--- title: "This week's JavaScript news, issue 193" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 193 published_at: "2014-08-08" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/193" --- This week's JavaScript news, issue 193 This week's JavaScript news — [Read this e-mail on the Web](http://javascriptweekly.com/issues/193) JavaScript WeeklyIssue 193 — August 8, 2014[The State of the Componentised Web](http://www.futureinsights.com/home/the-state-of-the-componentised-web.html) An extensive look at component-based webapp development, the benefits, and how to use existing component-oriented systems like Ember and React, as well as Web Components in the future. Phil Leggetter [Speeding Up AngularJS with Simple Optimizations](http://www.binpress.com/tutorial/speeding-up-angular-js-with-simple-optimizations/135) Todd looks at five ways you can optimize your Angular code to get better performance. Todd Motto [JavaScript and V8 TurboFan: V8's New Experimental Compiler](http://ariya.ofilabs.com/2014/08/javascript-and-v8-turbofan.html) TurboFan is a new, experimental optimizing compiler for Google’s V8 JavaScript engine. Ariya takes a quick look at it in its early form. Ariya Hidayat [![Rackspace\](http://s3.amazonaws.com/nlga/uploads/item/image/25872/125.jpg)](http://www.rackspace.com/blog/preparing-ddpyoga-com-for-the-shark-tank-effect/?cm_mmc=managed-_-cloud-_-contentnam-_-javascript-ddpyoga)[Preparing DDPYOGA.com for the Shark Tank Effect](http://www.rackspace.com/blog/preparing-ddpyoga-com-for-the-shark-tank-effect/?cm_mmc=managed-_-cloud-_-contentnam-_-javascript-ddpyoga) The “Shark Tank Effect” is well known—it’s the massive traffic explosion a small company’s site sees from an appearance on the show. Our site’s traffic ballooned from an average of 4,500 visitors per day to nearly 57,000 that Friday the show aired. Could your infrastructure handle this spike? [Find out how ours did](http://www.rackspace.com/blog/preparing-ddpyoga-com-for-the-shark-tank-effect/?cm_mmc=managed-_-cloud-_-contentnam-_-javascript-ddpyoga) – we didn’t even need to use the Diamond Cutter. RackspaceSponsor [Designing an Exponentiation Operator for JavaScript](http://bocoup.com/weblog/designing-an-exponentiation-operator-for-javascript/) Rick Waldron explores the process of adding syntax to Javascript by going through the process of designing a new exponentiation operator, which he has submitted to TC39 for consideration in ES7. Rick Waldron [Why Web Components Are Ready For Production](http://developer.telerik.com/featured/web-components-ready-production/) A reflection on and follow up to last month’s [Why Web Components Aren’t Ready for Production… Yet](http://developer.telerik.com/featured/web-components-arent-ready-production-yet/). T J VanToll Jobs - [Front-End Engineer at RideAmigos](http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/62002/front-end-developer-rideamigos?utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_medium=email)Passionate about building single page applications using JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS? If so, join us in our new Product Development HQ in Bloomington, Indiana - relocation assistance available. RideAmigos - [Software Engineer at Expensify (San Francisco, CA)](http://we.are.expensify.com/apply/?utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_medium=email)We're looking for generalists with JS/jQuery and PHP experience. Do you hate expense reports with a passion? Travel abroad with us to Portugal for a month this fall and help us fight the war on expense reports. Apply today! Expensify - [Back-End Engineer at RideAmigos](http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/62003/back-end-developer-rideamigos?utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_medium=email)Seeking a MEAN stack developer with experience creating RESTful JSON APIs and scalable server-side code. Join us in Bloomington, Indiana at our new Product Development HQ - relocation assistance available. RideAmigos In Brief [JetBrains Releases 'Early Access' Build of WebStorm 9 (JavaScript IDE)](http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/WI/WebStorm+EAP) news JetBrains [Book: "Learning AngularJS for .NET Developers"](http://www.packtpub.com/web-development/learning-angularjs-net-developers) news I've only flipped through it but it looks okay. Packt Publishing [Connect JS: A 3-Track JavaScript Conference, Oct 17-18 in Atlanta, GA](http://www.connect-js.com/) news connect-js.com [Writing a Web-based Spreadsheet in 99 Lines](https://github.com/audreyt/500lines/blob/master/spreadsheet/chapter.md) tutorial Audrey Tang [Creating An Application With Sails.js, Angular.js and Require.js](http://modernweb.com/2014/07/29/create-an-app-sails-angular-require-pt-1/) tutorial ModernWeb [Creating Custom D3 Directives in AngularJS](http://www.delimited.io/blog/2014/7/16/d3-directives-in-angularjs) tutorial Steven Hall [The `delete` Operator in JavaScript]( http://designpepper.com/blog/drips/the-delete-operator-in-javascript.html ) tutorial A Drip of JavaScript [Introduction to pixi.js (2D WebGL renderer with Canvas fallback)](http://learnjs.io/blog/2014/08/05/introduction-to-pixijs/) tutorial Seth Vincent [Using JavaScript to create a GUID from a user’s browser information](https://andywalpole.me/#!/blog/140739/using-javascript-create-guid-from-users-browser-information) tutorial Andy Walpole [Beat Detection Using JavaScript and the Web Audio API](http://tech.beatport.com/2014/web-audio/beat-detection-using-web-audio/) tutorial Joe Sullivan [Autopolyfiller: Auto Generating Polyfills for JavaScript](http://web-design-weekly.com/2014/08/03/autopolyfiller/) tutorial Web Design Weekly [MeteorPad: A JSFiddle-esque Code Sandbox for Meteor](http://meteorpad.com/pad/8suDnft5mxxNAEQuw) tools meteorpad.com [JogDial.js: A JavaScript Jog Dial Control](http://www.ohsean.net/plugins/jogdial/) code Sean Oh [ngTagsInput: Tags (tagging) Input Directive for AngularJS](http://mbenford.github.io/ngTagsInput/) code Michael Benford [Retext: Extensible System for Analysing and Manipulating Natural Language](https://github.com/wooorm/retext) code Titus Wormer [JSNLog: Log JavaScript Client Side Events in Your (.NET) Server Side Logs](http://jsnlog.com/) code Not exclusively .NET but appears to be its focus. Matt Perdeck [basil.js: A Smart Persistence Layer Unifying localStorage, Cookies and Sessions](https://github.com/Wisembly/basil.js) code Wisembly [jQuery Accordion: Responsive, CSS Powered 'Accordion' Plugin](http://vctrfrnndz.github.io/jquery-accordion/) code vctrfrnndz [pretender: A Mock Server Library with A Nice Routing DSL](https://github.com/trek/pretender) code Trek Glowacki [ZingChart: Beautiful, Big Data Friendly JavaScript Charting](http://www.zingchart.com/javascript-charts/?utm_source=jsweekly=textad=javascriptweekly) Discover the most feature-rich, fully customizable JavaScript charting library available used by start-ups and the Fortune 100 alike. Flexible licensing from free branded versions to OEM and no hidden 3rd-party code dependencies. Download today. ZingChartSponsor Curated by [Peter Cooper](http://twitter.com/peterc) and published by [Cooperpress](https://cooperpress.com/). Like this? 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