--- title: "This week's JavaScript news, issue 290" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 290 published_at: "2016-06-30" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/290" --- This week's JavaScript news, issue 290 This week's JavaScript news — [Read this e-mail on the Web](http://javascriptweekly.com/issues/290) JavaScript WeeklyIssue 290 — June 30, 2016[An Introduction To Redux](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/06/an-introduction-to-redux/)Redux is an app state container, commonly (but not always) used alongside React. Alex Bachuk explains what it offers and how to use it in your projects. Alex Bachuk [D3.js 4.0 Released: The Data Visualization Library](https://github.com/d3/d3/releases/tag/v4.0.0)D3 is huge in the Web data-vis world and 4.0 is a significant update. D3 is now modular, composed of small libraries you can also use independently. 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Nick Larsen [Rapid Cross-Platform Development with the Angular 2 CLI](http://developer.telerik.com/featured/rapid-cross-platform-development-angular-2-cli/)A look at how to use the Angular 2 CLI to rapidly scaffold, develop, test and deploy an Angular 2 webapp. Jeremy Likness [Debugging Node.js Applications](https://blog.risingstack.com/node-hero-node-js-debugging-tutorial/)A brief entry-level introduction to debugging Node apps using the debug module, the built-in debugger and Chrome DevTools. Gergely Nemeth [NativeBase: Cross-Platform React Native Components](http://nativebase.io/)A layer on top of React Native providing a basic set of components for mobile app development. GeekyAnts Jobs - [Software Development Engineer at Amazon](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/413603?utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_medium=email)Frontend web expert? Come to Amazon and improve the Search experience for hundreds of millions of customers. 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