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A Transient Historical past of JavaScript — JavaScript (initially named LiveScript) turns thirty years outdated this yr and the Deno workforce has put collectively a unbelievable timeline-based tour of how a lot issues have progressed from its first look in Netscape Navigator, by way of offshoots like JScript, standardization, and the introduction of Node.js, all over to the fashionable day. The Deno Crew |
![]() 2x-40x Quicker Docker Builds with Blacksmith — With a one-line code change, Blacksmith could make your Docker builds incremental by mounting your Docker layer cache into your GitHub Actions runner. Blacksmith is utilized by 600+ firms like Ashby, Clerk, and Mintlify. Blacksmith |
⚡ Asserting TypeScript Native Previews — Earlier this yr, Anders Hejlsberg teased a 10x quicker TypeScript by way of efforts being made to port the TypeScript compiler to Go, enabling it to be compiled and run natively, in addition to reap the benefits of extra concurrency. The excellent news is now you can give it a.. go for your self. Microsoft |
▶ An Introduction to JavaScript Frameworks — The creator of SolidJS has put collectively a decent 11-minute video boiling down the completely different approaches taken by React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, and Stable. Dense, however a good way to get a lay of the land. Ryan Carniato |
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▶ What’s New in Angular — Two members of the Angular workforce introduced a session at this week’s Google I/O occasion on the most recent updates to the Angular framework in anticipation of the eventual launch of Angular 20 subsequent Thursday. Chasanoff and Thompson (Google) |
ESLint v9.0: A Retrospective — It’s been a yr since ESLint v9.0 landed as the primary main launch in a couple of years. It enabled the brand new flat-config system by default and the rollout didn’t go as easily as hoped. This retrospective breaks down the total story and shares the teachings discovered. Nicholas C. Zakas |
snapDOM: Captures DOM Nodes as Photographs — A quick and correct DOM-to-image seize mechanism to seize any HTML ingredient as a scalable SVG picture, preserving types, fonts, background photographs, and many others. ZumerLab |
ForesightJS: Predictive Mouse Intent Library — An attention-grabbing idea, with the complete web page performing as a demo of kinds. The concept is to lower latency by prefetching knowledge or pages as quickly as you assume a person may be heading in that route. Your mileage could differ and it’s much less helpful for contact units. ForesightJS, Inc. |
This is a number of issues from the broader ecosystem this week: |