BxJS Weekly Episode 59 - javascript news podcast
Tags: javascript, node, podcast, news
Published: 2019-04-21 09:39:24

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title: BxJS Weekly Episode 59 - javascript news podcast
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description: Listen to the best javascript news of the week in a podcast form
tags: javascript, node, podcast, news
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Hey dev.to community!

BxJS Weekly Episode 59 is now out! 🚀
Listen to the best javascript news of the week in a podcast form right here.

Here's all the mentioned links (also found [on github](https://github.com/BuildingXwithJS/bxjs-weekly/blob/master/links/19-16-Episode-59.md)):

## Articles & News:

- [Blazingly fast parsing, part 1: optimizing the scanner](https://v8.dev/blog/scanner)
- [Blazingly fast parsing, part 2: lazy parsing](https://v8.dev/blog/preparser)
- [Objection to ORM hatred](https://www.jakso.me/blog/objection-to-orm-hatred)
- [A horrifying globalThis polyfill in universal JavaScript](https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/globalthis)
- [Experimental Node.js: testing the new performance hooks](https://blog.logrocket.com/experimental-node-js-testing-the-new-performance-hooks-31fcdd2a747e)
- [Bulletproof node.js project architecture](https://softwareontheroad.com/ideal-nodejs-project-structure/)
- [How to know what to test](https://kentcdodds.com/blog/how-to-know-what-to-test)
- [New Features Bring Native Add-ons Close To Being On Par With JS Modules](https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/new-features-bring-native-add-ons-close-to-being-on-par-with-js-modules-cd4f9b8e4b4)
- [Interpreting TypeScript](http://notes.eatonphil.com/interpreting-typescript.html)
- [Dynamically Update Positions During Drag Using react-beautiful-dnd](https://itnext.io/dynamically-update-positions-during-drag-using-react-beautiful-dnd-4a986d704c2e?sk=91794faa5fd86cbb12d8006a1e26735a)
- [Exploring the hidden potential of JavaScript arrays!](https://areknawo.com/exploring-the-hidden-potential-of-javascript-arrays/)
- [CORS Tutorial: A Guide to Cross-Origin Resource Sharing](https://auth0.com/blog/cors-tutorial-a-guide-to-cross-origin-resource-sharing/)
- [Getting 60fps Animations in React](https://alligator.io/react/getting-60fps-animations-in-react/)
- [Making a Calendar in Vanilla Javascript](https://dev.to/knheidorn/making-a-calendar-in-vanilla-javascript-48j8)
- [React Hooks cheat sheet: Unlock solutions to common problems](https://blog.logrocket.com/react-hooks-cheat-sheet-unlock-solutions-to-common-problems-af4caf699e70)
- [React Visualization Libraries in 2019](https://cube.dev/blog/react-visualization-libraries-in-2019/)
- [Choosing the right Node.js Framework: Next, Nuxt, Nest?](https://nodesource.com/blog/next-nuxt-nest)
- [Animation Performance 101: Measuring with Dev Tools](https://www.viget.com/articles/animation-performance-101-measuring-with-dev-tools/)
- [Front-end Developer Handbook 2019](https://frontendmasters.com/books/front-end-handbook/2019/)
- [JavaScript (ES2015+) Enlightenment](https://frontendmasters.com/books/javascript-enlightenment/)

## Tips, tricks & bit-sized awesomeness:

- [Non-native cross-platform development platforms are growing in popularity](https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/14/whither-native-app-developers/)
- [Adblock Plus filter lists may execute arbitrary code in web pages](https://armin.dev/blog/2019/04/adblock-plus-code-injection/)
- [Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Trash in node_modules](https://talbrenev.com/2019/04/16/sherlock-holmes.html)
- [Roadmap for create-react-app version 3.0](https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/6475)
- [Intent to Implement: SMS OTP Retriever API](https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/m/#!msg/blink-dev/Drmmb_t4eE8/z_k9l09gCgAJ)
- [The Weirdest JavaScript syntax](https://timr.co/the-weirdest-javascript-syntax)

## Releases:

- [react-beautiful-dnd v11.0.0](https://github.com/atlassian/react-beautiful-dnd/releases/tag/v11.0.0)
- [Next.js 8.1](https://nextjs.org/blog/next-8-1)

## Libs & demos:

- [webiny-js](https://github.com/Webiny/webiny-js)
- [streamhut](https://github.com/miguelmota/streamhut)
- [Mermrender](https://github.com/Schachte/Mermrender)
- [assemblyscript](https://github.com/AssemblyScript/assemblyscript)
- [dragonbinder](https://masquerade-circus.github.io/dragonbinder/)
- [speedy.js](https://github.com/MichaReiser/speedy.js)
- [js-cloudimage-360-view](https://github.com/scaleflex/js-cloudimage-360-view)
- [Toasted Notes](https://toasted-notes.netlify.com/)
- [wouter](https://github.com/molefrog/wouter)
- [react-on-lambda](https://github.com/sultan99/react-on-lambda)
- [file-type](https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type)
- [3dshooter](https://github.com/TheCoder5550/3dshooter)
- [Bastillion](https://github.com/bastillion-io/Bastillion)
- [node-mssql](https://github.com/tediousjs/node-mssql)
- [karmatic](https://github.com/developit/karmatic)
- [dsa.js](https://github.com/amejiarosario/dsa.js)
- [ikonate](https://github.com/mikolajdobrucki/ikonate)
- [android.js](https://android-js.github.io/)
- [envalid](https://github.com/af/envalid)
- [match-sorter](https://github.com/kentcdodds/match-sorter)
- [bowser](https://github.com/lancedikson/bowser)
- [bootboxjs](http://bootboxjs.com/)
- [react-jsonschema-form](https://github.com/mozilla-services/react-jsonschema-form)
- [smartsketch](http://smartsketch.xyz/)
- [perf.link](https://perf.link/)

## Interesting & silly stuff:

- [Why software projects take longer than you think – a statistical model](https://erikbern.com/2019/04/15/why-software-projects-take-longer-than-you-think-a-statistical-model.html)

Any feedback is appreciated 😁

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- [Youtube channel](https://youtube.com/c/TimErmilov)
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- [BxJS Weekly github repo](https://github.com/BuildingXwithJS/bxjs-weekly)

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