A new tool arrived! Dredd is a language-agnostic HTTP API testing tool. Dredd reads your API description and step by step validates whether your API implementation replies with responses as they are described in the documentation. Neat!
Christmas is coming! That means you should expect for some cool presents this year. And we negotiated with Santa to bring you the best monthly most popular JS repositories selection! Isn’t it awesome? In this selection you will find a static documentation for API, minimalist JavaScript library for dates and time,a blocker for Chromium and Firefox, a library to generate PDFs, spreadsheet parser and writer, a platform that visualizes algorithms from code and many other neat GitHub repositories!
We love to work with different technologies to reach the desired result. And sometimes we don’t even understand how many of them we actually use in a single project. Regardless of the popularity of the ‘big three JS frameworks’ (React, Vue and Angular), there are tens of other JavaScript frameworks worth your attention. Today we found the outstanding scope for 58 most famous JavaScript frameworks of various types! Enjoy!
Today we want you to meet Node.js Compiler Collection called ‘ncc’. This is a simple CLI for compiling a Node.js module into a single file, together with all its dependencies, gcc-style.
Hurray! New Rails digest arrived at the beginning of winter. It is likely, you heard of some open source projects, we share today, before. But it is also for sure, that some other of them from this list is a surprise for you. The worst thing about software development that you can’t use all of the cool tools you know. But more you know – the better solution you can find in future. In this ‘Monthly trending Ruby on Rails repositories. December, 5’ digest you will meet error monitoring for Rails, Vue on Rails gem, publishing framework, DB schema managing tool, carpooling platform, Vim config for Rails and many other awesome repositories!
There were busy days! Due to the lack of time and bunch of projects, we couldn’t share with you all those great news we found. But today’s digest is a special digest. We’ll include here everything that you could have missed and everything that you should know in the future. The tech stack is evolving with a speed of sound and that’s fantastic! Welcome to our new Syndicode Digest #74 – Charity fair!
Despite you might think that there are thousands of tools like this, there are not many similar ones indeed. All the special thing about Luna is that it has no configuration. We found this simple, modern, opinionated testing framework for JavaScript accidentally. Then we decided that many other people should have already know about it. But unfortunately, there are not many people using Luna. So today Syndicode decided to share this repository with you. Luna is a unit testing framework for testing JavaScript in a browser…
How many of you have tried your luck? We’re not talking about gambling or ruffling. We’re talking about belief in your chance, even if you know that there’s no chance at all. Theoretically, this way of behavior is at low probability among programmers because they can predict what will happen according to different assumptions and calculations. But it is also observed that sometimes programmers have no idea what they are doing at all. And the hope that everything will be ok is the only one thing that helps them to continue. Try to identify your type of behavior while reading our new ‘Syndicode Digest #73 – Rare possibility’!
This type of weather makes you want nothing else but sitting at home and watching some movie sipping a tea or cacao. Right? Especially if it’s cold outside. Some might say that such conditions force people to learn something new or improve their skills while there is not much fun on the street. But we have doubts about any kind of motivation in November. Still, you can watch as others getting popular on GitHub with their JS projects. This ‘Monthly most popular JS repositories. Gloomy weather’ is here for you! Enjoy other’s people achievements and use these awesome 3D libraries, business intelligence web applications, code editors, audio libraries, Node app frameworks, and data visualization frameworks and more!
Chicken dance learning curve seemed so hard in our childhood. But as you grow, things you’ve learned earlier might seem even primitive. And that happens even with the most sophisticated and hard-to-understand concepts. As much as you work with it, as much as you practice, and as much as you getting older and smarter, you become ready for more complicated tasks. Let’s use this explanation when things seem impossible. Read about great impossible solutions that became possible in our new Syndicode Digest #72 – Chicken dance!
It’s been a while since our last digest. But since that time we managed to complete several interesting projects, release Ruby guide and move our team of Syndicode Dnipro to the new office in the city center. The one thing remains changeless is our love for tech news and discoveries in software development. Are you with us? Read our new Syndicode Digest #71 – Digital Slytherin!
What you learn as a frontend developer? In past, there were HTML, CSS, JS… and now? What can you say about frontend developers nowadays?
