Issue 146

Must Read

Responsible JavaScript: Part I

Jeremy Wagner plots a course to avoid the unnecessary bloat and inaccessible patterns of current JavaScript trends.

Learn

How to Remove Duplicates from an Array in JavaScript

Leaning on ES6’s set support seems to be the quickest way.

What You Should Know About JavaScript Arrays

It’s nice to see an article that essentially delivers on a lofty title. It goes into a lot of depth about all the different ways you can work with arrays. If you're an expert-level JavaScript developer, however, move on ↓

Tools & Code

An Illustrated (and Musical) Guide to Map, Reduce, and Filter Array Methods

A look at how to leverage these three useful JS array methods.

The Shortest Way to Conditionally Insert Properties into an Object Literal

A dig into how a particularly short bit of confusing-looking JavaScript works. I’m not sure I like it, but the explanation is good.

Vue DevTools 5.0: A DevTools Extension for Debugging Vue Apps

A significant new release (5.0.0) that adds a variety of new features including new tabs and NativeScript support. For Firefox and Chrome.

Cube.js: An Open Source Analytics Framework

For building things like internal BI tools or customer dashboards. There’s a guide to its use here.

Interesting Links

Pika/Web for a Future Without Webpack?

Using an approach that's not without controversy, @pika/web can install npm packages that run natively in the browser.