JS.weekly() => #5
Here are the top three articles we found interesting this week:
The Age of “Node.js and…”
“ We’ve come to a point when Node.js is so ubiquitous that it’s become an accepted, invisible element of the development workflow. It’s not the only platform, but it is a universal platform.”
“ I like to think of this shift in mindset as the introduction of the age of “Node.js and…” to us, as developers — which marks the need for a massive change in how the Node.js Community to approaches addressing the ecosystem’s rapid movement.”
Babel 7 Released
What’s new?
- TypeScript support
- Programmatic configuration and overrides
- Speed improvements
UX And HTML5: Let’s Help Users Fill In Your Mobile Form (Part 2)
Many practical examples on how to create user-friendly forms leveraging HTML5 tags and attributes.
There is always something interesting on Twitter:
We are adding new libraries to JavaScripting.com every week. Here is one worth checking out:
Jimp
An image processing library written entirely in JavaScript for Node, with zero external or native dependencies.
JS.weekly() is a weekly digest of the best JavaScript articles, hand-picked by our experts in the JavaScripting community, sponsored by Salsita Software. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter. ;-)

