Eric felt some pushback against the use of ES6’s arrow functions recently. Here he explains how they’re useful and why you should become very comfortable with them.
Eric Elliott
A 50 minute roundup of common, JavaScript-specific techniques like using modules, webpack, ES6 syntax, classes, async/await and more.
Scott Allen
React VR lets anyone with an understanding of JavaScript rapidly build and deploy VR experiences using standard web tools. GitHub repo.
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An easy to integrate and versatile HTML5 based MPEG-DASH and HLS player for desktop, mobile, VR Headsets, Chromecast, AirPlay, AppleTV and SmartTVs. Including a WebGL based VR and 360 video component and a completely customizable HTML5/CSS UI.
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An open source project to bring better validation to Angular’s reactive forms. Here’s a look at how to use it, why Todd created it and the problems it aims to solve.
Todd Motto
Should you pick Angular or React? Pavels Jelisjevs looks in detail at what both frameworks have to offer, and gives some practical advice on how to choose.
Sitepoint
The basics of turning an expression like 89sin(60) + 4.4x/9 into its component parts for further processing.
Shalvah Adebayo
A look at some key new features in Microsoft’s Chakra JavaScript engine.
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