~javascriptweekly | Issue 705 - Hey, how many C's are there in JavaScript? (16)

Chokidar 4.0: Efficient Cross-Platform File Watching Node.js Library — Wraps around fs.watch / fs.watchFile and normalizes the events received, applies best practices, and presents an API that works the same across platforms.

'Oracle, It’s Time to Free JavaScript.' — It’s long been a bone of contention that Oracle owns the trademark for ‘JavaScript’ (we put out a call two years ago) but this marks the first serious effort to try and change that, including petitioning the USPTO, if necessary. You can support the effort by signing this open letter, joining a vast array of JavaScript luminaries.

Now You Can Compile and Run C in JavaScript — Well, if you’re using Bun, at least. Bun v1.1.28 lands experimental support for compiling and native C code and then running its functions from JavaScript. It's easier than it sounds..

ts-blank-space: Fast Type-Stripping TypeScript to JS Compiler — It’s job is simple: be the fastest TS to JS compiler written in JS (it’s 5.6x faster than tsc.) Types are simply replaced with whitespace preserving the coordinates of the JS code which eliminates the need for sourcemaps entirely.

Mathematical Symbols and JavaScript Equivalents — We’re not just talking the obvious like + and - but things like ⁿ√, Σ, Π, ∃, and set notation.

A React 19 Cheat Sheet — From Kent C Dodds, of Epic React fame, comes this part cheat sheet, part succinct reminder of some of the new things you can do in React 19, along with (very) brief code examples.

From Parcel to Vite: A Short Story of a 100K LOC Migration — “We’ve migrated our frontend projects from Parcel to Vite, and the process was… smooth.”

How to Create a Chrome Extension with React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS and Vite — Covers everything you need to know right through to publishing in the Chrome Web Store.

date-fns v4.0 Released with First-Class Time Zones Support — date-fns is a hugely popular and comprehensive suite of 200+ functions for working with dates in JavaScript, and now there’s first-class time zone support too.

ts-remove-unused: Remove Unused Code from TypeScript Projects — A tool that can auto-fix unused exports (removing export from the declaration or the whole declaration based on its usage) and delete modules that have no referenced exports. Knip is another mature tool in this space, though focused more on detecting the things you can remove.

Amplify the Benefits of JWTs and Session Tokens — Learn how leveraging the benefits of both session token authentication and JWTs results in the best of both approaches.

Next.js SaaS Starter: A Next.js Template for SaaS Webapps — A starter template for building a SaaS-style webapp using Next.js with authentication, Stripe integration, and a dashboard for users. It uses Postgres and Drizzle for the database and UI elements based on shadcn/ui and Tailwind.

nano-spawn: Tiny Execa-Inspired Process Execution for Node.js — If you’re familiar with Sindre’s Execa for running commands from a Node app in a reliable manner, nano-spawn offers its core functionality in a smaller package.

DECK.GL: GPU-Powered Large-Scale Data Visualization Framework — Well suited to geospatial data visualization use cases that go beyond typical 2D views. There are plenty of examples to show it off. Can be used through both vanilla JS and React interfaces.

Vue-Multiselect 3.1: A Complete 'Selecting Solution' for Vue.js — There’s a lot on offer here, complete with SSR support, Vuex support, strong test coverage, and with no dependencies.

[Workshop] Fix Your Front-End: JavaScript Edition — Learn practical tips to make debugging more tolerable. Join our JavaScript team live for a masterclass on Sept 24.