--- title: "This week's JavaScript news, issue 200" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 200 published_at: "2014-09-26" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/200" --- This week's JavaScript news, issue 200 This week's JavaScript news — [Read this e-mail on the Web](http://javascriptweekly.com/issues/200) JavaScript WeeklyIssue 200 — September 26, 2014[Douglas Crockford: The Better Parts (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo36MrBfTk4) At JSConfUY (Uruguay), Doug Crockford gave a (very well recorded) talk about code quality in JavaScript, code standards, JSLint, and more. YouTube [JavaScript for OS X Automation by Example](http://developer.telerik.com/featured/javascript-os-x-automation-example/) Some practical examples of using ‘JavaScript for OS X Automation’, a new API in OS X Yosemite that makes JavaScript a first class language for automating activities (as was previously done with AppleScript). Michael Crump [Potential jQuery.com Security Issues](http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2869) Help Net Security claimed that jQuery.com was compromised and serving malware. Ralph Whitbeck of the jQuery team quickly followed up to clarify that [‘At no time have the hosted jQuery libraries been compromised.’](http://blog.jquery.com/2014/09/23/was-jquery-com-compromised/) but a [different compromise the next day](http://blog.jquery.com/2014/09/24/update-on-jquery-com-compromises/) led to the site being moved. Help Net Security and jQuery.com [![Rackspace\](http://s3.amazonaws.com/nlga/uploads/item/image/27573/t.png)](http://www.rackspace.com/blog/how-downtime-impacts-the-bottom-line-2014-infographic/?cm_mmc=managed-_-cloud-_-contentnam-_-javascript-downtime)[How Downtime Impacts the Bottom Line 2014](http://www.rackspace.com/blog/how-downtime-impacts-the-bottom-line-2014-infographic/?cm_mmc=managed-_-cloud-_-contentnam-_-javascript-downtime) In every IT environment, the risk of downtime rearing its ugly, and costly, head is an ever-present threat. Last year, businesses lost over $46 million to downtime-related expenses. [This infographic](http://www.rackspace.com/blog/how-downtime-impacts-the-bottom-line-2014-infographic/?cm_mmc=managed-_-cloud-_-contentnam-_-javascript-downtime) examines how costly outages could be for your industry and how to keep downtime from impacting your bottom line. RackspaceSponsor [Testing Flux Applications](http://facebook.github.io/react/blog/2014/09/24/testing-flux-applications.html) Flux is the application architecture that Facebook uses to build web applications with React, and this is a look at how to do formal unit testing of Flux applications with Jest, Facebook’s auto-mocking testing framework. Bill Fisher [npm 2.0.0 Released (the Node Package Manager)](http://blog.npmjs.org/post/98131109725/npm-2-0-0) npm 2 is out and Forrest L Norvell provides some background to the version bump and the semantic versioning background here. This and more Node news in [this week's Node Weekly.](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/54) npmjs.org [ECMAScript 6 Promises (1/2): Foundations](http://www.2ality.com/2014/09/es6-promises-foundations.html) The first part in a series aiming to bring you up to speed with Promises in ES6. This part explains the foundations of asynchronous programming in JavaScript. Dr. Axel Rauschmayer [IndexedDB on iOS 8.. Broken Bad](http://www.raymondcamden.com/2014/9/25/IndexedDB-on-iOS-8--Broken-Bad) Raymond Camden reports that the implementation of IndexedDB added to Safari on iOS 8 has an significant issue related to primary keys. Raymond Camden Jobs - [Enterprise JavaScript/Full-Stack Developer](http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH12/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=ALTAENGI=1=22943)Help shape the flagship enterprise web application of Altair, [Simulation Cloud Suite](http://www.altair.com/simulation-cloud/). Build state-of-the-art scalable Single Page Applications (SPA) using modern JavaScript frameworks, HTML5 and CSS. Altair - [Senior Front End Developer](http://jobvite.com/m?36PADgwT)Minted is looking for a Senior Software Engineers (Front End) with Solid Coding Foo and an in depth understanding of coding logistics. We are seeking front end engineers to develop world-class user experiences for our site. Minted - [Get 5-15 Javascript Job Offers in SF, NYC, LA, SEA](https://hired.com/?utm_source=newsletters=javascriptweekly=sept2_14-jsw)With such high demand for Javascript devs, shouldn't the job seeker hold all the cards? Join a one-week Hired auction get mutliple, upfront bids from 1,000+ companies. No risk. All reward. Hired.com In Brief [Meteor 0.9.2 Released: Building iOS and Android Mobile Apps with PhoneGap](https://www.meteor.com/blog/2014/09/15/meteor-092-iOS-Android-mobile-apps-phonegap-cordova) news [0.9.3](https://www.meteor.com/blog/2014/09/25/meteor-093-packaging-system-updates) followed quickly with less significant, packaging system oriented, updates. The Meteor Blog [Build a Joyent-style Pricing Menu with AngularJS](http://onehungrymind.com/build-joyent-pricing-menu-angularjs/) tutorial One Hungry Mind [An Introduction to Broccoli](http://aexmachina.info/intro-to-broccoli/) tutorial A Node-based, backend agnostic asset pipeline, supporting constant-time rebuilds and compact build definitions. Simon Wade [Generating Mondrian-style Art with JavaScript](http://vart.institute/mondrian/index.html) tutorial Jenn Schiffer [Getting Started with Melchior.js (a new module loader)](http://pixelhunter.me/post/98247138509/getting-started-with-melchior-js) tutorial Dmitri Voronianski [Choosing a JavaScript Framework with Craig McKeachie](http://hanselminutes.com/441/choosing-a-javascript-framework-with-craig-mckeachie) podcast Hanselminutes Podcast [Six Reasons to Define Constructors with Only One Argument](https://gcanti.github.io/2014/09/25/six-reasons-to-define-constructors-with-only-one-argument.html) code Giulio Canti [Bringing Sanity to JavaScript UTC Dates with Moment.js and Ember Data](http://blog.skylight.io/bringing-sanity-to-javascript-utc-dates-with-moment-js-and-ember-data/) Skylight [A Journey From Require.js to Browserify](http://orizens.com/wp/topics/a-journey-from-require-js-to-browserify/) Oren Farhi [Mistakes I Made in My First Ember Project](http://pressupinc.com/blog/2014/09/mistakes-made-first-ember-project/) David Hayes [sublime-jsfmt: JS Formatting Plugin for Sublime Text](https://github.com/paulirish/sublime-jsfmt) tools Paul Irish [bottlejs: Extensible Dependency Injection Micro Container for JS Apps](https://github.com/young-steveo/bottlejs) code Stephen Young [istanbul-js: A JavaScript Code Coverage Tool Written in JS](http://gotwarlost.github.io/istanbul/) code Krishnan Anantheswaran [timing.js: Helpers for working with the Navigation Timing API](https://github.com/addyosmani/timing.js) code Addy Osmani [ng-admin: Add an AngularJS Admin GUI to any RESTful API](http://marmelab.com/blog/2014/09/15/easy-backend-for-your-restful-api.html) code marmelab [fake-identity.js: Generate Random Identity Objects Including Name, Address, etc.](https://github.com/travishorn/fake-identity) code Travis Horn [react-cursor: JS Implementation of Om's Cursor Concept for Facebook React](https://github.com/dustingetz/react-cursor/) code Dustin Getz [PathFinding.js: A Path-finding Library for Grid Based Games](http://qiao.github.io/PathFinding.js/visual/) code Xueqiao Xu [Powerful browser-based coding, front-end and back](https://codio.com/) You may be surprised at just how powerful this web IDE is. 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