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Ashley Nolan Surveys State of JavaScript Tooling in 2016
Ashley Nolan asked 4,715 front-end developers about the tools they use in 2016. While many developers continue to use jQuery, React and Webpack are beginning to dominate the ecosystem.
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Angular 2.3.0 Released; Naming Guidelines Explained
Google has announced the release of Angular 2.3, including the first version of the Angular Language Service, and explained the naming conventions for Angular 4 onwards.
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The Next Major Version of Angular Will Be 4, Not 3
Igor Minar, Angular Team Lead at Google, keynoted on Angular at NG-BE 2016 which took place in Belgium last week. Minar presented the release schedule adopted for future versions of Angular and introduced the following major version which will be Angular 4.
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TypeScript 2.1 Released
Microsoft has released version 2.1 of TypeScript, bringing a slew of productivity improvements and adding much needed functionality to code emitted for today's web browsers.
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Pinterest's Switch to Universal JavaScript and React
The story of Pinterest's switch to React is really the story of re-architecting their Django server-side engine to use universal JavaScript for template rendering.
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NativeScript 2.4 Brings Web Workers Specification
NativeScript 2.4 has been released with support for the Web Workers specification, along with Angular 2.2, Node 6, ES6, and ES7.
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Realm Releases Object Database for Node.js
Realm has launched an open source object database for Node.js, allowing mobile developers to create and send pre-populated Realms to clients.
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Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla Urge Site Operators to Replace SHA–1 Certificates
Following their SHA–1 deprecation plans announced last year, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla detailed recently their timelines to remove support for SHA–1 certificates from their flagship browsers. Researchers at security firm Venafi found however, that 35% of analyzed websites are still using SHA–1 certificates.
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Firefox 50 Extends Benefits of Electrolysis
Mozilla has released Firefox 50. The latest update increases the benefits to users from multiple content processes, and fixes a dozen high impact security vulnerabilities. Among the improvements in Firefox's latest release is further access to Electrolysis, Mozilla's functionality for rendering and executing web-related content in background processes.
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WebAssembly Browser Preview Asks Community for Feedback
The upcoming WebAssembly technology has reached the browser preview stage where major browser vendors have released a stable and compatible version of the language. They are now asking the community to use it and provide feedback.
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Blisk, A New Browser for Developers
Blisk is a Chromium-based browser that brings together the performance of Chrome and the developer support found in Firefox Developer Edition.
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NodeJS v7 Upgrades to V8 5.4
The Node.js Foundation has released Node.js v7, including the updated V8 5.4.
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Next.js Offers Simple Universal JavaScript Framework Based on React
Next.js is a universal JavaScript framework based on React. It has a simple setup and uses extensions to the React component model to provide server-based component rendering with the ability to continue rendering on the client.
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Dart News: Angular 2 Dart and Flutter
Angular 2 Dart and Flutter were the most important news mentioned at the recent Dart Developer Summit 2016.
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npm 4.0 Deprecates Prepublish Lifecycle Script
Npm has released version 4.0.0, its first semver major release since the release of npm 3 in 2015. The v4 release brings a bevy of breaking changes, including a rewritten npm search, as well as deprecated prepublish and changed behaviour for npm scripts.