Issue 2021-W19
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This week has been about bash scripts in JavaScript, a browser-based IDE, patterns for Web Components, a book on networks, visually programming machine learning and Zulip.
# zx
A tool to write bash scripts in JavaScript.
# Orchest
A browser-based IDE based on pipelines, isolated execution steps and notebooks.
# Zulip
A chat service with threads, topics, custom emojis with the possibility to run your own server.
Chat applications are popular and surprisingly difficult to get right. I currently use Slack, Keybase, Discord, Telegram, Signal and have been testing Rocket, Matrix and what not.
And not a single one of them ticks all the boxes.
# Kobra
A visual programming language for machine learning.
# Catalyst
A set of patterns and techniques to work with Web Components. It won't solve inherent problems of design like not being able to de-register a custom element but definitely a good read if you plan to lean on Web Components for your web app or rich page.
# High Performance Browser Networking
A book on types of networks (WiFi, 3G/4G), transport protocols (UDP, TCP, TLS), application protocols (HTTP) and Web APIs (XHR, WebSocket, WebRTC).