadows to your images
- SVG Morpheus - Morph between SVG shapes
- PhotoSwipe: JavaScript Image Gallery
- laroux.js - Light alternative to jQuery
- MetricsGraphics.js – a lightweight graphics library based on D3
Articles
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- The State of JavaScript in 2015
- The State of Flux
- Top 10 Mistakes Node.js Developers Make
- What is TypeScript? Pros and Cons
- Holiday reading for a certain sort: If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript
- Is AngularJS Fast Enough?
- Is learning Angular still worth it?
- Yahoo Mail moving to React
Tutorials
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- Diving into Webpack
- Relieving Backbone Pain with Flux & React
- Bacon.js blog: Structuring Real-Life Applications
- Intro to the HTML5 Speech Synthesis API
Guides
- What's New In ES6
- Single page apps in depth (a.k.a. Mixu' single page app book)
- rwaldron/idiomatic.js - Idiomatic style guide
Techniques
Games
- sibartlett/colonizers - Settlers of Catan
Tools
- svaarala/duktape - Light implementation of JavaScript suitable for embedded environments
- Clippy - Generate CSS clipping paths
- Flow and static types for JavaScript