CheerpJ 2.1 has arrived with several updates on board for bringing Java to the web. CheerpJ is a tool that comes with a full Java 8 SE runtime environment. It is designed to compile Java bytecode into JavaScript and, since version 2.0, which was released two months ago, also to WebAssembly. Let’s take a look at the latest maintenance release.
Developers can use source maps to map transpiled code back to their original source code. These five tips help developers get source maps working in JavaScript so they can spend less time debugging and more time writing software.
Time to round up some of the coolest, most interesting, and best open source GitHub repositories that we’ve seen this month. In March 2020, we took a look at a mathematical animation engine, an experimental toolchain from Facebook, and a Kubernetes IDE.
Prettier helps enforce a consistent style by parsing re-printing your code line-by-line. The new 2.0 release introduces a new CLI that is now more user-intuitive and developer-friendly, changed default values, TypeScript 3.8 features, and more.
In Sebastian Springer’s International JavaScript Conference session, he discusses Progressive Web Apps (PWA) with React. Take a look at the steps involved that turn an ordinary browser application into a fully-fledged PWA in this informative presentation.
The package manager npm was initally released ten years ago and is used by millions of JavaScript developers today. It is now being acquired by GitHub—which itself was purchased by Microsoft two years ago. What does this latest step mean for npm users? Let’s take a closer look.
In this session led by Cornelia Rauch, you will learn more about the topic of single page applications and their application states and see how you can integrate state management into your Angular applications to make them maintainable long-term.
Google AI researchers conducted a study among 645 users of TensorFlow.js, a framework for machine learning with JavaScript. The goal was to find out what motivates software developers to get started with machine learning, what they expect from ML frameworks and what challenges they face. Let’s see what the survey has brought to light.
Every Monday, we take a step back and look at all the cool stuff that went down during the previous week. Last week, the creator of Concurnas presented the new JVM language in detail. We also welcomed the latest Istio release and the first RedMonk ranking of 2020—and we showed how embracing compassion, respect, and empathy can make you a better programmer.
Join Juan Herrera, Google Developer Expert in Angular and Web Technologies, to learn the most villainous code smells you will find in most Angular applications, along with an elegant solution for each one of them. Watch this session from the International JavaScript Conference.
RedMonk tracks the most popular programming language using data from GitHub and Stack Overflow. The first ranking of 2020 is here. This quarter, the number one programming language is JavaScript, which comes as no surprise. However, a few other languages moved up the charts. Let’s see what languages are trending in 2020.
Ant Design is a UI design system and React UI library written in TypeSript used for building enterprise-level web applications. It is written in TypeScript and used by large companies such as Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu. Take a brief tour of Ant Design’s creation guidelines and design values and see what the newest additions to Version 4 bring to the table.
We spoke with Thomas Steiner, a Developer Advocate at Google Hamburg, about Project Fugu, a major player in the development of a PWA standard. Project Fugu is a cross-company effort from Google, Microsoft, and Intel focused on improving the web. Discover the process behind designing new APIs at Project Fugu and how it will bridge the app gap.
After seven years of development, the General Availability release of Scala.js 1.0.0 is here. This dialect of Scala compiles Scala code directly to JavaScript and includes editor support which catches typos before you even compile your code. See how to update to version 1.0.0, how to get started, and take a brief tour of its key features.
