โ๏ธ The hardest time of the year for putting a strong issue together is usually August, but this year the lull has moved to early September ๐ No big news or releases this week, but lots of bits and pieces you’ll hopefully find useful. __ Peter Cooper, your editor. |
Bundling Non-JavaScript Resources โ Learn how to import and bundle various types of assets from JavaScript in a way that works both with browsers and bundlers. Ingvar Stepanyan (Google) |
Whatโs New With DevTools: Cross-Browser Edition โ Learn whatโs new with the developer tools not just in Chrome, but in Firefox, Safari, and Edge too. One of those areas where just a little time spent becoming aware of the possibilities could shave off hours when it comes to debugging(!) Patrick Brosset |
Automatically Find jQuery Calls and Generate Vanilla JS Alternatives โ The aim here is to provide a tool to help you remove jQuery as a dependency in projects by finding jQuery related methods and offering up โvanillaโ alternatives. Iโm not entirely convinced, but itโs an interesting idea. Alternatively, you could switch to a lighter, modern jQuery alternative like Cash. Sachin Neravath |
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Prettier 2.4 โ The opinionated code formatter. |
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๐ Tutorials, Opinions & Stories |
What’s New in Node.js Core? โ Node updates so often that unless youโre keeping a close eye on it (such as via our Node newsletter!) you can miss what new features got added. Simon shares a handful of useful additions here. Simon Plenderleith |
Using Neovim and Tmux for JavaScript Development โ Are you a Vim user who, perhaps, migrated to VS Code but still feel a bit of an itch for the old days? Neovim, a fork of Vim, has really won Elijah over and here he demonstrates its value for JavaScript developers. Elijah Manor |
๐ Code & Tools |
gron: Make JSON Greppable โ A tool written in Go that transforms JSON into more easily Tom Hudson |