February Tool Roundup
This month had some JS tooling releases, including Webpack and CodeSandbox.
JS Build and Perf Tools
mvjs is built on top of jscodeshift and helps moving JS files and their references around.
Web Workers
a11y
Nick Colley released a set of Jest matchers that use axe-core to check accessibility concerns.
Design
Whimsical
Whimsical is a solid tool for creating flow charts and other diagrams. I used it to show architecture diagrams in my QCon London talk on GraphQL and it worked wonderfully. They’re very receptive to feedback so check it out.
Containers
umoci is a free software tool for manipulating and interacting with container images in the standardised Open Container Initiative’s image format. It provides one of the most flexible image management toolsets, requiring neither a daemon nor any particular filesystem setup. It is already used in a variety of different projects and by several companies.
netlify-cms
Netlify CMS is my favorite tool this month. It handles
GraphQL
I’ve been working on two talks this month related to schema-first product development with GraphQL. The GraphQL Schema Definition Language is a powerful tool that can replace the concept of HATEOS in REST APIs. You can use the SDL as a tool to separate the implementation of the backend resolvers and frontend clients.
Repeat Appearances
Greenlet
Greenlet is seeing some quick adoption and the results are interesting for anyone who wants to experiment with potential performance improvements.
