--- title: "This week's JavaScript news, issue 211" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 211 published_at: "2014-12-12" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/211" --- This week's JavaScript news, issue 211 ES6 proxies guide, Angular performance, Flux architecture explained, ES6 template strings, and more. — [Read this e-mail on the Web](http://javascriptweekly.com/issues/211) JavaScript WeeklyIssue 211 — December 12, 2014[Meta Programming with ECMAScript 6 Proxies](http://www.2ality.com/2014/12/es6-proxies.html) A detailed, example-packed look at ES6 proxies, a meta programming feature that lets you intercept and customize operations performed on objects. Dr. Axel Rauschmayer [AngularJS Performance in Large Applications](https://www.airpair.com/angularjs/posts/angularjs-performance-large-applications) A look at some common performance problems people encounter with Angular and how to resolve or avoid them. Abraham Polishchuk [What Is The Flux Application Architecture?](https://medium.com/brigade-engineering/what-is-the-flux-application-architecture-b57ebca85b9e) If you haven’t quite understood Facebook’s Flux architecture yet, this is a great article for getting up to speed complete with diagrams and examples. Flarnie Marchan [![Ninefold\](http://s3.amazonaws.com/nlga/uploads/item/image/24793/i.png)](https://ninefold.com/?utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_medium=email)[An easier way to deploy host your Rails app – for free.](https://ninefold.com/) Can deploying to prod be a joyful experience? At Ninefold, we think so. Get a 1.5 GB Rails app server in the US, for free (seriously). Just sign-up, deploy a Rails app and enter your billing details. NinefoldSponsor [Self-Hosted JS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFFvNQWf3Iw) Andy Wingo looks at the parts of V8 and Spidermonkey that are themselves written in JavaScript and implements a new feature himself. ffconf 2014 [16 Steps for Planning A Front-End JavaScript Application](http://developer.telerik.com/featured/planning-front-end-javascript-application/) Principally about picking frameworks and tools, this is the higher level stuff it pays to get right. Cody Lindley [Node.js Is Forked, Not F***ed](http://wesleyio.tumblr.com/post/104637877991/node-js-is-forked-not-f-ed) People have had a chance to reflect on the Io.js Node fork and Wesley Smith thinks the move is a positive one. Also worth checking is Isaac Z. Schlueter's [A Brief FAQ About Io.js](http://blog.izs.me/post/104685388058/io-js). 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