Safari Technology Preview 149, the Chrome Dev Insider, Ember 4.5, Node v18.6.0, Vite 3.0, and more | Front End News #073
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Published: 2022-07-18 16:22:20

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It has been another quiet week in the web industry. The WebKit team released Safari Technology Preview 149. The Chrome Dev Insider is back with an edition focused on CSS and UI. The software updates section features Ember 4.5, Node v18.6.0, Vite 3.0, and more. And I got a few fresh front-end resources to make your work easier.

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## Browser news

### Chrome

The Chrome Dev Insider is back with an edition focused on CSS and UI. Rachel Andrew interviews two other awesome ladies: Una Kravets, DevRel lead for Web UI and Devtools, and Nicole Sullivan, the Product Manager for Web UI who focuses on CSS and HTML APIs.

- [Chrome Dev Insider: The CSS and UI edition](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/insider-july-2022/)

### WebKit

The WebKit team released Safari Technology Preview 149. This update includes support for AVIF images, some fixes for CSS Container Queries, and a lot more.

- [Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 149](https://webkit.org/blog/12998/release-notes-for-safari-technology-preview-149/)

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## Software updates and releases

- **[AdminJS v6.0.0](https://github.com/SoftwareBrothers/adminjs/releases/tag/v6.0.0)** - an admin panel for apps written in node.js
- **[Awesome Bun](https://github.com/apvarun/awesome-bun)** - A curated list of awesome things related to Bun
- **[Commander.js v9.4.0](https://github.com/tj/commander.js/releases/tag/v9.4.0)** - node.js command-line interfaces made easy
- **[DOMPurify 2.3.9](https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/releases/tag/2.3.9)** - XSS sanitizer for HTML, MathML and SVG
- **[Ember 4.5](https://blog.emberjs.com/ember-4-5-released/)** - A framework for ambitious web developers
- **[Eruda v2.5.0](https://github.com/liriliri/eruda/releases/tag/v2.5.0)** - console for mobile browsers
- **[linkinator v4.0.0](https://github.com/JustinBeckwith/linkinator/releases/tag/v4.0.0)** - find broken links
- **[Luxon 3.0.0](https://github.com/moment/luxon/releases/tag/3.0.0)** - A library for working with dates and times in JS
- **[mux.js v6.2.0](https://github.com/videojs/mux.js/releases/tag/v6.2.0)** - Lightweight utilities for inspecting and manipulating video container formats
- **[NestJS v9](https://trilon.io/blog/nestjs-9-is-now-available)** - a Node.js framework for server-side applications.
- **[Node v18.6.0](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v18.6.0/)** - an asynchronous event-driven JavaScript runtime
- **[Node-RED 3.0](https://nodered.org/blog/2022/07/14/version-3-0-released)** - Low-code programming for event-driven applications
- **[Pkg 5.8.0](https://github.com/vercel/pkg/releases/tag/5.8.0)** - Package your Node.js project into an executable
- **[Preact 10.10.0](https://github.com/preactjs/preact/releases/tag/10.10.0)** - Fast 3kB alternative to React with the same modern API
- **[PrimeReact 8.2.0](https://github.com/primefaces/primereact/releases/tag/8.2.0)** - The Most Complete React UI Component Library
- **[Siimple v4.1.0](https://github.com/jmjuanes/siimple/releases/tag/v4.1.0)** - a themeable CSS toolkit for flat and clean designs
- **[Tedious v15.0.0](https://github.com/tediousjs/tedious/releases/tag/v15.0.0)** - Node TDS module for connecting to SQL Server databases.
- **[Vite 3.0](https://vitejs.dev/blog/announcing-vite3.html)** - Next Generation Frontend Tooling

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## Front End Resources

- **[AnotherPomodoro](https://another-pomodoro.app/)** - Free Pomodoro timer right in your browser
- **[CSS Gradient Generator](https://www.joshwcomeau.com/gradient-generator/)** - Beautiful, lush gradients
- **[Heazy SVG Creator](https://app.heazy.studio/)** - Generate unique SVG design assets with ease
- **[Showcode](https://showcode.app/)** - Create beautiful images of code.
- **[UI Filler](https://www.uifiller.com/)** - placeholders for your designs

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

I am taking a break from this newsletter for the next several weeks. It's vacation season and there is not that much happening at this time. I have my own vacation planned and I want to spend more time with my family. Hopefully, I will also find time to work some more on the website and improve it a bit more.

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