React, Flux, GraphQL, Hack, HHVM...? All of this and more!
Prisma is a new project from the Graphcool team. Following the Graphcool Framework, this is another GraphQL focused project from the BaaS (Backend as a Service) company from Berlin. Like PostGraphile, just announced - Prisma generates a GraphQL compliant API from a database.
Next.js is a powerful framework that is being deployed by companies like Ticketmaster, Docker, NPM and Magic Leap. The JavaScript framework developed by startup company Zeit is opinionated, which has kept some users unhappy. Especially regarding it's custom routing tool.
In 2018 there seems to be lack of Universal JavaScript frameworks. Kicking off with Sapper, the old guard of Next.js and Nuxt.js now have a new alternative in After.js. The project shamelessly admits that it's heavily inspired by Next and uses parts of Razzle as it's building blocks.
GraphQL continues to make headlines as does Postgres - the veteran Open Source relational database. What brings these two technologies together is a project called PostGraphile.
Headless Content Management tools provided as services available via a HTTP API have grown in popularity. They are often used in scenarios where content plays a peripheral role and where functionality is complex and Monolithic CMSes like Drupal or WordPress are not ideal in their architectural approach.
The serious flaws in CPUs made web applications written in JavaScript vulnerable to vicious attacks. With attackers being able to freely read memory using the speculative execution exploit, it is difficult to protect from these attacks as they can be deployed from the browser.
ECMAScript modules added to the specification in ES6 (AKA ES2016) are now the de-facto way of writing modular JavaScript. The next step for modular JavaScript are dynamic imports. With dynamic expressions developers can include snippets of code on the fly when the app is running.
In the recent article on JavaScript Front End frameworks' popularity on Stack Overflow it was noted how fast the turnaround for frameworks is. Developers need to maintain an active mindset on learning to keep up with the trends of the dynamic job market. What are the most popular options in 2018?
The technology world moves rapidly and the environment can eat companies alive. This is what happened to the Nokia Mobile Phones business. Based in Finland the company ruled the global mobile phone market.
JavaScript was designed originally in 1995 as a simple scripting language to provide interactivity for web pages. The language never specified a native module system, until the release of the ES2015 (AKA ES7) specification. Now they've made their way to the Firefox browser.