📒 Eloquent JavaScript Goes Fourth — Coming a number of years after the third version, the most recent model of, maybe, the very best ‘all rounder’ ebook for studying JavaScript is right here: “adjusted to the realities of 2024 and usually touched up.” You may learn it on the Net, nevertheless it’ll be obtainable in print in a while too. Marijn Haverbeke |
Deno Introduces JSR: A New JavaScript Registry — The JavaScript Registry (a.ok.a. JSR) is a brand new TypeScript-first, ESM-only module registry designed for the whole JavaScript ecosystem. This publish digs into what it’s all about and the way it builds upon the success of npm. Dahl, Casonato, and Whinnery |
Superior JavaScript Instruments to Empower Your Functions — Construct higher internet purposes with highly effective JavaScript developer instruments together with: SpreadJS Excel-like spreadsheet parts, ActiveReportsJS reporting instruments, Wijmo UI part suite, and Doc Options viewers for PDF, Excel, Picture, and extra. MESCIUS inc |
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📒 Articles & Tutorials |
Final Information to Visible Testing with Playwright — ‘Final’ is at all times a raffle in a title, however this tutorial is fairly thorough and can get you many steps down the street of fetching pages and making comparisons, all from JavaScript. Mike Cease Continues (BrowserCat) |
Fireship has a ▶️ Expo in 100 seconds video out too, offering a fast rationalization of what the React Native-based toolkit is about. |
JavaScript Bloat in 2024 — What’s the common dimension of JavaScript code downloaded per web site? Spoiler alert: it’s quite a bit and can make anybody from the 56k dialup days cry. Nikita Prokopov |
Coroutines and Net Elements — “We’ll see how coroutines can be utilized to mannequin internet parts otherwise, and why you would possibly like it.” Laurent Renard |
PixiJS v8: Construct Putting 2D WebGL Experiences — PixiJS is a very mature, lengthy standing rendering library that abstracts away all of the ache of constructing quick 2D graphical experiences for the Net. v8 boasts vital efficiency enhancements, a WebGPU-backed renderer, and quite a lot of API enhancements. For those who’re new to Pixi, there’s an interactive tutorial to point out you the ropes. PixiJS Workforce |
Plotly 2.30: A JavaScript Graphing Library — A high-level, declarative charting library, constructed on high of D3 and stack.gl, with over 40 chart sorts, together with 3D charts, statistical graphs, and SVG maps. Plotly, Inc. |
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