--- title: "#369: An Extensive Guide to 50+ JS Frameworks" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 369 published_at: "2018-01-19" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/369" --- #369: An Extensive Guide to 50+ JS Frameworks This week's JavaScript news — [Read this e-mail on the Web](http://javascriptweekly.com/issues/369) JavaScript WeeklyIssue 369 — January 19, 2018[An Extensive Guide to JS Frameworks](https://javascriptreport.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-javascript-frameworks/)It’s a roundup post, but what a roundup post! John Hannah walks through 52 JavaScript frameworks of various types and touches on their pros, cons, and distinctive features. John Hannah [Keep webpack Fast: A Guide for Better Build Perf](https://slack.engineering/keep-webpack-fast-a-field-guide-for-better-build-performance-f56a5995e8f1)[webpack](https://webpack.js.org/) is a great tool for bundling frontend assets but it’s worth knowing what to do when it starts to get bogged down. Rowan Oulton [Asynchronous JS: From Callback Hell to Async and Await](https://www.toptal.com/javascript/asynchronous-javascript-async-await-tutorial)A reintroduction to asynchronous JavaScript, explaining why you should now be using async/await functions. Demir Selmanovic [![Frontend Masters\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/7bf44f42.png)](https://frontendmasters.com/courses/react-state/?utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_medium=email)[📣 New Course: Advanced State in React with Redux, MobX, & More](https://frontendmasters.com/courses/react-state/)Learn the patterns to manage state across large React applications. Take a tour through the popular approaches and libraries to state management like Flux, Redux, MobX, Redux Thunks and Redux Sagas in this new course by Steve Kinney. Frontend MastersSponsor [Dragging React Performance Forward](https://medium.com/@alexandereardon/dragging-react-performance-forward-688b30d40a33)One of the creators of [react-beautiful-dnd](https://github.com/atlassian/react-beautiful-dnd) goes in-depth on how they radically improved the performance of the latest version. Alex Reardon [Can (a == 1 && a == 2 && a == 3) Ever Evaluate to 'true'?](https://stackoverflow.com/q/48270127/3951)In short, yes, and while it’s not something that’s useful in itself, it’s fun to think outside the box and look under the hood (we think..). Stack Overflow [How Firefox’s New Compiler Makes WebAssembly Even Faster](https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/01/making-webassembly-even-faster-firefoxs-new-streaming-and-tiering-compiler/)Firefox 58 includes a new 2-tiered compiler which boasts a huge speedup for WebAssembly users. How? Why? All is explained here. 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Frontend Developer LoveSponsor [Using a Virtual DOM with Backbone Views](https://opkode.com/blog/backbone-vdomview/) tutorial [Backbone](http://backbonejs.org/) is mature and well used but this approach can make your Backbone views become more modern and reactive. JC Brand [Running Untrusted JS as a SaaS Is Hard, But..](https://medium.com/@tim_nolet/running-untrusted-javascript-as-a-saas-is-hard-this-is-how-i-tamed-the-demons-973870f76e1c) tutorial Running untrusted code is a security nightmare, but it can be done. Tim Nolet [Writing JS Apps for a Fitbit Ionic Smartwatch](https://www.javascriptjanuary.com/blog/writing-js-apps-for-fitbit-ionic) tutorial Not a bad place to start with ‘wearable’ development. Charles Grugan [Implementing Tic-Tac-Toe with Vue.js](https://ejdraper.com/2018/01/17/tic-tac-toe-with-vuejs/) tutorial Elliott Draper [A Tiny Guide to Creating Babel Plugins](https://phfilip.com/a-short-guide-to-creating-babel-plugins.html) tutorial Philip Dexter [Transitioning Your Marionette App to React](https://medium.com/@michaelsholty/transitioning-your-marionette-app-to-react-4b94ddefafd1) tutorial [Marionette](https://marionettejs.com/) is a framework heavily used in the Backbone world. 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