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V8 release v6.5 : Every six weeks, we create a new branch of V8 as part of our release process, this post provides a preview of some of the highlights in anticipation of the release. This release comes with a streaming compilation for WebAssembly code, The WebAssembly API provides a special function to support streaming compilation in combination with the fetch() API. In addition, they continued to work on widening the fast-path of JavaScript builtins in general, adding a mechanism to detect and prevent a ruinous situation called a “deoptimization loop.”

Stable AngularJS and Long Term Support : AngularJS is an extremely stable framework for building web applications, and has been used by millions of developers across the web. AngularJS is planning one more significant release, version 1.7, and on July 1, 2018 it will enter a 3 year Long Term Support period. After the release of 1.7.0 the team does not intend to merge any feature or fix that will require even a minor breaking change.

style-components 3.1.0 is available : This version introduces a new CSS injection mechanism, which means faster client-side rendering in production and streaming server-side rendering support enables a faster time-to-first-byte. styled-components v3.1.0 now uses insertRule in production by default, a new and widely unknown DOM API, initial mount time of the benchmark app was reduced by ~10x, and re-render time was reduced by ~20x!

State Management with MobX State Tree : With MobX State Tree, we have another first class contender that should be thrown into the candidates for managing state. While it is not completely its own separate state management solution (it is very similar to MobX), it is different enough to not categorize it as just “MobX”. This post introduce how to use MobX State Tree, and compare the codebase between MobX. More reference about this can be found in Awesome MobX Reference .

Routing and Route Protection in Server-Rendered Vue Apps Using Nuxt.js : The concept and implementation details of Server-Side Rendering (SSR) are challenging for beginners as well as experienced developers. The challenges get more daunting when you have to do things like data fetching, routing and protecting authenticated routes. This article will walk you through how to overcome these challenges with Nuxt.js. More reference about this can be found in Awesome Vue Reference .

An introduction to Progressive Web Apps : Progressive Web Apps (PWA) are the latest trend in mobile application development using web technologies. A Progressive Web App is a website which is developed with certain technologies that make the mobile experience much more pleasant than a normal mobile-optimized website. In this post, the author talks about Progressive Web Apps alternatives, Progressive Web Apps features, etc. More reference about this can be found Awesome PWA Reference .

Modernizing Node.js with idiomatic JavaScript: Performance in JavaScript is a huge area, it is faster than ever, but there is still one question that remains unanswered: How can we decide which JavaScript to make fast? In the past, performance advice was often presented as anti-patterns, for example “Don’t use for-each” or “Don’t use try-catch”. Fast-forward to 2018 — Node.js can now also be powered by the ChakraCore JavaScript engine and V8 has a new optimizing compiler Turbofan, so JavaScript developers should focus on writing idiomatic, readable and maintainable code and not focus on the compilers underneath. More reference about this can be found in Awesome Node.js Reference.

12 best practices for user account, authorization and password management: Account management, authorization and password management can be tricky. For many developers, account management is a dark corner that doesn't get enough attention. For product managers and customers, the resulting experience often falls short of expectations. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) brings several tools to help you make good decisions around the creation, secure handling and authentication of user accounts. This post will lay out the best practices to ensure you have a safe, scalable, usable account authentication system. More reference about this can be found in Awesome WebSecurity Reference.