🤔 Exploring Explicit Resource Management in JS

A practical look at the idea of explicit resource management, an idea both currently at stage 3 in TC39 (and partly supported in TypeScript 5.2) that makes it easier to ‘clean up’ resources once they are no longer used or needed.

ILIA POZDNYAKOV

❓ CHALLENGE #196

😎 A Review of Lightweight JavaScript Frameworks

This overview is targeted at Django (i.e. Python) developers but if you, too, want to avoid larger frameworks like React or Angular, you might appreciate this look at numerous alternatives from Stimulus and htmx to more oblique options like Laravel Livewire.

MICHAEL YIN

❓ CHALLENGE #197

📊 Time to Take the State of JavaScript 2023

The long standing State of JavaScript survey is back for another run at figuring out what the community is up to and what tools we’re using. The results are always illuminating and we’ll share the tastiest parts once available.

DEVOGRAPHICS

Results:
State of JavaScript 2022
State of JavaScript 2021

❓ CHALLENGE #198

👩‍💻 How to use NPM packages outside of Node

Learn how to run NPM packages in ‘other places’ like serverless platforms, the browser, and beyond.

GEORGE MACKERRON (NEON)

❓ CHALLENGE #199

❓ CHALLENGE #200

👩‍💻 'A Node + TypeScript + ts-node + ESM Experience That Works'

It’s just three files: package.json, tsconfig.json and a utilities file, and you’re good to go. As someone on Hacker News said: “Sometimes the most valuable guide is a working example.” The associated comment thread is worth checking out for some extra background, too.

🥳 Talking of which, TypeScript 5.3 has been released. It supports the latest updates to the import attributes proposal, has enhanced type narrowing in numerous contexts, provides interactive inlay hints for types in the editor, and more.

KHALID ZOABI

❓ CHALLENGE #201

😂 NO eye contact and NO feeding

I am Programmer,I have no life.

❓ CHALLENGE #202

let a = 1;
{
  let a = 2;
}
a+=1;
console.log(a);