Web Almanac 2022, Chrome 106, Astro 1.4.0, Electron 21, Gatsby 5 Alpha, and more | Front End News #077
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Published: 2022-10-04 03:55:49

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The 2022 edition of the Web Almanac is here. Chrome 106 rolled out to users everywhere. Astro 1.4.0, Electron 21, and Gatsby 5 Alpha are the highlights of the software updates. And the resources of the week are a handpicked set of utilities.

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## Web Almanac 2022

We're getting an early treat this year. The 2022 edition of the Web Almanac is already available. That's almost two months earlier than in previous years. We're still waiting for a handful of chapters (Structured Data, Performance, Privacy, and Jamstack).

Do you want the highlights first? [Stefan Judis made a great Twitter thread] as he explored the content. Definitely worth checking.

- [Web Almanac 2022](https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2022/)

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## Browser news

We got another synopsis from Rachel Andrew on the updates to the web platform. We got Firefox 105, Chrome 106, Safari 16 (which includes support for container queries and subgrid), and more.

- [New to the web platform in September](https://web.dev/web-platform-09-2022/)

### Chrome

The changes in Chrome 106 happen mostly under the hood. They include new Intl APIs, the Pop-up API, the `ic` CSS length unit, and more.

- [New in Chrome 106](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/new-in-chrome-106/)
- [What's New In DevTools (Chrome 106)](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/new-in-devtools-106/)

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## Software updates and releases

- **[Astro 1.4.0](https://astro.build/blog/astro-140/)** - a web framework for building fast, content-focused websites
- **[billboard.js 3.6.0](https://github.com/naver/billboard.js/releases/tag/3.6.0)** - a re-usable, easy interface JavaScript chart library, based on D3.js
- **[Electron 21](https://www.electronjs.org/blog/electron-21-0)** - build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
- **[Gatsby 5 Alpha](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/reference/release-notes/v4.24/#gatsby-5-alpha)** - build blazing fast, modern apps, and websites with React
- **[Glide.js v3.6.0](https://github.com/glidejs/glide/releases/tag/v3.6.0)** - a dependency-free JavaScript ES6 slider and carousel.
- **[Neutralinojs v4.8.0](https://github.com/neutralinojs/neutralinojs/releases/tag/v4.8.0)** - a lightweight and portable desktop application development framework
- **[Node v18.10.0 (Current)](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v18.10.0/)** - an asynchronous event-driven JavaScript runtime
- **[Pogo 0.6](https://github.com/sholladay/pogo/releases/tag/v0.6.0)** - server framework for Deno

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## Front End Resources

- **[BrowserFrame](https://browserframe.com/)** - Wrap screenshots in browser frames
- **[hue.tools](https://hue.tools/)** - an open source toolbox for colors
- **[Huemint](https://huemint.com/)** - AI color palette generator
- **[TinyPNG](https://tinypng.com/)** - smart WebP, PNG and JPEG compression
- **[Tweetlet](https://tweetlet.net/)** - create beautiful images from your tweets, text, and any other images
- **[UI Ball Loaders](https://uiball.com/loaders)** - Free loaders & spinners

There's more where that came from. Explore the rest of the [Front End Resource collection](https://frontendnexus.com/resources/).

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## Wrapping things up

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