--- title: "Visualizing algorithms" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 684 published_at: "2024-04-18" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/684" --- Plus a campaign to upgrade jQuery, Biome 1.7, and a silly JavaScript 'interview' video. | #​684 — April 18, 2024 [Read on the Web](https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/684) Together with [![WorkOS\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,w_514,h_98/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:9/tdfxwgk852ui9leli4wm.png)](https://workos.com/?utm_source=cpjavascript&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=q22024) JavaScript Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/witsoytxgchsvp3nmrpp.jpg)](https://quilljs.com/) [Quill 2.0: A Powerful Rich Text Editor for the Web](https://quilljs.com/) — A major release and significant modernization for the open source WYSIWYG editor. 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