The digest of fresh materials from the world of the frontend for the last week No. 329 (August 27 - September 2, 2018)

    We offer you a selection with links to new materials from the front-end area and around it.

    FYI: There will be no digest next week due to the release.



        Media     |    Web Development     |    CSS     |    Javascript     |    Browsers  

    Media


    • podcastFrontend Weekend podcast # 68 - Yegor Bugayenko on how and why you need to distinguish yourself from the crowd of other programmers
    • podcastWeb Standards podcast, Issue №136: Chrome is not so audacious, Firefox against trackers, open source and politics, OpenType and a useful cascade, the development of React DOM.
    • podcastWeekly Vue podcast, episode 2
    • podcastFive Minute React podcast # 45 - How to record a podcast without a microphone and equipment
    • podcastDevshakhta Podcast: # 48: The pain from Ext JS and TFS, or how DevOps is changing the world for the better
    • podcastThe podcast "CSSSR", News 512 - Issue №19 (20.08 - 02.09)
    •habrSix of the most useful reports from Frontend Conf 2018

    Web development


    • habrContinuous growth of JSON
    • habrSmartTV development underwater rakes
    • Why modern web sucks and what to do about it
    • enWhat does blockchain mean for frontend developers?
    • enInherited code refactoring
    • enUsing speech synthesis interface from Web Speech API
    • enNative lazy loading for web





    CSS


    • habrNew (and old) units of measurement in CSS that you could hardly hear about
    • enAdvanced CSS themes using custom properties and JavaScript
    • enFull CSS demos with OpenType properties
    • enSuper-enhanced Grid components using custom CSS properties
    • enProgressive CSS improvements layouts: from Float to Flexbox & Grid
    • enHow to make styles for print-friendly pages
    • en“Solving container queries today” - report by Greg Whitworth on CSS Day 2018
    • enProgressive block expansion with CSS
    • enCSS Editors Shape
    • enTwenty CSS Optimization Tips performance

    Javascript


    • habrWhy did a person from the Java world become an ardent supporter of Node.js and JavaScript?
    • What is testing and why should we do it? The first article in a five-part series about testing in JavaScript
    • Node Hero — Node.js Security Guide
    • Babel 7 JS Transpiler Release
    • enSo what's new in Babel 7?
    • enWhat will appear in JavaScript 2018: asynchronous generators, improved Regex
    • enJS in examples: 8 different options for using JavaScript Array Slice
    • enaiji - a supervised collection of inspiring JS applications that work with AI
    • enA quick introduction to web workers
    • enOverview of JavaScript timers on the web





    • Libs & Plugins:
      • enturbo-json-parse - turbocharged JSON.parse for stable JSON data
      • enshimport - use JavaScript modules in all browsers, including dynamic imports
      • enreworm - the simplest way to manage application state
      • enlazyestload.js - loading images only when they hit the visible area


    Browsers


    • Firefox decided by default to block tracking of movements between sites
    • Firefox develops a contextual recommendation system for add-ons
    • Analyzes the portability of the API of modern web browsers
    • Mozilla published statistics on the use of Firefox
    • Mozilla published a report on how people use the desktop versions of Firefox
    • Google prevents defensive solutions from injecting into Chrome processes
    • enNew Mobile Chrome feature will disable scripts for slow connections
    • enEcological impact of browser diversity

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