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After a long winter, spring is finally here, so why not take your learning outside the classroom? Prop your laptop up on the beach and get some fresh air, while studying up on your JavaScript. Today we are highlighting some of the fun and user-friendly tools available for brushing up on JavaScript, preparing for interviews, or just learning a few new concepts.

RedMonk’s biannual report -for the first quarter of 2019- on the state of the most popular programming languages is here. The RedMonk team also presents a neat chart that includes all the language movements from 2012 till Q1 2019. Let’s have a look.

Time to put languages to the test. Which programming languages are the most secure and which have dents in their armor? A report from WhiteSource examined security vulnerabilities in some of the most popular programming languages and looked at the trends of high security vulnerabilities over the years.

The latest version of the State of Vue.js report is live and it brings some valuable insights into the state of the Vue ecosystem as well as what the team has in store for the future. Let’s have a closer look.

The new release of the Ember project arrives with a couple of interesting new features and some important updates. In this article, we take a closer look at what’s new in Ember 3.8 and we present the results of our previous poll on the discussion around Ember and if it is a relevant tool in the JavaScript ecosystem. 

npm, Inc. announced the availability of npm Enterprise, a managed deployment of the npm registry. How will this solution impact the community of enterprise developers? Let’s have a closer look.

The newest GitLab version brings tons of new features and improvements. Error tracking with Sentry and JavaScript coverage in SAST are two of the most interesting highlights featured in GitLab 11.8. Let’s have a closer look.

What could be the real unifying factor for the app platforms we have now, both mobile, desktop and web-based? Are progressive web apps new cross-platform silver bullet? In this session, Maxim Salnikov gives some interesting insights.

Enabling native capabilities while keeping the size in check, DeskGap is a framework you may want to have a look at! Did I mention it is designed as an alternative to Electron? Let’s take a closer look.

Looking for serverless deployment for your JavaScript web apps? Next.js 8 provides a reactive framework for the mobile web while staying incredibly lightweight. Dramatically improve your reliability and scalability with Next.js today!

The second annual Python Developers Survey is here and it brings some invaluable insights into the Python society. Let’s have a look at some of the highlights.

Notion is here to teach you about tidy code! This JavaScript toolchain manager keeps your command-line tools neat. Let’s have a look.

The latest version of the HackerRank Developer Skills Report is live and it brings invaluable insight into developer and employers’ trends. In this article, we have a look at the most interesting highlights of the 2019 HackerRank Developer Skills Report.

Roger Poon started JS++ eight years ago with a deep understanding of corner cases that he doesn’t believe the TypeScript team can rival. This is why Roger believes JS++ is the better option whether you need to write a simple library or if you need backwards compatibility with a large, complex, legacy enterprise codebase. Let’s have a closer look at it!