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Keeping You on the Cutting Edge of Web Technologies

There's a lot of great new content out there in the world of Web Development! Here are a few of the highlights in this edition of the newsletter:

Learn how to optimize web rendering performance
See Airbnb's JavaScript style guide
Learn how to get started with TypeScript
Easily generate fake/sample data in applications
Get information about the new router coming in Angular 1.4
Programmatically enforce your JavaScript style guide
Much more...

The Angular U Conference is Coming to San Francisco!

Interested in learning about Angular 2, 1.x, TypeScript, ES6 and Web Components directly from the Angular team, the TypeScript team and other experts? Come join the Angular U conference June 22-25 in San Francisco!

What's New in the World of JavaScript, AngularJS, HTML5, and CSS?

JavaScript

Getting Started with TypeScript - Classes, Types and Interfaces - This post walks through the key concepts you need to know to get started using TypeScript in your applications.
Generate Fake Data for Your Applications using Faker - In this post by Chris Sevilleja you'll learn about Faker and how it can be used to generate fake data to fill in your UI as you're building an application.
Auto-formatting JavaScript Code Style - Interested in programmatically enforcing your JavaScript style guide? Check out this new post by Addy Osmani.
Optimizing Rendering Performance - Learn how to optimize web performance with this article from the Google Web Fundamentals best practices guide.
React.js: Communication Between Components with Contexts - Get information about how to communicate between React.js components.
Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide - Check out Airbnb's JavaScript style guide and see how it compares to how you "style" your JavaScript code.
Aurelia vs. React.js: Based on Actual Use - A discussion of features found in the new Aurelia SPA framework as well as React.js.
Creating Container Components, Part 1: Shadow DOM - Rachel L Moore discusses the role of the Shadow DOM in Web Components.

AngularJS

A 10 Minute Primer to the New Angular Router - Interested in learning about what the new router coming to Angular 1.4 offers? In this post by Jurgen Van de Moere you'll get a great primer on the new features.
Build a Real-time SignalR Dashboard with AngularJS - Louie Bacaj shows how SignalR and AngularJS can be used together to build a nice real-time service dashboard.
Angular Basics Book - This online book by Chris Smith covers the core concepts of Angular in a unique and interactive way.
Using Web Workers with AngularJS - Andy Walpole discusses the role that Web Workers can play in Angular applications.
Creating Container Components, Part 2: Angular 1.3 Directives - Kara Erickson discusses creating a directive using transclusion, isolate scope, and more.
Creating Container Components, Part 3: Angular 2 Component Directives - This next article in a 3-part series discusses how Angular 1.3 directives can be simplified in Angular 2.
A Preview of Angular 2 and TypeScript in Visual Studio - Check out this sample project that demonstrates how TypeScript can be used with Angular 2.
Two Phases of Angular 2 Applications - Victor Savkin from the Angular team discusses how Angular 2 separates updating the application model and reflecting the state of the model in the view.

HTML5

Understanding Collisions and Physics with Babylon.js and Oimo.js - This tutorial walks through using Babylon.js and a physics engine named Oimo.js to build a 3D environment using WebGL.
A Few Different Ways to Use SVG Sprites in Animation - Sarah Drasner discusses SVG sprites and how they can be used to add motion to your web pages.

CSS

CSS3 Multiple Columns - Learn how to create a newspaper style multiple column layout using CSS3.
Beyond Media Queries - It's Time to Get Elemental - Richa Jain discusses the concept of "Element Queries" and the benefits they can provide over "Media Queries".
Animation Principles for the Web - This article discusses 12 principles of animation and how they can be applied to web pages.
Understanding the CSS Box Model for Inline Elements - See how the box model is applied to inline boxes.

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