Links since last time - 27 September 2019
Here are some of the interesting resources I came across these couple of weeks.
Here are some of the interesting resources I came across these couple of weeks.
Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
Microsoft Devblogs
Microsoft WSL 2 FAQ
- WSL 2 uses Hyper-V to visualize the guest operating system. It's basically a virtual machine now
- You can run windows applications within the subsystem e.g.
explorer .
JSON Web Tokens
JSON web tokens, JWT, is an open standard that can help with authorization for logins and verifying information exchange. Marc talks about how a JWT is used and how to implement it on a NodeJS server.
Faster JavaScript with Firefox
By Jan de Mooij on hacks.mozilla.org
If you think JavaScript on Firefox is not fast enough, it just got faster.
jQuery in 2019
By Brian Neville-O'Neill on dev.to
A throw back to the past, Brian talks about what is jQuery, why do people still use it in 2019, the modern alternatives today and how it stacks up to modern alternatives.
When to sync data with your back end
Joe talks about how the 4 ways we can design our front end to sync data with the backend and when to use each technique.
Windows Update broke my Bluetooth Audio
If your Windows update broke your Bluetooth Device (like mine), here is the fix.
Looking at the Basics
Jonathan Z white from freecodecamp.org
A complete beginner revision for HTML/CSS front end.
Software Engineers Study Guide
This is a pretty comprehensive guide for all the general algorithm knowledge for software engineers.
Web Share API
Didn't know about this until today 👍.
A Complete Guide to Front End Web Development
By the folks over at frontendmasters.com
A pretty extensive reference that tells you all you need to know about front end web development completed with diagrams and stuff.
Dealing with timezones
I faced the same exact issue during my school project during my diploma and during my internship. MomentJS and Unix Timestamp saved me.
12 ES10 Features
And now, we play the browser support game.
Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast
So, Marques is doing podcasts now too?
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