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The Preact Team Releases WMR to Simplify Modern Web App Development
Jason Miller, creator of 3KB Preact alternative to React, recently released WMR, a *tiny all-in-one development tool for modern web apps*. WMR, in a single 2MB file with no dependencies, supports importing npm packages without prior installation, and many of the productivity and production features customary to developers (e.g, hot module reloading, JSX, CSS modules, TypeScript, and more).
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Npm 7 Now Generally Available, Supports Workspaces and Deterministic Builds
The recently released npm 7 adds several features requested by developers, e.g. support for workspaces, better support for peer-dependency management, or deterministically reproducible builds. npm 7 is a big release that includes several breaking changes aiming at improving the overall developer experience.
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Deno Now Compiles to Self-Contained, Standalone Binaries
Deno 1.6 introduced the compilation of Deno projects into standalone executables, whose size Deno 1.7 further reduced (up to 60%). Deno now has a dedicated language server that seeks to improve the experience of Deno developers in code editors. Deno also added support for data URLs, enabling the execution of computer-generated code.
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Snowpack 3 Build Tool Further Streamlines Modern Front-End Development
The third major iteration of the Snowpack front-end build tool was recently shipped with pre-bundled streaming imports, integrated build optimizations, and JavaScript/Node APIs. Snowpack 3 won the 2020 JS Open Source’s developer productivity boost award and ranks at the top of developer interest and satisfaction in the 2020 State of JS survey.
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New Rust-Based JavaScript Tool Manager to Simplify CLI Management with Global Installs
Volta, a new JavaScript tool manager, recently released its first stable version. Volta installs CLI tools globally while locally storing version information. Like nvm for Node, Volta enables having multiple versions of the same tool installed, without having to worry about switching versions when switching projects. Rust-based Volta ships as a native, fast binary with no external dependencies.
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The "Wasmer" WebAssembly Runtime is Generally Available
Wasmer recently released version 1.0 of its server-side WebAssembly runtime, and it is now generally available. Wasmer enables super lightweight containers based on WebAssembly. Version 1.0 marks a significant milestone on a journey, which started more than two years ago with version 0.1.0. It is an indicator of the growing interest in WebAssembly on the server-side.
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Yari, the New MDN Web Documentation Platform
Mozilla Developer Network (MDN), Mozilla’s multilingual resource for web documentation, recently launched Yari, MDN Web Docs’ new platform. Yari reduces the burden of developing, maintaining, and contributing to MDN. MDN content is now stored in GitHub and can be contributed to via pull requests.
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Rust China Conf 2020 Showcases Production-Ready Rust Applications
Rust China Conf is the largest grassroots event for the Rust programming language in China. As Amazon, Microsoft, and others in the US, Chinese tech companies are increasingly using Rust in mission-critical production software systems. Huawei, Bytedance (parent company of Tiktok), Ant Group, Agora, and other big companies and startups showed how they used Rust at the confernce.
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New Deno Module Builds and Compiles Vue Applications
The vno Deno module, which self-describes as the first build tool for compiling and bundling Vue single-file components in a Deno runtime environment, recently released its first stable version. vno v1.0 features a parser, compiler, bundler, and an adapter. A server-side renderer is planned.
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New Haskell-Based Web App Specification Language Released in Alpha
The Web App Specification Language (Wasp) was recently released in alpha to help developers write modern web applications with less code. Just like Elm, Wasp is a domain-specific language written in Haskell. Unlike Elm, which only addresses single-page applications, Wasp also supports multi-page applications. The alpha release leverages a React/Node/Express/Prisma stack.
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Stimulus, the "JavaScript Framework for the HTML You Already Have", Releases 2.0
Stimulus, which self-describes as a “modest JavaScript framework for the HTML you already have” recently released its second major iteration. Stimulus inspired Catalyst, GitHub’s web component set of patterns.
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Farewell to Flash
Flash reached end of life on 31st December, 2020. InfoQ looks back at the contribution that Flash made to the early web, and what will be missed after its demise.
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Cloudflare Introduces a Way to Build and Host Jamstack Sites with Cloudflare Pages
In a recent blog post, Cloudflare announced a fast, secure, and free way to build and host JAMstack sites with Cloudflare Pages. It seamlessly integrates with a Git repository and existing JAMstack frameworks and is in beta now.
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Tailwind CSS V2.0 - First Major Update
Tailwind CSS, a popular utility framework, recently received its first major update, which offers significant improvements, including dark mode support, extended color palette, improved form support, and many other features that were requested by the community.
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TypeScript 4.1 Adds Template Literal Types
The TypeScript team announced the release of TypeScript 4.1, which includes powerful template literal types, key remapping of mapped types, and recursive conditional types.