Astro + htmx + Alpine.js == AHA

console.delight — You use console.log to output text, but did you know that in the browser console it can be used to render other things, like SVGs and HTML? This post is packed with examples and goes deeper into the creative options opened up by the technique than you’ll probably ever need 😅

Zach Saucier

The AHA Stack: Another Way to Build Modern Webapps — The AHA Stack is a full-stack webapp approach that brings together Astro, htmx, and Alpine.js, and where you send HTML over the wire. This is a fantastic showcase site that sells the idea well, complete with explanations and examples.

Flavio Copes

Transform the Way You Handle Forms with SurveyJS Form Libraries — With SurveyJS UI components you can set up a powerful form management system fully integrated into your IT. Effortlessly build, edit and style dynamic JSON-based forms in the drag & drop form builder with an integrated CSS-based theme editor.

SurveyJS

React Libraries for 2024 — The latest update of a popular, opinionated, annual guide to libraries and tools suitable for various tasks when building React apps, covering areas like state management, UI libraries, authentication, and testing.

Robin Wieruch

The Golden Rule of Assertions — Artem shares a tip that helps him write better tests or, as he calls it, the ‘Golden Rule of Assertions’: “A test must fail if, and only if, the intention behind the system is not met.”

Artem Zakharchenko

Some Top Frontend Tools of 2023 — Louis walks through a collection of tools that he found useful in the past year. It’s a rather eclectic selection – I certainly hadn’t heard of many of them – and you’re sure to find some that could help in your day-to-day work.

Louis Lazaris

Tinybench: A Tiny, Simple Benchmarking Library — No dependencies – it uses whatever timing capabilities are available (e.g. process.hrtime or peformance.now). You can then benchmark whatever functions you want, specify how long/how many times to benchmark, and get a variety of stats back.

Tinylibs

🛰  Orbital Object Toolkit: Orbital Mechanics Made Easier — This is miles above my paygrade (about 100 miles in fact) but if determining the positions of satellites and terms like ‘SGP4 propagation’ and ‘TLE parsing’ make sense to you..

Theodore Kruczek