This week's JavaScript news, issue 229

This week's JavaScript news Read this e-mail on the Web JavaScript Weekly Issue 229 — April 24, 2015 A slightly smaller issue than usual as I've been in San Francisco running O'Reilly Fluent - the good news is two great talks are already available and linked below :-) Back to full steam next week. - Peter Cooper Brendan Eich's ECMAScript Harmony: Rise of the Compilers Brendan Eich’s keynote from this year’s Fluent conference dug into the growing compile-to-JavaScript ecosystem and Brendan pondered whether there’s anything JavaScript can’t do. YouTube The Linguistics of JavaScript A both thoughtful and entertaining keynote from lexicographer and linguist Erin McKean on JavaScript’s relationship to natural languages. YouTube Flux Application Architecture Online/In-Person Workshop Flux introduces a one-way data flow architecture that helps developers and teams reason about the way data moves through their applications. Frontend Masters   Sponsored Common Misconceptions About Inheritance in JavaScript “If you don’t understand prototypes, you don’t understand JavaScript,” says Eric Elliott. Eric Elliott Elimate JavaScript Code Smells An interesting slide deck (make sure you navigate it properly - it’s two dimensional) that covers 13 ‘code smells’ with an example, rationale, and a resolution. Elijah Manor Announcing Globalize 1.0: An Internationalization Library A JavaScript library for internationalization and localization that leverages the official Unicode CLDR JSON data. Official jQuery Blog This week's Node Weekly This week's Node Weekly was packed with great stuff, so if you didn't know it existed or are now moving into working with Node or io.js, check it out - we put a lot of great Node stuff there instead of here now. Node Weekly Jobs Apply to 100 of the best NYC startups in 60 seconds with Underdog.ioWe handpick the best startups to connect with you. Join now to find a job you’ll love. New cities coming soon. Underdog.io Software Engineer / Entwickler (m/w) eShop – Scala, Scrum, TDDWir bauen einen der größten eShops Deutschlands mit Scala/Play2 und suchen erfahrene, ambitionierte Technologie-Enthusiasten und kreative Scrum Developer zur Verstärkung unserer agilen Teams. Bewerbung gerne an gundula.pabst@kaufhof.de Galeria Kaufhof In brief Let’s Code JavaScript Celebrates 300 Episodes; Goes Free This Weekend news I don’t know the specifics but it sounds like a great opportunity if you have time this weekend.   Let's Code JavaScript AngularJS 1.4 Completely Refactors Animation System news  InfoQ JSChannel Conference 2015: Bengaluru, India - July 17-18 news Doug Crockford and Yehuda Katz will be there   JSChannel React Native v0.4 Released news The first release of significance since it was open sourced.   Facebook The Basics of Variable Scope in JavaScript tutorial  Daniel Gheorghe Patterns of JavaScript UI Widget Instantiation tutorial  Cody Lindley Thinking Outside the DOM: Composed Validators and Data Collection tutorial  SitePoint ES6 In Depth: An Introduction tutorial A new series being started by Mozilla Hacks.   Mozilla Hacks Anatomy of a JavaScript MV* Framework video A look at how the key features of popular frameworks compare.   Craig McKeachie Build with the best Redis support and analytics from RedisGreen tools Sponsored Production-ready Redis hosting starting at $14/month.  RedisGreen Loupe: A Tool to Visualize How JS' Callback Queue and Event Loop Interact tools  Philip Roberts Get Your Node.js Application Running in Minutes tools Sponsored Modulus is an easy to use Node.js hosting platform that lets you run your applications anywhere.  Modulus A Curated List of Helpful Angular 2 Material and Links opinion  Tim Jacobi Everyone Has JavaScript, Right? opinion  What Every Angular Project Likely Needs - and A Gulp Build to Provide It opinion  Aleksey Novik egg.js: A Simple Way to Add 'Easter Eggs' to Web Pages code Watches for certain keystroke sequences.   Mike Flynn ItemSlide: A Simple Touch Carousel jQuery Plugin code  DefiantJS: Lightning-Fast Searches On JSON using XPath Expressions code  NoSleep.js: Prevent Display Sleep and Enable Wake Lock On Android and iOS code  Rich Tibbett angular-table: Angular Directive for Sortable, Paginated Tables code  Samuel Mueller Curated by Peter Cooper and published by Cooper Press. Stop getting JavaScript Weekly : Change email address : Read this issue on the Web © Cooper Press Ltd. Office 30, Lincoln Way, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK

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