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Writing Javascript Without A Build System

- Julia Evans tl;dr: “I want to talk about what’s appealing to me about build systems, why I still don’t use them, and why I find it frustrating that some frontend Javascript libraries require that you use a build system.”

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Writing Javascript Without A Build System

- Julia Evans tl;dr: “I want to talk about what’s appealing to me about build systems, why I usually still don’t use them, and why I find it frustrating that some frontend Javascript libraries require that you use a build system. I’m writing this because most of the writing I see about JS assumes that you’re using a build system, and it can be hard to navigate for folks like me who write very simple small Javascript projects that don’t require a build system.”

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State Of JS 2022

- Sacha Greif Eric Burel Sarah Drasner tl;dr: "We saw a continuation of performance-lead innovations, many in reactivity and hydration (or the lack thereof). For example, Svelte took on simplicity in developer ergonomics and leaned into the compiler. Solid’s explored new approaches to reactivity, while Qwik shifted our mental model with resumability."  

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Building An Aircraft Radar System In JavaScript

- Charlie Gerard tl;dr: "A few years ago, I came across this awesome talk about AirplaneJS, a web app that picks up radio signals from airplanes and plots them in real time on a map in the browser. I had no idea this was possible in JavaScript so I started looking into it. I played around with the project and started wondering if there was a way I could push it a little bit further."

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Optimizing For JavaScript Is Hard

- Jeroen Engels tl;dr: "JavaScript is a very hard language to optimize, especially as a compilation target. Since Elm compiles to JavaScript and I occasionally like to try out optimization ideas, optimizing JavaScript is a problem I’m then confronted with." Jeroen discusses these challenges here.

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Ultrasonic Payments

- Charlie Gerard tl;dr: "I came across the concept of Ultrasonic Payments, a technology based on transferring data through inaudible sounds, and decided to experiment and look into how to implement such a payment method with Stripe."

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State Of JavaScript 2021 Survey Results

tl;dr: "JavaScript is in a tremendously better state today compared to 2016. When the first State of JS survey took place, only 21% of you used TypeScript compared to 69% today. Whereas we used to joke about a new front end framework releasing every day, React and Vue have now been dominant for 6 years running. And the percentage of people reporting that "JS is moving too fast" is down from 59% to 38%."

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A Pipe Operator For JavaScript: Introduction And Use Cases

- Axel Rauschmayer tl;dr: "The proposal introduces a new operator. This operator is an idea borrowed from functional programming that makes applying functions more convenient in many cases. This post describes how the pipe operator works and what its use cases are (there are more than you might expect!)."

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The State of JavaScript Survey

tl;dr: "By collecting data from thousands of developers, the annual State of JavaScript survey is able to identify current and upcoming trends in the ecosystem."

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2021 JavaScript Rising Stars

tl;dr: Annual round-up of the JS landscape, including most popular projects, most popular build tools, and more. "To build modern sites and applications, it seems we have entered the era of the meta frameworks: Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit... and the promising newcomer Remix."

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