Plus more JavaScript links, tutorials, and projects.
⏪ In case you missed it, last week we covered the release of Vue 3.0, a major update on the Moment.js project, and a big new Deno release. Now on to this week.. |
| billboard.js 2.1.0: A D3-Based Chart Library — Supporting over 10 different chart types or a combination of such, Billboard is a powerful option for rendering attractive charts – check out the demos here. v2.1 increases performance for larger datasets both during rendering and resizing – there’s a new theme available too. Jae Sung Park |
| Scout APM - A Developer’s Best Friend — Scout’s intuitive UI helps you quickly track down issues so you can get back to building your product. Rest easy knowing that Scout is tracking your app’s performance and hunting down small issues before they become large issues. Get started for free. Scout APM |
| Vime: A Customizable Media Player Built with Web Components — If you need to put together a standards compliant media player and just want a single API to worry about while supporting numerous video providers, this is for you. Frameworks like React, Vue, Angular and Svelte have also been thought about and it integrates with them too. Rahim Alwer |
| V8 Release 8.6 — The latest version of the V8 JavaScript engine is now in beta until its eventual release with Chrome 86 (and, eventually, a future version of Node). The codebase is now more respectful, there are speedups in Number.prototype.toString, and a JavaScript fuzzer called js-fuzzer has been open sourced. Ingvar Stepanyan (V8 Team) |
| Find a Job Through Vettery — Create a profile on Vettery to connect with hiring managers at startups and Fortune 500 companies. It's free for job-seekers. Vettery |
📚 Tutorials, Opinions and Stories |
| How to Visualize Data Structures in VS Code — VSCode Debug Visualizer is a handy VS Code extension for visualizing data structures – we’ve linked it before, but Addy does a great job of showing off the benefits here. JavaScript and related languages have the best support. Addy Osmani |
| VS Code Tips for Power Users — I remember when Vim tutorials were all the rage, but now it’s Visual Studio Code, so here are some tips and techniques to help you make the most of it. Boris Yordanov |
| ▶ Discussing TypeScript and Svelte — Orta Therox, who works on the TypeScript compiler, talks about how TypeScript works with Svelte, what the latest news is, and more. Definitely worth a listen if you’re exploring Svelte. Real Talk JavaScript Podcast podcast |
| Running Go in the Browser with WASM and Web Workers — Qvault (interactive coding courses in the browser) started using Web Workers and WASM in order to stream output from a program. This post shows off the JavaScript needed to bring it all together. Lane Wagner |
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