Monthly JSter #9: News of October 2013
Time for the second JSter blast of October. We've got some nice resources coming right up! There's even a headless Halloween surprise in store.
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Libraries
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- ChocolateChip-UI - Native look on mobile for web apps. JSter entry
- React v0.5 - JSter entry
- oboe.js - Parse JSON objects before response completes JSter entry
- Snap.svg - The JavaScript SVG library for the modern web. JSter entry
- regenerator - ES6 generators for ES5. JSter entry
- device.js - Conditional CSS and/or JavaScript based on device operating system. JSter entry
- password-score - Password scoring library. Article. JSter entry
- Offline - Alert your users of lost connection. JSter entry
- fullPage.js - Create beautiful fullscreen scrolling websites. JSter entry
- Riot.js - MVC framework, in 1k! According to the author it is "The fastest, smallest and most powerful way to build large scale web applications". JSter entry
Articles
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- Exploring Color Matching in JavaScript
- Write a NES Emulator with JavaScript
- Challenging CSS Best Practices
- Functional Refactoring in JavaScript
- You're Missing the Point of Promises
- Building a 3D MMO Using WebSockets
- The JavaScript Event Loop: Explained
- Well Rounded: Compound Shapes in CSS
Angular.js
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- 5 Cool New Features in AngularJS 1.2
- A Lower Technology Style of Angular for the Enterprise
- What you need to know about Angular SEO
- Things That Suck in AngularJS
Presentations
Resources
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- Start Bootstrap - Free HTML Starter Templates for Bootstrap
- Annotated ECMAScript 5.1
- DocHub - Web development documentation in one place
- Dash - Learn to make awesome websites
- CSSDB - A curated collection of great CSS, SASS, LESS and Stylus libraries
Tools
- CSS cubic-bezier builder
- Fiddle Salad - Yup, a competitor to jsfiddle, jsbin and co.
- Kojak - A simple JavaScript performance profiler
- GLSL Sandbox
- Kick.js shader editor
- browser-sync - Successor of LiveReload is here? See also related article.
- TrifleJS - Headless IE! Happy Halloween.
- Retire.js - Scan your Node.js app to find known vulnerabilities.
Games
- Heroes of Sokoban - If you like Sokoban and RPGs, you will love this. Part 2, Part 3.
Demos
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- Animated Checkboxes and Radio Buttons with SVG
- Museum of Mario
- Wolfensteiny - You can achieve a lot in 251 bytes.
- Canvas Cycling - Golden oldie.
- Cartman in CSS - Kick ass.
Emulators
- Turbo Pascal - Article
- x86 emulator
- Windows v1.01 emulator - Those were the days.
- OS 7 emulator
Conclusion
Speed dating is awful. 7 minutes isn't long enough to explain closures to someone.