Monthly JSter #15: News of January 2014

So we managed to beat January. Good riddance! As usual it was a busy month for JS peeps. A lot of new libraries came out and a good deal of excellent content became available.

I won't stall you any longer. Dig in!

Libraries

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• jQuery 1.11 and 2.1 Released
• Knwl.js - A natural language processor
• Webkit.js - It's happening for real
• sprintft.js - And C neckbeards cried tears of joy
• Mediator.js - An implementation of the mediator pattern for asynchronous events in JavaScript
• PhotoJShop
• slidr.js - Slide transitions!
• em-dosbox - Besides old DOS games it runs Windows 3.1 too. Solitaire time!
• fn.js - Functional love for everyone
• fit.js - Fit things into other things
• Shore - Waveform generator

Articles

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• asm.js AOT Compilation and Startup Performance
• JavaScript Generators and Preventing Callback Hell
• Why Zurb Dropped Zepto
• 7 JavaScript Tips to Make You Feel Smarter - And make other people hate you while at it.

Debugging

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• Advanced Debugging Techniques in JavaScript - Part 1
• Advanced JavaScript Debugging with console.table()

Tutorials

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• Writing A Better JavaScript Library For The DOM
• A Dive into Plain JavaScript
• Mastering the Module Pattern

Socket.io

• Token-based Authentication with Socket.io

Performance

• We spent a week making Trello boards load extremely fast. Here’s how we did it.

WebGL

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• WebGL Deferred Shading
• Build with Chrome - Admit it. You always wanted to become a Lego engineer.

Games

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• 10 of the Best HTML5 Games from 2013

Node.js

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• What's New in Node.js v0.12 - Performance Optimizations

Guides

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• JavaScript - The Right Way
• You Might Not Need jQuery

Tools

• JSCS - JavaScript code checker
• html5test - How well does your browser support HTML5?

Conclusion

Where's the }); key on this keyboard?