Monthly JSter #3: News of May 2013

It was a busy month to put it mildly. You should see some of the results soon in a form of a sibling service.

I provided an interview at Pingdom's blog. Besides that I contributed a guest post for gun.io. In this case the topic was "How do I find JavaScript libraries?" and you can probably guess which service was mentioned there amongst a few others.

This will be the first time "Monthly JSter" will be available as a newsletter. So in case you came by this post by accident and are interested in this sort of content, do subscribe. Besides our montly one you might enjoy reading JavaScript Weekly. HTML5 Weekly is somewhat excellent too. The lists have linked to us a couple of times. Thank you for that!

I think I've bored you enough. Time to scavenge through our Twitter feed and blog archives. :)

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Libraries

• Turbulenz - The game engine went open source. See also JSter entry.
• Pijs.io - Raspberry Pi + Node.js = Sheer awesomeness as in Pijs.io
• MixItUp - A beautiful filtering and sorting library. JSter entry
• fartscroll.js - Doubles your conversion rates, for a while anyway. JSter entry.
• Polymer - A structured way to build web apps. JSter entry
• lazy.js - Like Underscore, but lazier. JSter entry

Articles

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• JavaScript MVC frameworks: A Comparison of Marionette and Chaplin
• The MEAN Stack: MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS and Node.js
• Simpler Web Design with HTML5 Prototyping Services
• Tips for Maintaining an Open-Source Library
• Compiling to JavaScript, and Debugging with Source Maps
• Things I Wish I Were Told About Angular.js
• A Study on Solving Callbacks with JavaScript Generators
• Fighting crimes with Batman.js - Interview with Nick Small of Shopify

Tutorials

• Building HTML5 Apps with Yeoman and Backbone
• Building a Spreadsheet in 20 Minutes with Angular.js - The first steps towards your own version of Excel
• Building Cross-Browser Extensions with Kango and Backbone
• Building Backbone.js apps with Backlift Part 1: Views and Templates

Tools

• Charcoal, the easiest way to create Ember projects
• ExplainJS - View comments and code side by side
• Intern - A promising approach to testing your web app. See also JSter entry
• JSHint 2.0.0
• jQuery Builder - Create a custom build of your favorite(?) library
• Haxe 3.0
• JSON Generator - Perfect for your dummy needs

Slides

• The Politics of JavaScript - Excellent slides by Angus Croll. His blog is awesome too.
• The j1k Experience - Superb slides by @BlurSpline
• High Performance Data Visualizations
• Master the CLI with Node

Demos

• Epic Citadel - It doesn't get more epic than that. You might remember this demo from iOS and Android devices.
• GitHub ArchiveRoom - Explore your GitHub archive in 3D. How neat is that?
• js1k Spring Demos
• JavaScript Gauntlet - Yes, Gauntlet is back
• HackerNews frontend for the mobile - Nice work by @premii
• CSS NES - @One_div put a NES in your CSS

Conclusion

What's the favorite bread of JS developers?

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