Issue 460 - Mutable state, Electron 7.0, Node 13, and TypeScript 3.7 RC1 (24)

μPlot.js: A Fast, Tiny Time Series Chart Library — This is for when you have a lot of data to plot quickly: “from a cold start it can create an interactive chart containing 150,000 data points in 40ms.”

Mermaid: Generate Diagrams and Flowcharts From Text — Write out your diagrams and flowcharts in a plain text, Markdown-esque way, and get nice graphics out.

RxDB: A Realtime Database for JavaScript Applications — You can query the current state but also subscribe to state changes, making it useful for UI-based apps where you want live/real-time updates. It’s not new but it’s had a solid stream of releases recently.

The Problems of Shared Mutable State and How to Avoid Them — A deep dive from JavaScript maven Dr. Axel on mutable state, how it can cause problems when multiple entities wish to rely upon it, and how techniques like copying, non-destructive updates, and immutability can help. A lot to digest here, including plenty of advanced bits.

Electron 7.0 Released — Another major release for the popular cross platform Chrome and JavaScript-powered desktop app platform. 7.0 brings Electron up to Chrome 78, V8 7.8, and Node 12.8.1 standards, and there’s a new nativeTheme API for working with changes to the OS’s theming/color scheme.

Explore the Code[ish] Podcast — A podcast from the team at Heroku, exploring code, technology, tools, tips, and the life of the developer. New episodes weekly.

▶  27 Talks from Nordic.js 2019 — Nordic.js is a JavaScript event that took place in Stockholm two weeks ago and the talks are ready for you to enjoy. Some highlights:

Node.js 13 Released; Node.js 12 Becomes Active LTS — Node 13 becomes the new ‘current’ version of Node (that gets all the new features first) and Node 12 joins 10 and 8 as an LTS (Long Term Support) release.

Puppeteer 2.0 Released: Control Headless Chrome from Node — The popular ‘remote control’ for Chrome now uses Chromium 79, requires Node 8+, and includes new APIs for emulating timezones and media types. Screenshotting has also been improved.

Senior Web Developer at Dr. Bill — Dr. Bill helps Canadian doctors save time by streamlining their billing. Help lead our team into the next phase of growth.

Writing Asynchronous Tasks in Modern JavaScript — A good introduction to the idea of asynchronous execution (a fundamental concept in JavaScript) working through from legacy approaches through to modern examples with promises and async/await.

Building a Typing Game with MelonJS — A cute look at using melonJS, a Canvas-based game engine, to build a simple game. We used to link to a lot of fun tutorials like this in the early days but they seem less common now.

Build Video in Just Two API Calls — Mux Video is an API-first platform, powered by data and designed by video experts to make beautiful video possible for every development team.

How to Implement Redux in 24 Lines of JavaScript — Redux itself started as a very small library so it’s reasonably trivial to recreate its basic features quickly as a way to learn more about what’s involved.

How to Build a Tic Tac Toe Game with Svelte — You don’t just get one game building tutorial this week, you get two!

Peaks.js: Interact with Audio Waveforms — A client-side JavaScript component to display and interact with audio waveforms in the browser. Here’s the repo.

The Most Complete Spreadsheet Solution for JavaScript Apps - SpreadJS — Fast enterprise JavaScript spreadsheet for delivering true Excel-like spreadsheet experiences. Download free eval.

Software Engineer Frontend (f/m/d) - Germany/Hamburg — We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer Frontend (React) (f/m/d) to join our international team.

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