---
title: "This week's JavaScript news, issue 267"
publication: "JavaScript Weekly"
issue: 267
published_at: "2016-01-22"
canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/267"
---

This week's JavaScript news, issue 267

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JavaScript WeeklyIssue 267 — January 22, 2016[5 jQuery.each() Function Examples](http://www.sitepoint.com/jquery-each-function-examples/) A dig into one of jQuery’s most important and most used functions. _We’re thinking of creating a jQuery-focused weekly supplement to JavaScript Weekly, if that interests you, [click here to register an instant ‘vote’](http://javascriptweekly.com/jquery.html) for the idea :-)_ SitePoint 
[JavaScript At Scale — Achieving High Velocity](https://labs.mlssoccer.com/javascript-at-scale-achieving-high-velocity-160c7d78af03) “What follows are all the things I wish someone had told me when I started working with JavaScript at scale.” Many insights and links to enjoy here.  MLS Digital Labs 
[React.js Best Practices for 2016](https://blog.risingstack.com/react-js-best-practices-for-2016/) One developer’s extensive set of insights and ideas around best practices when developing React apps.  Péter Márton 
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[Feature.js: A Feature Detection Library in 1KB](http://featurejs.com/) Fast, simple, no dependencies, and small. Provides a handy way to build progressive enhanced experiences.  Viljami Salminen 
[JavaScript Web Apps Considered Valuable](http://molily.de/javascript-web-apps/) “The solution for bad JavaScript web apps is not to abandon them altogether, but to make better ones.”  Mathias Schäfer 
[Firefox and the Web Speech API](https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/01/firefox-and-the-web-speech-api/) Firefox has joined Chrome in implementing the Web Speech API which makes speech recognition and synthesis possible in the browser. Here’s a look at how it works.  Mozilla Hacks 
[CMS.js: A Jekyll-Style Client-Side JavaScript Site Generator](http://cdmedia.github.io/cms.js/) It takes static content written in Markdown, and renders and presents a site on-the-fly SPA-style with no server side scripting needed.  Chris Diana 


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In Brief

[ES.next News: 5 Weekly Links on ES6+](http://www.2ality.com/2016/01/esnext-news.html) news 
Not ours, but by former JSW editor Axel Rauschmayer and Johannes Weber :-)
Dr. Axel Rauschmayer

[The Creator of JavaScript Is Out to Upend the Ad Industry](http://www.wired.com/2016/01/the-creator-of-javascript-wants-to-blow-up-the-ad-industry/) news 
Brendan Eich is back.
WIRED

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[What’s New in jQuery 3.0 and How to Use It](http://www.sitepoint.com/whats-new-jquery-use/) tutorial
Saurabh Kirtani

[New to Ember? Start Here With A Tutorial for 2016](http://emberigniter.com/new-to-ember-cli-start-here-2016-tutorial/) tutorial
Frank Treacy

[How to Update to the Latest Ember, Ember Data and Ember CLI](http://emberigniter.com/update-latest-ember-data-cli/) tutorial
Frank Treacy

[Creating a Multiselect Component as a Web Component](http://www.sitepoint.com/creating-a-multiselect-component-as-a-web-component/) tutorial
Artem Tabalin

[Playing with ChakraCore on Linux](http://ariya.ofilabs.com/2016/01/playing-with-chakracore-on-linux.html) tutorial 
MS open sourced their JS engine just last week and here’s how to play with it on Linux.
Ariya Hidayat

[Why React/Redux Is An Inferior Paradigm](http://staltz.com/why-react-redux-is-an-inferior-paradigm.html) opinion 
Just one guy’s opinion, but it [blew up](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10940845) on Hacker News.
André Staltz

[Bringing a Modern JavaScript Build Pipeline to LinkedIn](https://engineering.linkedin.com/blog/2016/01/smashing-the-monolith) opinion
LinkedIn Engineering

[Mastering the IoT with C++ and JavaScript](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRm3u1E9apU) video
Günter Obiltschnig

[Reactive JavaScript at Netflix, Microsoft and the World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaap06m2Iqw#t=0m45s) video
Matthew Podwysocki

[10 Best jQuery and HTML5 WYSIWYG Plugins](http://www.sitepoint.com/10-best-html-wysiwyg-plugins/) tools 
Sure, it’s a list post, but I didn’t know about a few of these.
SitePoint

[jsPsych: Run Behavioral Experiments in the Browser](http://www.jspsych.org/) code 
Flexible and generic, including things like progress bars, stimulus and response tracking, categorization and recording audio.
Josh de Leeuw

[jQTipnav: jQuery Plugin for Small Navbars That Appear on Interactions](http://tvrtkom.github.io/jQTipnav/) code
Tvrtko Majstorović

[Midnight.js: Switch Fixed Headers On The Fly](http://aerolab.github.io/midnight.js/) code
Aerolab

[react_on_rails: Integration of React + Webpack + Rails to Build Isomorphic Apps](https://github.com/shakacode/react_on_rails) code
Shaka Code

[MarsDB: ES6 Promise-Based Database with Mongo Query Syntax](https://github.com/c58/marsdb) code 
Based on a Meteor’s _minimongo_ matching/modifying implementation.
Artem Artemyev

[Sharer.js: Create Custom Social Sharing Elements on DOM Objects](https://ellisonleao.github.io/sharer.js/) code
Ellison Leão

[jroff: A 'man page' Parser Written in JavaScript](https://github.com/roperzh/jroff) code
Roberto Dip

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