--- title: "This week's JavaScript news, issue 194" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 194 published_at: "2014-08-15" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/194" --- This week's JavaScript news, issue 194 This week's JavaScript news — [Read this e-mail on the Web](http://javascriptweekly.com/issues/194) JavaScript WeeklyIssue 194 — August 15, 2014[An Opinionated Rundown of JS Frameworks](http://blog.andyet.com/2014/08/13/opinionated-rundown-of-js-frameworks) Henrik Joreteg shares his opinions on the pros and cons of Angular.js, Ember, React, Polymer, and Backbone, as well as not using a framework at all. Heed Addy Osmani's [advice](https://twitter.com/addyosmani/status/499891579361177601) for trying things for yourself too, of course. Henrik Joreteg [PojoViz: A JavaScript Object Visualization Tool](http://maurizzzio.github.io/PojoViz/public/vulcanize.html#readme) Analyzes the plain objects of a JavaScript library by finding the relationships between the library entry point and objects/functions linked to it. Complete with visualizations of notable JavaScript libraries like jQuery and D3. Code [here](https://github.com/maurizzzio/PojoViz). Mauricio Poppe [![Frontend Masters\](http://s3.amazonaws.com/nlga/uploads/item/image/25317/125.jpg)](http://frontendmasters.com/workshops/javascript-next-es6/?utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_medium=email)[JS.Next: ES6 Online/In-Person Workshop](http://frontendmasters.com/workshops/javascript-next-es6/) Aaron Frost, ES6 master, will give you a crash course on the changes JavaScript will see both on the client and server. He will also give you the tools you need to integrate ES6 into your projects. _[Join us September 19th – attend online or in-person!](http://frontendmasters.com/workshops/javascript-next-es6/)_ Frontend MastersSponsor [JavaScript: The Weird Parts](https://medium.com/@daffl/javascript-the-weird-parts-8ff3da55798e) The folks at a Calgary JavaScript meetup discussed some of JavaScript’s quirks and oddities. Here, you can enjoy the original talk by David Luecke and Eric Kryski, as well as read a writeup of what they dug into. David Luecke [PouchDB 3.0.0 Released: The CouchDB-inspired Database That Runs in the Browser](http://pouchdb.com/2014/08/12/pouchdb-3.0.0.html) Enables applications to store data locally while offline, then synchronize it with CouchDB and compatible servers when the application is back online. Calvin Metcalf [A JavaScript Build System Shootout: Grunt vs. Gulp vs. NPM](http://modernweb.com/2014/08/04/choose-grunt-gulp-npm/) Nicolas Bevacqua dives into the task of choosing a JavaScript Build System. He compares the big three: Grunt, Gulp and NPM and discusses the benefits and drawbacks of each. Modern Web Jobs - [Front-End Developer at Replay Gaming (Full-Time, Remote)](http://replaypoker.theresumator.com/apply/aPpHYG/FrontEnd-Developer-Remote-Work-From-Anywhere.html?utm_source=rubyweekly=email)Smart and enthusiastic JavaScript developer with a passion for poker? This could be your dream job. Apply now and enjoy working from anywhere in the world. Replay Gaming - [Senior Developer at Waywire Networks](http://enterprise.waywire.com/jobs/?utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_medium=email)We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our growing tech team. Join the online video revolution with Node, Angular, and some Perl. Problem solvers wanted. 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Hired.com In Brief [V8 Intent to Implement: ES6 Classes](https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/blink-dev/3dLc0LIhDDk/ikXXhLlEMisJ) news “we believe now is the right time to proceed with ES6 classes’ implementation [in V8]” blink-dev [Famo.us Raises $25M to Drive Rapid Adoption of Its JavaScript Framework](http://recode.net/2014/08/13/programming-startup-famo-us-gets-25-million-to-make-javascript-more-famous/) news Recode [The js13kGames HTML5 and JavaScript Game Development Competition Has Begun](http://js13kgames.com/) news JS13KGames [CFP for BackboneConf 2014 is Open (Dec 15-16 in Cambridge, MA)](http://backboneconf.com/) news [Accelerate your Mobile (Web) Application with the GPU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMfS-2ctYjw) video David Arel [Building A 7-Segment LED Digital Clock with Johnny-Five, Arduino and JavaScript](http://bocoup.com/weblog/javascript-arduino-digital-clock-johnny-five/) tutorial Bocoup [Rewriting 'Yo' in React and Firebase](http://davidandsuzi.com/yo-in-react/) tutorial David Chang [Angular's Isolate Scopes Explained](http://www.codetunnel.io/isolate-scopes-explained/) tutorial Alex Ford [The Many Ways To Use ngClass (the AngularJS directive)](http://scotch.io/tutorials/javascript/the-many-ways-to-use-ngclass) tutorial Scotch.io [Adding Clarity to Scope Inheritance in Angular](http://jonathancreamer.com/adding-clarity-to-scope-inheritance-in-angular/) tutorial Jonathan Creamer [Auto Instance Via 'use strict'](http://webreflection.blogspot.com/2014/08/auto-instance-via-use-strict.html) Andrea Giammarchi [jquery-aim: jQuery Plugin Which Guesses Which Element User Is Going to Be Hovered/Clicked](https://github.com/cihadturhan/jquery-aim) code cihadturhan [gif.js: JavaScript GIF Encoding Library](https://github.com/jnordberg/gif.js) code Uses typed arrays and web workers to render each frame in the background. Johan Nordberg [Introducing Amygdala, A JavaScript REST Client](http://lincolnloop.com/blog/introducing-amygdala-javascript-rest-client/) code Define your schema, API settings and you’re ready to go. Inspired by hood.ie. Marco Louro [Unfluff: Automatic Web Page Content Extractor for Node.js](https://github.com/ageitgey/node-unfluff) code Adam Geitgey [pjs: Pipeable JavaScript; Quickly Filter, Map, and Reduce From The Terminal](https://github.com/danielstjules/pjs) code Daniel St. Jules [promisify_require.js: Enhances RequireJS 'require' with the Promises API](https://gist.github.com/antivanov/7a5e32166f9287a644f4) code Anton Ivanov [DOM Comparator: JS Lib That Analyzes the Difference Between Two HTML Strings](http://engineering.wingify.com/posts/open-sourcing-dom-comparator/) code Himanshu Kapoor [Pegasus: Display Data Faster in Single Page Apps](https://github.com/typicode/pegasus) code A small script that lets you load data while still loading other scripts. typicode [Vide: jQuery Plugin for Easy Video Backgrounds](http://vodkabears.github.io/vide/) code Ilya Makarov [Announcing JS Error Reporting + AJAX Timing in New Relic](http://blog.newrelic.com/2014/03/13/javascript-error-reporting-ajax-timing-new-relic/?utm_source=COOP=email=BlogNRBrowserAnnounce=PeterCooperNL=EM-COOP-generic-EN-100-HTML5Weekly-BlogNRBrowserAnnounce) Currently, 1.2m domains use the New Relic Browser monitoring tools to maintain a comprehensive overview of their browser page load times, throughput, browser transactions, JavaScript errors and Ajax timing. 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