This week's JavaScript news, issue 249

This week's JavaScript news Read this e-mail on the Web JavaScript Weekly Issue 249 — September 11, 2015 Promises in JavaScript Unit Tests: A Definitive Guide Promises are becoming increasingly popular in JavaScript code, but how do you deal with them in unit tests? Jani shares some techniques when using Mocha and Chai. Jani Hartikainen Node v4.0.0 (Stable) Released The first stable release bringing the best of Node and io.js together. It uses the same version of V8 shipping with Chrome which brings a variety of ES6 features to Node as standard. Node.js Lessons Backbone Developers Can Learn From React The big ideas are that interfaces should be a tree of composable components, modern JavaScript leads to cleaner code (great ES5 vs ES6 vs ES7 example), and not using DOM as a source of state. Ben McCormick Partnerships with Lenders Makes Hack Reactor More Accessible to Students Apply today for our renowned coding school and you'll find financing your education easier than ever before. New lending partnerships give students the ability to access loans and improve their careers without money standing in the way - Learn more HackReactor   Sponsored ES6 for Now: Template Strings A look at the benefits ES6’ template strings bring, such as multi-line support and string expressions/interpolation. Christian Heilmann Building A Prototype JavaScript Engine for MongoDB An in-depth look at work done by two MongoDB interns to significantly improve the performance of Mongo’s $where operator. Calvin Chan How Burke Holland Came To Love TypeScript Explains how he overcame his initial skepticism and learned to love the benefits of strong typing. Burke Holland The Names of Functions in ES6 A look at the various ways in which functions acquire their formal names. Dr. Axel Rauschmayer The Best of ES6 JavaScript A 13 minute video covering a variety of useful ES6 features live. Great if video works better for you than articles. YouTube Jobs Senior JavaScript Developer at Shore (Munich, Germany: relocation covered)Shore is looking for passionate developers who breathe JavaScript. Join a startup & write production-ready ECMAScript 2015 in an agile environment. Promise.resolve('challenge').then((c) =>You.accept(c).at(Shore)) Shore GmbH JavaScript Engineer at Storefront (San Francsico, CA)Storefront is looking for talented JavaScript engineers to help build the future of retail. Want to solve hard problems and build a world-class marketplace fortomorrow's commercial real estate rentals? We're growing fast, apply today through AngelList! Storefront JavaScript Developer at Backbase (Amsterdam)If you love to build beautiful user experiences, if you want to breathe Javascript daily, if you look for multicultural teams and inspiring city - join Backbase and have fun with us in Amsterdam! Check out what we do: Working at Backbase Backbase In brief ng-conf May 4th - 6th 2016 - The World's Original Angular Conference news They're offering the opportunity to buy a ticket via a ticket lottery this year.  React v0.14 Release Candidate news  Facebook The State of Front-End Tooling – 2015 news  Ashley Nolan IBM Acquires StrongLoop; And What This Means for the Node.js Community news  StrongLoop You Know How to Code, but How Are Your Design Skills? course Learn UI & UX design through part-time, online courses with 1-on-1 mentorship from expert designers.  Designlab   Sponsored How Do JavaScript Closures Work Under The Hood tutorial Complete with diagrams.   Dmitry Frank Preloading Images in Parallel with Promises tutorial  Hugo Giraudel Making A Full Screen Bootstrap Carousel with Random Initial Image tutorial  George Martsoukos Typed Arrays in ECMAScript 6 tutorial Typed arrays introduce a more efficient way to handle data of known type and size in JavaScript. Axel digs deep into their usage.   Dr. Axel Rauschmayer The Problem with Securing Single Page Apps tutorial Single Page and mobile webapps present a unique set of security “challenges”. Let’s talk about out how to avoid the XSS, MitM, CSRF, and authentication pitfalls.   Stormpath   Sponsored ES6 Symbols in Depth tutorial  Nicolas Bevacqua An iOS Developer on React Native opinion  Chalk + Chisel Angular Material vs. Material Design Lite opinion  Jad Joubran MockTheClock: A Tiny JS Library to Spoof Timers and Other Time Functions code  zb3 stupidbox: Extremely Simplistic jQuery Image Lightbox Plugin code  Vacheslav Starikov Angular 2 RXJS Chat Example code A simple chat application built using Angular 2, RxJS, Webpack, TypeScript, and more.   ng-book Jets.js: Search Functionality Implemented via CSS code  Denis Lukov Vulcan: A JavaScript Automated Proof System code  Ryan Marcus 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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Analyzing Your Content With Google Analytics: How to Know What Works

Do you study your website’s Google Analytics? Want to go beyond reporting what you see? To discover how to analyze content using Google Analytics, I interview Andy Crestodina. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on-demand talk radio show from Social Media Examiner. It’s designed to help busy marketers and business owners […]

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10 Awesome UX Podcasts

There is no denying the fact that user experience (UX) is a hot topic. Being a UX consultant/engineer, as well as a long-time listener of tech- and design-related podcasts, I wanted to take this opportunity to share some excellent podcasts with you. In this post, I will talk about my favorite UX podcasts, as well as my recently launched podcast called IncrementalUX.

1. Brain Sparks

This podcast is hosted by usability and UI design expert, Jared Spool. This podcast offers up a ton of value because you will hear many industry leaders — the same folks who frequent the conference circuits — share insights on usability, UX design, and UI design.

My favorite episode: Kim Goodwin – Using Scenarios to solve problems. In this episode, Kim and Jared talk about how user scenarios are great for expressing design problems and desired solutions by putting the user and his/her requirements in the proper context.

2. The Dirt Show

The Dirt Show is a podcast hosted by the team behind the UX design agency, Fresh Tilled Soil. One cool thing about this podcast is some topics follow a mini-series format, with multiple episodes and different guests talking about the same topic. For example, they have a mini-series on topics such as "designing your career" and "designing the future".

My favorite episode: Designing for Space Exploration with Jesse Kriss of NASA’s JPL. To date, this is in my opinion the best episode of The Dirt Show. This particular episode talks about how NASA uses hologram and virtual reality technology to create 3D worlds that mimic data captured by Curiosity, one of the Mars exploration rovers. For science! You can really feel the enthusiasm in the hosts’ voices because the topic is so cool.

3. The UX Intern

You should listen to The UX Intern podcast for a couple of reasons: There are only 12 episodes, so it will be easy for you to catch up and complete the whole series, and the episodes feature an all-star cast of best-selling authors and speakers in the UX industry. The likes of Steve Krug, of Don’t Make Me Think fame, and thought leaders whose work you will eventually come across if you are a UX professional, such as Aaron Walter from MailChimp, have made appearances on The UX Intern.

My favorite episode: I can’t pick one particular episode because I think each one is a gem in its own right. I recommend going ahead and giving them all a listen.

4. UX Podcast

This podcast broadcasts every other week and has some really high-quality content. The hosts regularly appear at UX design conferences, interviewing speakers right from the stage for UX Podcast episodes. They also do what they call "link-shows" where they take a few key articles that are trending and discuss the implications of the ideas presented in the articles.

My favorite episode: Imposter syndrome with Amy Silvers & Lori Cavallucci. While this podcast is mostly about UX, my favorite episode is a deep conversation about imposter syndrome. I believe that this episode helps a lot of working professionals who don’t know that what they are feeling and going through is common.

5. UX & Growth

The recently-launched UX & Growth podcast focuses on how startups can leverage UX to help grow their company. This podcast contains a ton of high-quality content and good discussions around topics surrounding UX design. It’s interesting to learn about UX from a perspective that’s not focused on design, but rather on business objectives.

My favorite episode: Human to Human UX. This episode covers how companies can use the human connection to enhance how people feel about brands. They mention some good examples of companies that do this well.

6. UX Pod

Although UX Pod hasn’t released a new podcast episode since late-2014, it’s still a treasure trove of information. If you are new to UX, this podcast is a great place to start.

My favorite episode: Designing good five-second tests. In this episode, the discussion revolves around five-second tests for rapid design feedback. They discuss how and when to use this type of test, and share examples of when it’s effective and when it’s counterproductive.

7. UX Radio

UX Radio is a podcast about information architecture (IA), UX, and design.

My favorite episode: Curating UX Expertise with Louis Rosenfeld.

8. UX Mastery Podcast

UX Mastery is a website that hosts a lot of useful articles and content related to user experience design. The site also has an infrequently updated podcast.

9. UX Discovery Session

The host of this podcast, Gerard Dolan, interviews prominent people in the UX field. What’s up with the name of the podcast? According to the site, "A discovery session is an opportunity to learn about a relevant topic, generate ideas that expand a new technique or practice, or brainstorm concepts and ideas for the next new thing."

10. IncrementalUX podcast

At this point, you may have realized how passionate I am about UX and podcasts. I’ve realized that you can, in fact, learn a lot about the subject just by listening to podcasts while on the go (for example, during your daily commute to work).

That had me wondering how awesome it would be if I started my own podcast and got a chance to interview industry leaders in the field of UX. By seeking out experts and teasing out UX design techniques from some of the best minds in the industry, I hope to help people incorporate user experience design into their workflows. So I started the IncrementalUX podcast. Feel free to give my podcast a try and give me your feedback.

For a taste of IncrementalUX content, check out this episode: User Research with Danielle Smith. Dr. Smith is an exceptionally talented person, and we talk about several techniques for user research and testing in the episode.

What’s Your Favorite UX Podcast?

This is obviously not an exhaustive list of UX podcasts. I’m curious to find out what your favorite UX podcasts are, and I look forward to checking them out.

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Vinay Raghu is a UX consultant based in New Haven, Connecticut. He’s the founder and host of the IncrementalUX podcast. Previously, he was a senior UX engineer at Enqos and Runway2Street. Connect with Vinay via his website viii.in, Twitter, Facebook, and GitHub.

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PleaseWait.js : JavaScript beautiful Splash page Library

A simple library to show your users a beautiful splash page while your application loads.

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jQuery Sortable Photos

jQuery Sortable Photos is a jQuery UI plugin that can display photos in a responsive, sortable grid.

The photo grid is arranged in such a way that the height of the images in each row is consistent, and the images are resized to fill in the full width. The grid can optionally be configured to allow drag-and-drop sorting.

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Theta Carousel 3D : jQuery Plugin

Theta Carousel 3D is a jQuery plug-in that helps you quickly and easily organize your content in 3D space. The plug-in supports responsive layout with the auto scaling capability and is just perfect for displaying content on all screen sizes.

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