--- title: "This week's JavaScript news, issue 198" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 198 published_at: "2014-09-12" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/198" --- This week's JavaScript news, issue 198 ES6 module syntax, client-side OAuth 2, angular-data, Polymer tutorial + more — [Read this e-mail on the Web](http://javascriptweekly.com/issues/198) JavaScript WeeklyIssue 198 — September 12, 2014[ECMAScript 6 Modules: The Final Syntax](http://www.2ality.com/2014/09/es6-modules-final.html) Axel gives an overview of the complete ES6 module system based upon the finalized module syntax agreed upon at TC39’s end of July meeting. Axel Rauschmayer [hello.js: A Client-Side JavaScript SDK for Authenticating with OAuth2](http://adodson.com/hello.js/) A client-side JavaScript SDK for authenticating with OAuth2 Web services and querying their REST APIs. Support [many services](http://adodson.com/hello.js/modules.html#hellojs-already-has-you-connected) (like Dropbox, Facebook, GitHub, Twitter) out of the box. Andrew Dodson [angular-data: Data Store and Caching for Angular.js](http://angular-data.pseudobry.com/) Inspired by Ember Data, angular-data is an in-memory cache for managing your data that can communicate with a RESTful backend over HTTP or connect to localStorage. Jason Dobry [![New Relic\](http://s3.amazonaws.com/nlga/uploads/item/image/18688/125.png)](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)[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. Find out how real-time insights help people build better performing software with New Relic. 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Hired.com In Brief [Firefox Nightly now has an initial optimized implementation of the new JS-SIMD API](http://sunfishcode.github.io/blog/2014/09/09/js-simd.html) news Dan Gohman [Learning Gulp: Getting Started with The Front End Factory](http://hmphry.com/gulp/) tutorial Chad Humphrey [Require.js Packages for Building Large Scale Angular Applications](http://jonathancreamer.com/require-js-packages-for-building-large-scale-angular-applications/) tutorial Jonathan Creamer [Retrieving Property Names with Object.getOwnPropertyNames and Object.keys](http://designpepper.com/blog/drips/retrieving-property-names-with-object-getownpropertynames-and-object-keys.html) tutorial A Drip of JavaScript [Combining JavaScript Arrays](http://davidwalsh.name/combining-js-arrays) tutorial Kyle Simpson [Taming the Asynchronous Beast with CSP in JavaScript](http://jlongster.com/Taming-the-Asynchronous-Beast-with-CSP-in-JavaScript) tutorial James Long [Integrating D3.js Visualizations in a React App](http://nicolashery.com/integrating-d3js-visualizations-in-a-react-app/) tutorial Nicolas Hery [Emscripten & asm.js: Approaching Native Speed in JavaScript](http://kripken.github.io/mloc_emscripten_talk/cppcon.html#/) A slidedeck from the CppCon C++ Conference by Emscripten’s creator. Alon Zakai [Using Fourier Transforms with the Web Audio API](http://www.sitepoint.com/using-fourier-transforms-web-audio-api/) A fun look, complete with examples, of using the Web Audio API to generate horn, organ, and siren noises using createPeriodicWave. Sébastien Molines [Forcing Stack Traces with JavaScript](http://davidwalsh.name/javascript-stack-trace) Kyle Simpson [Easier ArrayBuffer to String Conversion with The Encoding API](http://updates.html5rocks.com/2014/08/Easier-ArrayBuffer---String-conversion-with-the-Encoding-API) HTML5 Rocks [Crockfords 'New' Way to Create Object Constructors?](http://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/2fenau/crockfords_new_way_to_create_object_constructors/) Reddit [Collecting and Iterating, the ES6 Way](http://updates.html5rocks.com/2014/08/Collecting-and-Iterating-the-ES6-Way) HTML5 Rocks [Erik Bryn's Ember Fest 2014 Keynote](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4oxa-UR7oA) video The history and state of Ember. 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