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A Perplexing JavaScript Parsing Puzzle — It looks deceptively simple – just 14 characters of JavaScript – but after working with JavaScript for 29 years, I got it wrong. A clue: it goes back to a browser-related quirk from 30 years ago.. Hillel Wayne |
TypeScript’s Compiler to Get 10x Faster — TypeScript has shaken up the JavaScript ecosystem in recent years with an increasing number of developers relying on its strong typing and added structure. TypeScript’s compiler isn’t particularly fast, though, but the TypeScript team at Microsoft are changing that by porting it to Go! Anders Hejlsberg (Microsoft) |
💡 Dr. Axel Rauschmayer takes a closer look at the details behind the port. |
![]() Build a Secure Project Management — Learn a security-first approach to building web applications by building a secure project management platform with Next.js. Clerk |
IN BRIEF:
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📒 Articles & Tutorials |
Building APIs with Next.js — A detailed, official introduction to the concepts behind using Next.js’ App Router and route handlers to build public APIs you can expose to web, mobile, and third-party clients. Lee Robinson |
🛠 Code & Tools |
🔎 Node Modules Inspector — A tool that runs pnpm inside your browser, “installs” a package, then analyzes its dependencies. This can be useful for analyzing packages you already use, but also for simplifying your own projects, as 11ty’s Zach Leatherman did here. Anthony Fu |
PGlite: Run Postgres in WebAssembly — PGlite packages a WASM build of Postgres into a TypeScript library that can be run directly from Node.js (or Bun, Deno, and even the browser) and it’s only a few megabytes in size. ElectricSQL / Neon |
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📢 Elsewhere |
A quick roundup of some of other interesting updates or useful resources in the broader developer landscape: |
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