~javascriptweekly | Issue 689 - SolidJS is off to a solid start (13)

Creating Realistic Handwriting with p5.js — Amy wanted to programatically bring her (cursive) handwriting into some diagrams she was making and figured out how to make it happen with p5.js. Here's how.

SolidStart 1.0: The Shape of Frameworks to Come? — SolidJS is a React-inspired declarative UI library but with a performance focus and templates compiled to real DOM nodes receiving direct DOM updates – no VDOM. SolidStart is a framework for building and deploying SolidJS apps with many compelling features right out of the box.

Angular v18 Released — The large-scale framework got a big public revival last year with Angular 17 and its new homepage. Things continue to progress with experimental support for zoneless change detection and the new built-in control flow approach becoming stable.

City in a Bottle: Raycasting in 256 Bytes — Frank has a great reputation for putting together stunning visual demos with the tiniest amounts of JavaScript. This is no exception. He goes into a lot of detail about how it works; you’ll learn a few things and/or come away awe-struck.

5 Easy Tips to Improve Your Personal Website Performance — Salma Alam-Naylor shares easy ways to give your personal website (and all other websites, in fact) a performance boost.

▶  The React Compiler: Going In-Depth — Last week we mentioned the open sourcing of the new React Compiler, but if you want to see it in action, this is for you. Jack's excitement is palpable.

Chrome DevTools Offers AI for Understanding Errors and Warnings — Not everyone is going to like this, but it’s optional. Also: the first Chrome feature that requires you be over 18?

📊 A Guide to JS Performance Analysis with Chrome DevTools — If your prefer your debugging experience AI-free, rest easy. This is a thorough walkthrough of the practicalities of using the Chrome DevTools for digging into performance issues.

Software Consultants Your Team Actually Wants to Work with 🥳 — Test Double solves tough problems from strategy to execution. Weekly rates. Open contracts. No management required.

🖋️ Signature Pad 5.0: Smooth Signature Drawing Control — If you need people to give you their John Hancock on the web, use this to let them make their unintelligible, but legally binding, scribbles. GitHub repo.

VitePress 1.2: Vite & Vue Powered Static Site Generator — From the creator of both Vue.js and Vite, a Markdown-oriented static site generator with a particularly smooth developer experience.

Ditch Passwords for Good: Embrace the Future of Secure Login with Passkeys — Ditch passwords for passkeys, the secure biometric login solution eliminating password pain while fortifying user accounts.

Jira.js 4.0: A Wrapper for Atlassian Jira's Cloud APIs — Love Jira? Become even happier by interacting with it with code. Docs and examples.