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Saturday 26th September, 2020 #

  • JavaScript properties, getters and setters - Ever wondered why javascript has special getter and setter properties, couldn’t you just use a regular method? Turns out you totally can, but it’s not “modern”, after reading this article you will at least know the different ways, and what is modern
  • Feature watch - ECMAScript 2021 - I was most interested in the candidate features adding public and private fields to classes, having read through most of the description here I am left with the overall impression that it introduces a lot of complexity, maybe it’s because so much of the implementation is visible and that in practice once you start using them it will be kind of obvious, but this article doesn’t make me want to dive in, plain old javascript objects get you pretty far
  • graffiti - Minimalistic GraphQL framework - According to the docs this library makes it super simple to implement a graphql endpoint in node with just some mongoose models and configuration placed in a directory tree
  • Ring’s latest security camera is a drone that flies around inside your house
  • How does one lead a team in a hackathon?
  • Dark mode with only 1 css property
  • Employees threaten to strike if Spotify refuses to censor Joe Rogan
  • Google plans crackdown on major developers circumventing Play Store in-app purchase rules
  • Coalition for App Fairness unites developers to fight Apple's App Store fees and policies