Must Read
Handtrack.js: Realtime Hand Detection, Directly in the Browser
A neat way to prototype hand-related gestures or interactions in the browser in very few lines of code. Naturally, there's a live demo, there's also a CodePen you can play with, or just the plain ole' GitHub repo.
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Learn
How Does Aurelia 'React'?
Aurelia is an interesting framework in its own right - this new series aims to show how Aurelia approaches things you might otherwise do in React.
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JavaScript Performance Pitfalls in V8
A very detailed article where Benedikt Meurer of the core V8 team shows how V8 compiles your code and shares some tricks you can use to avoid performance problems.
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Tools & Code
Cherow: A Fast, Standards-Compliant JavaScript Parser
Parses right up to ECMAScript 2020(!) and there’s a live demo so you can see what it outputs.
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Ink 2.0: Like React, But For Building CLI Apps
A component-based UI building experience, but for CLI apps.
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JavaScript Symbols: But Why?
Not played with symbols (a new data type introduced with ES6) yet? This is a gentle way to get up to speed with not only what they are but why you might use them.
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Watch
How Google Search Indexes JavaScript Sites
Martin Splitt briefly explains how JavaScript influences SEO and how to optimize your JavaScript-powered website to be search-friendly.
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Interesting Links
Building a Plasma Canvas Effect with Rust and WebAssembly
Yes, the actual effect is coded in Rust, but JavaScript is used to bring everything together and may be of interest to you if you want to bring other languages into your frontend development via WebAssembly.
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