👋🏾 Happy Thursday, readers!
In today's issue, I've included the third installment of a comprehensive web development mid-year review, which focuses on JavaScript and the rest of the front-end web development world. The next installments will cover other languages and tools like Python, PHP, Golang, Ruby, Java, and so much more, as well as general industry news/stats/surveys you need to know from this year.
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OCaml 4.11.0 is now available. Some highlights:
- A new statistical memory profiler called Statmemprof:
- An instrumented runtime that logs runtime statistics in a standard format
- Backtraces refer to function names
- Recursive and yet unboxed types support
For a full list of changes, click here.
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The free virtual Ruby conference NoRuko will take place tomorrow, Aug. 21, at 15:00 CEST. Yukihiro Matsumoto (Matz), the creator of Ruby, will participate and talk about Ruby3. Registration to attend the conference isn't required.
More:
- The event aims to take fill "the void" from all the canceled and rescheduled Ruby events this year due to the pandemic.
- Other speakers in addition to Matsumoto include the Director of Engineering at GitHub, the Engineering Lead at Shopify, the Director at rubycentral.org, and more.
- Check out the full schedule here.
- For a full list of other web development events taking place this month, click here.
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WEB DEVELOPMENT MID-YEAR REVIEW:
Today, we're highlighting the world of JavaScript and other general front-end web development highlights so far from this year. In the next installment, we'll dive into other languages including Python, PHP, Ruby, Golang, Java, and more, as well as the main points from the main surveys/trends/studies you should know this year.
JAVASCRIPT:
Angular:
- Angular 10: drops support for versions 9 and 10 of Internet Explorer, as well as Internet Explorer Mobile. Other highlights: a new date range picker, warnings about CommonJS imports that can slow down apps, support for TypeScript 3.9. To update...
jQuery:
Vue.js:
React:
Node.js:
Other:
- Deno 1.0 is now available. This is a new runtime created by Node.js creator Ryan Dahl that developers can use to execute JavaScript and TypeScript outside of the web browser. Dahl says he created the runtime to fix the problems he found in Node.js.
- Bootstrap...
TYPESCRIPT:
General Front-End:
- Chrome DevTools improved style editing support for CSS-in-JS frameworks created with the CSS Object Model (CSSOM) APIs. In addition...
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Check out previous installments of the mid-year review here:
When you sign up, you'll also be able to view past premium content, like:
- August's list of virtual events and hackathons and the upcoming September list
- Masterclasses with leading figures in web development. In this Week's masterclass feature, GitLab's CEO Sid Sijbrandij explained how GitLab became a success while offering management advice to dev teams and more.
- This Week At..." feature condenses some of the best blog posts/tutorials, updates, and more from engineering teams at the top companies in the world into something you can digest in seconds.
- Monthly/weekly/yearly roundups, like the July 2020 web development news recap and the upcoming August review.
- A weekly curation of FREE/DISCOUNTED developer books, courses/certifications, as well as office gear. This Week's includes major Back to School deals on some of the hottest laptops, iPads, Breville Espresso machines, K95 5-layer face masks, 5 TB portable hard drives, and so much more.
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Menlo Security researchers have discovered a new cybercrime campaign they call Duri, which uses HTML smuggling to infect machines with the Metamorfo banking trojan. Duri is able to evade network security tools, such as sandboxes and proxies. The researchers said that the campaign started in early July and is ongoing.
More:
- HTML smuggling exploits HTML5/JavaScript features to deliver malware via Data URLs on the client device or to create a Javascript blob with MIME-type that results in malware being downloaded on the device.
- First discovered in April 2018, the Metamorfo banking trojan steals financial information, such as credit card numbers, as well as personal data from victims.
- Menlo Security predicts that HTML smuggling will be used more often to deliver malware because of its ability to evade network security tools.
This story first appeared in Inside Security.
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ICYMI: Js13kGames, a JavaScript coding competition for HTML5 game developers, officially started on Aug. 13. The contest will last through Sept. 13, and challenges participants to create a game within that timeframe using less than 13 kilobyte of JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and more.
More:
- Learn more about how to participate here.
- This year's theme is 404, the HTTP response code, and error message meaning Not Found
- Prizes include a Magic Leap device from the (former) Mozilla Mixed Reality team, a Nintendo Switch, 13 paid GitHub Pro plans, three CodePen Pro Starter accounts for 12 months each, and more.
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Sheena Vasani is a journalist and UC Berkeley, Dev Bootcamp, and Thinkful alumna who writes Inside Dev. She's currently building an app connecting U.S. voters with locals who can deliver ballots for them so votes are received in time and to reduce the spread of Covid-19. Sign up to be notified when the app is live and let her know if you'd like to help here or by email!
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