Issue 157

Must Read

Widening the Web with ECMA-402: Our Work on the Internationalization Extension to JavaScript

ECMA-402 is a separate standard (to ECMAScript itself) defining an internationalization API for ECMAScript. It’s supported to a certain extent by most browsers but there is still a lot of work to be done.

Learn

Verdaccio 4 Released: A Private npm Registry and Cache

If you need your own private package manager, cache, and proxy, look no further. GitHub repo.

Why I Publish and Manage Shared JavaScript Code with Bit

Bit is an interesting system for publishing and managing components and here we get to see where it can be useful. Note: This is published on Bit’s own blog, so be aware.

Pika CDN: A CDN for Modern JavaScript

An interesting idea, this. It’s a proxy that serves up npm packages that use the ES Module syntax so you can use them directly on the Web using import.

Tools & Code

An Early Stage Proposal for Immutable Data Structures

A proposal for introducing immutable value types natively to JavaScript. It’s at an early stage but there are some interesting ideas.

Lebab 3.1: Turn Your ES5 Code Into Readable ES6 / ES2015

An interesting project that follows a variety of rules to convert traditional JavaScript into a more modern variant. You can try it live here. It’s been a couple of years since we’ve linked to it, but it’s continued to get updates.

43 JavaScript Questions, With Their Answers Explained

Want to test your JavaScript knowledge? Whether for fun or a job interview, this is an interesting set of questions, complete with explanations of the answers.

Watch

A Node.js Crash Course in 90 Minutes

An up to date ‘crash course’ covering Node fundamentals including several core modules, building an HTTP server, deployment, etc. Even if this isn’t useful for you, it could be handy to pass on to anyone ready to learn Node in one hit.