--- title: "This week's JavaScript news, issue 300" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 300 published_at: "2016-09-08" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/300" --- This week's JavaScript news, issue 300 This week's JavaScript news — [Read this e-mail on the Web](http://javascriptweekly.com/issues/300) JavaScript WeeklyIssue 300 — September 8, 2016[An Intro to PouchDB, A Client-Side JavaScript Database](https://www.sitepoint.com/getting-started-with-pouchdb/)Get started with PouchDB, an in-browser NoSQL, document database inspired by CouchDB that can help with offline apps that later sync with a server-side DB. Jatin Shridar [How to Bundle JavaScript with Rollup](https://code.lengstorf.com/learn-rollup-js/)Learn how to use Rollup as a smaller, more efficient alternative to webpack and Browserify to bundle JavaScript files. Goes into a lot of depth in both text and video forms. Jason Lengstorf [Routing React Apps: The Complete Guide](https://scotch.io/tutorials/routing-react-apps-the-complete-guide)A gentle introduction to the fundamentals of routing in React apps. _(As an aside, get a chance at some free React stickers by [registering for our new React newsletter.](https://cooperpress.typeform.com/to/WfolCU))_ Chris Nwamba [![RASON.COM BY FRONTLINE SYSTEMS INC\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/dad3a5a5.png)](https://rason.com?utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_medium=email)[Try the RASON® API – and Start Using Advanced Analytics in Your Web/Mobile Apps](https://rason.com)Solve powerful optimization and simulation models in your app easily with the RASON® API. Use a high-level modeling language embedded in JSON, and a simple, Azure-backed REST API service. 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Dr. Axel Rauschmayer [Announcing Quill 1.0: The Powerful Rich Text Editor](https://quilljs.com/blog/announcing-quill-1-0/) news Jason Chen [PouchDB 6.0.0 Released: A CouchDB-Inspired In-Browser Database](https://pouchdb.com/2016/09/05/pouchdb-6.0.0.html) news Dale Harvey [Removal of the Expression Sandbox in Angular 1.6+](http://angularjs.blogspot.com/2016/09/angular-16-expression-sandbox-removal.html) news Angular Core [Samsung Brings JavaScript to the Internet of Things](http://www.cio.com/article/3117720/internet-of-things/samsung-brings-javascript-to-the-internet-of-things.html) news Samsung is offering a stable 1.0 release of its ‘JerryScript’ engine for resource-constrained IoT devices. 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