JSter #72: News of June 2016 - Part 1

New day, new JavaScript library to learn.

It has been another busy two weeks. The culmination point of that was a new release of my Webpack book. I also participated in a Webpack themed JavaScript Air and Three Devs and a Maybe podcast (Webpack again).

Libraries

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• jQuery 3.0 Final Released!
• chroma.js - A tiny library for dealing with colors
• Power Assert - Descriptive assertion messages through the standard assert interface
• Rellax.js - Lightweight parallax scrolling library for desktop browsers
• scour.js - Traverse objects and arrays immutably
• Microlight.js - A light code highlighting library
• anypixel.js - Create and control unusual displays with JavaScript

Articles

• Basics of building 3D games on the Web
• 10 Lodash Features You Can Replace with ES6

Tutorials

• Understanding CORS
• Implementing a Stepping Debugger in JavaScript

Interviews

• SurviveJS - npms.io interview - A new service for discovering npm packages
• SurviveJS - Mikey interview - A powerful CLI for generating React/Redux projects

Tools

• ALM Tools for TypeScript - An IDE just for TypeScript
• npm has gained notification hooks

Demos

• Drape - Cloth simulator
• WebGL Sketches for inspiration