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First Look at the Web Share API: Exposing the Native Device Sharing Capabilities to the Browser
Native device sharing is now possible within web browsers using the Web Share API that was recently released. Find out how it works and what's coming next in the full article
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Proxx: Building Fast Web Applications
Proxx is a JavaScript game from the Google Chrome team. It demonstrates how to develop fast and smooth web applications that offer a similar user experience across multiple platforms and input devices.
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Pixi.js, HTML5 Alternative to Adobe Flash, Adds WebGL Support for Cross-Platform, Interactive Apps
PixiJS, a standard-based alternative to Adobe Flash, released its fifth major version with faster rendering and lower GPU utilization. PixiJS v5 abstracts WebGL features behind a new API which falls back to HTML5’s canvas if needed. Developers thus need not dive into the WebGL API or deal with device compatibility to create rich, interactive graphics, cross-platform applications, and games.
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TC39 Finalizes the Feature Set for ECMAScript 2019
The ECMA TC39 panel recently finalized the feature set for the ES2019 edition of Javascript (also referred to as ECMAScript 2019). ES2019 improves arrays, objects, strings, symbols, try/catch blocks and JSON with new or updated features.
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Service Workers Now Supported across All Major Browsers
With the Windows 10 April 2018 Update released on April 30th, and the Safari 11.1 release on March 29, Edge and Safari join Firefox and Chrome in enabling Service Workers by default. Developers can now develop Progressive Web Apps providing offline functionality and expect them to function across all browsers except Internet Explorer and Opera Mini.
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TC39 Finalizes Feature Set for ECMAScript 2018
TC39 finalized the feature set for ES2018, the latest revision to the ECMAScript Language Specification, in their 23-25 January meeting. This update adds new features like asynchronous iterators and rest/spread operators for object destructuring and object literals, substantial updates to regular expressions, and additional updates to promises and template literals.