SortableJS brings drag-and-drop lists to Microsoft Blazor

SortableJS, a JavaScript library for creating reorderable drag-and-drop lists, has been wrapped into a component for Microsoft’s Blazor web application builder and renamed Blazor Sortable. A common feature for web application development, SortableJS ... more

Microsoft Blazor adds SortableJS for drag-and-drop lists

SortableJS, a JavaScript library for creating reorderable drag-and-drop lists, has been wrapped into a component for Microsoft’s Blazor web application builder and renamed Blazor Sortable. A common feature for web application development, SortableJS ... more

Vue framework speeds template parsing, improves reactivity

Vue 3.4 has been released. The upgrade fitted with a faster, rewritten template parser and a refactored reactivity system. Announced December 28, 2023, Vue 3.4 promises “substantial internal improvements.” Most notable is the rewritten template parser, ... more

Astro web framework adds accessibility audit rules

Version 4.1 of the Astro web framework, released January 4, features new accessibility audit rules, custom cookie encoding, and a configuration option for the client:visible directive. Available on GitHub, Astro is positioned as a framework for building ... more

Oracle introduces JavaScript support in MySQL

Oracle has introduced JavaScript support in the MySQL database, allowing developers to write JavaScript stored programs, i.e. JavaScript functions and procedures, in the MySQL database server. The capability was announced on December 15, 2023. The JavaScript ... more

Building tables in React: Get started with react-table

Displaying data in tables is a lasting requirement of user interfaces. React Table is described as an “almost headless” table library for React. It focuses on giving you all the data aspects in a convenient format and leaves the styling and componentizing ... more

Intro to JSX: HTML that does JavaScript

JSX is a way to write HTML inside of JavaScript, but it feels more like a way to write JavaScript inside of HTML. As a templating language, it is beloved by some and loathed by others. Here’s a look at how it works and why it’s important. Templating ... more

The best new features in Angular 17: A kinder, faster Angular

Angular is one of the most storied front-end web frameworks, and it has gone through significant changes since its initial release—including the complete rewrite that transformed it into a reactive framework in the vein of React. Angular today is a powerful ... more

Deno adds Deno Cron for job scheduling

Deno Land, the developers of the Deno TypeScript/JavaScript runtime, have introduced Deno Cron, a feature the company describes as an easy way to create scheduled jobs. Announced November 29 and available behind the --unstable flag in Deno 1.38, Deno.cron() ... more

TypeScript 5.3 arrives with support for import attributes

TypeScript 5.3, an upgrade to Microsoft’s strongly typed JavaScript variant that adds support for import attributes for ECMAScript modules, is now available as a production release. TypeScript 5.3 also offers features ranging from stable support for ... more

Angular 17 previews control flow, better type checking

Angular 17, the latest version of Google’s TypeScript-based web app development framework, has arrived, featuring built-in control flow to improve the developer experience. Introduced via a bulletin on November 8, Angular 17 can be accessed from GitHub. ... more

Deno 1.38 features HTML documentation, hot module replacement

The Deno runtime for JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly has been updated with new HTML capabilities. The latest updates enhance documentation and client-side navigation in both Deno and the Fresh web framework. Unveiled November 2, Deno 1.38 offers ... more

Next.js 14 previews partial prerendering

Next.js 14, the latest version of Vercel’s React-based framework for web development, previews a compiler improvement for dynamic content. Introduced October 26, Next.js 14 offers an experimental preview of partial prerendering, a compiler optimization ... more

Using JavaScript's built-in objects

JavaScript's built-in objects include Object , JSON , console , String , Math , Date , and the window and global objects. These are some of the most important and useful parts of the JavaScript language. Together, they are essential elements of the programming ... more

Node.js 21 brings WebSocket client

Node.js 21, the latest release of the open source cross-platform JavaScript runtime, has arrived, featuring a built-in WebSocket client and support for globs in the platform’s test runner. Announced October 17, Node.js 21 is equipped with an experimental, ... more

Report finds few open source projects actively maintained

A recent analysis accounting for nearly 1.2 million open source software projects primarily across four major ecosystems found that only about 11% of projects were actively maintained. In its 9th Annual State of the Software Supply Chain report, published ... more

Intro to Hyperscript: Rethinking JavaScript

Some of us remember HyperCard, an interesting branch in the evolutionary tree of programming languages. If you’re of a certain age, you might even have learned programming with HyperCard. Hyperscript is a newer technology that takes some of the benefits ... more

TypeScript 5.3 adds support for import attributes

TypeScript 5.3, an upgrade to Microsoft’s strongly typed JavaScript variant now in beta, is set to support updates to an import attributes proposal for ECMAScript modules. The ECMA standards proposal features an inline syntax for module import statements ... more

Recharts: Intro to JavaScript charting

The JavaScript ecosystem includes many charting libraries, but it’s tough to create a full-featured charting API that performs well in real-world usage. This article is a hands-on introduction to one of the good ones. Recharts is a React-specific incarnation ... more

Latest Node.js boosts stream performance

Node.js v20.8.0 has arrived, offering performance improvements for streams in the popular JavaScript runtime environment. Published as the “current” version of Node.js on September 29 and offering the platform’s latest features, Version 20.8.0 can be ... more

10 JavaScript concepts every Node developer must master

Node.js went from an out-of-the-box idea to a mainstay in record time. Today, it's a de facto standard for creating web applications, systems software, and more. Server-side Node frameworks like Express, build-chain tools like Webpack, and a host of ... more

Next.js 13.5 brings faster startups and refreshes

Vercel has released the Next.js 13.5 web framework, which features faster startups and refreshes and lower memory usage. Unveiled September 19, version 13.5 improves local server startup time by 22%, letting developers iterate faster with the App Router ... more

Deno runtime now integrates with Jupyter Notebook

Deno runtime proponents are touting the simplification of software development via the use of Jupyter Notebook in Deno 1.37. This latest version of the runtime for JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly also features improved editor support for Visual ... more

Intro to HTMX: Dynamic HTML without JavaScript

HTMX lets you use an extended HTML syntax instead of JavaScript to achieve interactivity. HTMX gives you HTTP interactions directly in the markup, and it supports many other interactive needs without resorting to JavaScript. It’s an interesting idea ... more

DataStax’s new JSON API targets JavaScript developers

DataStax on Tuesday said that it was releasing a new JSON API in order to help JavaScript developers leverage its serverless, NoSQL Astra DB as a vector database for their large language model (LLMs), AI assistant, and real-time generative AI projects. ... more

Use TensorFlow to predict Bitcoin prices

TensorFlow is the most popular machine learning platform and the Node version, TensorFlow.js, makes it easy to use in a JavaScript application. In this article, we’ll combine two of the most interesting technologies of the day: cryptocurrency and AI. ... more

Bun 1.0 is out of the oven

Bun, an all-in-one toolkit for building, testing, debugging, and running JavaScript and TypeScript apps, has reached stable production-ready status as of September 8. Positioned as a drop-in replacement for Node.js, Bun is a single executable intended ... more

Node.js upgrade adds environment variable config

Node.js 20.6.0, the latest version of the asynchronous, event-driven JavaScript runtime, includes built-in env. file support for configuring environment variables. The update, cited as the “current” version of Node.js and announced September 4, can be ... more

Intro to Hapi: The Node.js framework

Hapi is a Node.js framework in the vein of Express but with a handful of distinguishing ideas, including a no-dependency, high-quality code stack; powerful configuration options; and fine-tuned extensibility that covers many use cases. JavaScript creator ... more

Fresh web framework for Deno speeds page loading

With Fresh 1.4, the latest version of the full-stack web framework leveraging the Deno javaScript/TypeScript runtime, the Fresh authors are heralding faster page loads and shared layouts. Introduced August 16, Fresh 1.4 is focused on developer experience ... more