✅ Generating ZIP Files with JavaScript

JSZip makes it easy to dynamically create an archive for users to download.

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#js #lib #tools

✅ Bread Jam: Make Variables and Properties Easier to See in VS Code

An interesting new VS Code extension that offers 11 different ways to make variable names stand out more in your editor, with both basic colorization approaches and an interesting emoji-based prefix option.

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#extension #vscode #fun

✅ How To 'Hack' Your Google Lighthouse Scores In 2024

Lighthouse is influenced by a number of things that can be manipulated and bent to make sites seem more performant than they really are, as demonstrated here. Stuff like this is well worth knowing to ensure you’re not led down a path and misinformed on performance.

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#google #performance #lighthouse #debug

✅ Avvvatars - Open Source React UI Avatar Library

Free React UI Avatars for Your Next Project, get placeholder avatars unique to your user

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#react #lib #tools

✅ Nested Anchor Links using CSS

What to do when you want to nest an <a> tag within another <a> tag? (And why you might want to.)

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#css #html

✅ 12 Design Patterns in Vue

Michael Thiessen compiled 12 different design patterns for Vue, along with short and concise examples of how they work.

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#vue #patterns #designSystem

✅ Releases

htmx 2.0 – This release ends support for Internet Explorer and tightens up some defaults, but does not change most of the core functionality or the core API of the library.
Electron 31 – It includes upgrades to Chromium 126.0.6478.36, V8 12.6, and Node 20.14.0.
Relay 17 – Improved correctness checking and validation; Additional editor features; Experimental features exploring error handling and nullability
ESLint 9.5 - This release adds some new features and fixes several bugs found in the previous release.
Serverless Framework v4 - With Serverless Framework V.4, they've significantly accelerated innovation while avoiding breaking changes

#releases #htmx #electron #relay #eslint

✅ React 19 and Suspense - A Drama in 3 Acts

It’s not a good sign when what at first appears to be a bug is actually intended and prescribed behavior. A cautionary tale, but one with a happy ending.

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#react

✅ How to Use Google Sheets as a 'Database' with React

The most compelling reason to use this approach? The ability to make your app’s data available to both technical and non-technical people by simply sharing a Google Sheet they likely already know how to use.

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#react #google #nextjs #database

✅ Bridging React Native and Rust via JSI

A detailed look at how a team approached building a React Native SDK that could bridge with core logic written in Rust.

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#react #reactnative #jsi

✅ React Tag Autocomplete 7.3

A flexible, accessible tagging component that makes it easy to guide users in the right direction when choosing tags. There’s a live demo so you can see it in action.

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#react #lib #autocomplete

✅ Reassure 1.0: Perf Testing Companion for React and React Native

Automate React app performance regression testing in CI or on a local machine. The rendering characteristics and metrics of numerous runs of app scenarios get compared against a known stable version for your analysis.

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#react #reassure #reactnative #tools

✅ The Results of the State of JavaScript 2023 Survey

It feels odd including something about 2023 in June 2024, but the results of the major annual JavaScript developer survey are now out. It’s interesting to see what features JS devs do and don’t use, changes in library popularity over time, what build tools people are using, the divide between JavaScript and TypeScript usage, and much more besides.

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#js #stateofjs #javascript

✅ How JavaScript is Finally Improving the Module Experience

Multiple long-term proposals collectively known as “module harmony” will complete the features lost as developers move away from CommonJS.

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#js #commonjs #module

✅ How React 19 (Almost) Made the Internet Slower

Even changes that are planned in advance can have big effects on the developer experience if people aren’t aware of them. A change to Suspense in React 19 led to much confusion and surprise, but the story has a happy ending with the React team ready to listen to end users more closely.

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#react #js

✅ Composition API vs. Options API

Should you use the Composition API or stick with the Options API?
It’s a question that every Vue dev has asked themselves at least once — at least those working with Vue 3.

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#vue #compositionAPI #optionsAPI

✅ Introducing React-Admin v5

A MIT-licensed framework for building typical webapps on top of REST or GraphQL APIs. You get some added structure, theming, and lots of building blocks out of the box.

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#release #react #reactAdmin #graphql