--- title: "This week's JavaScript news, issue 258" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 258 published_at: "2015-11-13" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/258" --- This week's JavaScript news, issue 258 This week's JavaScript news — [Read this e-mail on the Web](http://javascriptweekly.com/issues/258) JavaScript WeeklyIssue 258 — November 13, 2015 Just before hitting send, I noticed JavaScript Weekly is exactly 5 years old! :-) JavaScript has come a long way in this time, as you can see from the contents of [issue 1.](http://javascriptweekly.com/issues/1) If you want to reminisce, enjoy the [issue archive](http://javascriptweekly.com/issues) for a walk down memory lane, and an extra special thanks to the 1838 initial subscribers who have stayed with us ever since issue 1 :-) _- Peter Cooper, Editor_[Anatomy of A Large Angular Application](https://medium.com/@bojzi/anatomy-of-a-large-angular-application-f098e5e36994) An extensive look, complete with helpful diagrams, at how to architect an Angular application so that it can comfortably grow over time. Kristian Poslek [Interactive Exercises in Functional Programming in JS](http://reactivex.io/learnrx/) A series of interactive exercises for learning Microsoft’s Reactive Extensions (Rx) Library by initially tackling plain JS functional concepts. ReactiveX [10 Questions I’ve Been Asked Over 6 Technical JavaScript Job Interviews](https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/3rb88w/ten_questions_ive_been_asked_most_more_than_once/) This spawned a lot of discussion but is well worth reading if you’re looking for a job in this space. Reddit [![Telerik\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/d16dd5bf.jpg)](http://www.telerik.com/campaigns/platform/mobilefastforward?utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_campaign=dc-platform-release-q116)[Fast Forward Mobile Development.](http://www.telerik.com/campaigns/platform/mobilefastforward?utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_campaign=dc-platform-release-q116)Future Proof Your Apps. 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Enjoy these [41 videos](http://angularconnect.com/sessions). Angular Team [source-map-explorer: Analyze and Debug JS Code Bloat](https://github.com/danvk/source-map-explorer) This tool produces visualizations of where all the code in your minified JS came from so you can either optimize or justify your file sizes. Dan Vanderkam [The Asm.js Chess Battle](https://dev.windows.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/testdrive/demos/chess/) A demonstration of how Asm.js-based JavaScript can run a lot faster through a chess match where Asm.js optimized and non-optimized players get 200ms each turn to find the best move. Microsoft Edge Dev [Playing Fasttracker 2 .XM Files with JavaScript](http://www.a1k0n.net/2015/11/09/javascript-ft2-player.html) A fun walk through a developer’s project to play old-school tracker music files in the browser using JavaScript. a1k0n Jobs - [Senior JavaScript Developer (m/f) at Shore](https://boards.greenhouse.io/shoregmbh/jobs/97893?utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_medium=email)Shore is looking for passionate developers who breathe JavaScript. Join a startup write production-ready ECMAScript 2015 in an agile environment. `Promise.resolve('challenge').then((c) => You.accept(c).at(Shore))` Shore GmbH - [Expert JavaScript Instructors at Pluralsight (Freelance-Part-time)](http://go.pluralsight.com/C0003352?utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_medium=email)Currently hiring expert JavaScript Developers that want to share their knowledge with a global audience. As a Pluralsight author, you'll join a tight knit family of passionate teachers and earn royalties. 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Microsoft Edge Dev Blog [Angular Core Team Keynote at AngularConnect 2015](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxjgUjVpe24) news video Several prominent Angular folks look at where Angular is now and where it’s going. YouTube [Future-proof your JS with online Angular 2.0 Transition Architecture Course](http://rangle.io/services/javascript-training/?utm_campaign=Online%20Training%20-%202&utm_medium=E-newsletter&utm_source=JSWeekly) course Master RESTful APIs, Advanced Promises, new concepts in ES6, TypeScript other important learnings for moving towards Angular 2.0. Attend remotely and take advantage of recorded sessions after course completion. Rangle.ioSponsor [15 jQuery Tips Everyone Should Know](https://github.com/AllThingsSmitty/jquery-tips-everyone-should-know/) tutorial Matt Smith [Understanding Components in Ember 2](http://www.sitepoint.com/understanding-components-in-ember-2/) tutorial SitePoint [Haskell in ES6: Part 1](http://casualjavascript.com/javascript/es6/haskell/native/implementation/2015/11/12/haskell-in-es6-part-1.html) tutorial casualjavascript [The Six Things You Need To Know About Babel 6](http://jamesknelson.com/the-six-things-you-need-to-know-about-babel-6/) tutorial James K Nelson [Using ES6 and ES7 in the Browser, with Babel 6 and Webpack](http://jamesknelson.com/using-es6-in-the-browser-with-babel-6-and-webpack/) tutorial James K Nelson [How We Use React and npm to Share UI Code at AdRoll](http://tech.adroll.com/blog/frontend/2015/11/12/rollup-react-and-npm-at-adroll.html) opinion Mars Jullian [JavaScript Is Eating The World](http://arc.applause.com/2015/11/06/javascript-is-eating-the-world/) opinion Dan Rowinski [10 Habits of a Happy Node Hacker, 2016 Edition](http://blog.heroku.com/archives/2015/11/10/node-habits-2016) opinion node Heroku [Flow, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Type-Check My React Code](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U4_hlnaFEE) video Jeff Morrison [How to Get Started with Angular 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS3aewTkfHI) video A 24 minute live coding session. Rado Kirov and Naomi Black [What's New in TypeScript (1.5 Onwards)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TDUV9R09PM) video Bill Ticehurst [Google Closure Compiler Plugin for Webpack](https://github.com/roman01la/webpack-closure-compiler) tools Roman Liutikov [Try the best HTML5 Video Player with a rich JavaScript API for free](http://developer.dash-player.com/introduction/?utm_source=cooperpress.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_term=&utm_content=_JavaScript-weekly-newsletter&utm_campaign=external_Newsletter) code Playing videos on the web isn't always easy. With bitmovin's JavaScript/HTML5 video player it's getting easy. Play your videos everywhere with low startup delay and no buffering. Rich JS API included. BitmovinSponsor [Nodeadmin: An Admin Interface for MySQL + Express Apps](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodeadmin) node tools code [Notie: A Simple Notification Plugin with No Dependencies](https://github.com/jaredreich/notie) code Jared Reich [React-Treebeard: A Fast, Customizable React Tree View Component](https://github.com/alexcurtis/react-treebeard) code Alex Curtis [GridManager.js: A Live Grid Layout Editor](https://neokoenig.github.io/jQuery-gridmanager/) code Tom King [wu.js: Higher Order Functions for ECMAScript 6 Iterators](https://fitzgen.github.io/wu.js/) code Great documentation and code samples here. Nick Fitzgerald Curated by [Peter Cooper](http://twitter.com/peterc) and published by [Cooperpress](https://cooperpress.com/). Like this? 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