A look at a variety of syntactic forms for functions in JavaScript (e.g. arrow functions, generators). Stuff worth being familiar with.
Leo Balter and Rick Waldron
Lin Clark explains what exactly WebAssembly is, and what makes it fast.
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This introduction to his series of functional programming posts highlights the importance of building software in a composable way. “A software developer who doesn’t understand composition is like a home builder who doesn’t know about bolts or nails.”
Eric Elliott
A proposed format similar to RSS and Atom but in JSON. See the spec here.
Manton Reece and Brent Simmons
Another talk from JSConf EU covers the basic concepts of compilers, challenges posed by modern JS, and how to write compiler-friendly JavaScript. (25 minutes).
Franziska Hinkelmann
With yarn create , you’ll be able to start building apps more quickly, e.g. with yarn create react-app app-name .
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