Issue #146 · January 20, 2020

Why Does Celeste Feel So Good to Play?

“All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness”

Best 7 links of week #3, 2020

Why Does Celeste Feel So Good to Play?

Why Does Celeste Feel So Good to Play?

This is not our usual Web development content, but nonetheless, it is fascinating to see how specific design choices and the actual technical implementation can affect the success of a project. We are sure there will be lessons to learn for aspiring fullstack developers from this interesting video.

Articles

2019 JavaScript Rising Stars

A complete overview of the JavaScript landscape in 2019: trends about front-end and node.js frameworks, tooling, IDE, Static site generators and more.

awslabs/git-secrets

A shell script from AWS itself that prevents you from accidentally committing AWS secrets and credentials into git repositories.

Snowpack

With Snowpack you can build modern web apps (using React, Vue, etc.) without a bundler (like Webpack, Parcel, Rollup). No more waiting for your bundler to rebuild your site every time you hit save. Instead, every change is reflected in the browser instantly.

How to move your project to TypeScript

Learn how you can move your existing JavaScript project, step by step to TypeScript. All at your own pace and as much as you want. Even without doing any code changes.

Book of the week

Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design

Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design

by Jenifer Tidwell

Despite all of the UI toolkits available today, it's still not easy to design good application interfaces. This bestselling book is one of the few reliable sources to help you navigate through the maze of design options.