JavaScript

JavaScript

Vite+, the new unified JavaScript toolchain built on top of Vite, has been announced by VoidZero. Positioned as a drop-in superset of Vite, Vite+ introduces an all-in-one CLI experience, covering project scaffolding, testing, linting, formatting, library bundling, monorepo task running, and devtools visualization. The ambition is to reduce toolchain fragmentation and align large teams around a single, high-performance workflow. Vite+ aims to deliver enhancements across three primary dimensions: tooling consolidation, performance & scale, and enterprise-grade features.

Well, not here-here; technically, I'm over at JavaScript for Everyone to teach you JavaScript. What we have here is a lesson from the JavaScript for Everyon e module on lexical grammar and analysis - the process of parsing the characters that make up a script file and converting it into a sequence of discrete "input elements" (lexical tokens, line ending characters, comments, and whitespace), and how the JavaScript engine interprets those input elements.

React's useState provides instant gratification. You put a state in when you need one and update it wherever you want. It's easy to start with, and it's beneficial for managing local component state, but additional solutions may be necessary for larger projects. The issue isn't technical. David Khourshid, creator of XState, speaking on a recent episode of PodRocket, put it clearly: "The fundamental problem isn't React itself. React provides the primitives. However, it's the way we developers use these primitives."

The libraries, which are built from source on SLSA L2 (Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts) infrastructure, were introduced on September 25. By securely building each library and its dependencies from source, Chainguard Libraries for JavaScript offers security and engineering teams confidence that malware has not been inserted during the build or distribution of libraries in the JavaScript ecosystem, according to Chainguard. This eliminates a significant gap in the threat landscape, Chainguard added.

Image Label Support A groundbreaking feature that allows using images as labels. Create more intuitive data representations with icons, logos, and custom images. Demo: https://naver.github.io/billboard.js/demo/#Data.DataLabelBorder Can control border radius and the padding, which will let customize styles as your needs. Inner Axis Ticks Introducing the `tick.inner` option that allows you to display axis ticks inside the chart area for a cleaner, more modern chart design. Demo: https://naver.github.io/billboard.js/demo/#Axis.TickInner Specify per axes by simply enabling the tick.inner option.

Chinese AI firm DeepSeek revealed it spent only $294,000 training its R1 model far below the hundreds of millions claimed by U.S. rivals. Using 512 Nvidia H800 accelerators, the company trained R1 in just 80 hours. The release of R1 earlier this year rattled tech markets, even denting Nvidia's valuation. DeepSeek also acknowledged limited use of A100s and defended model distillation, stressing it makes AI more accessible despite U.S. accusations of copying OpenAI's work.

In this chapter, we'll write our own web server: It will serve files and manage the data for a browser app. Terminology: browser vs. server # The following pairs of opposites are all related: The term "client" is interesting because it is more general than the term "browser" - it refers to any app (web app, mobile app, etc.) that connects to a server. In web development, it usually means "browser" or "web app".

Earlier this week, I took a look at parsing electronic comic books and sending them to GenAI as a way to get summaries of stories. That was a fun experiment and it actually worked quite well. I thought I'd take a stab at trying a similar approach with Chrome's Built-in AI support as well when I discovered that... wait... I don't actually have a way to view comics on the web. Or so I thought.

If you already know JavaScript, learning Python will feel easier because many core concepts are the same. Both languages use similar data types (strings, numbers, lists/arrays, objects/dictionaries), functions with default parameters, and control flow (loops, conditionals). The biggest differences are in syntax: Python relies on indentation instead of curly braces, uses keywords like def instead of function, and is generally more concise. Your JavaScript knowledge gives you a strong head start-you'll just need to adjust to Python's style and rules.

Internationalization involves more than just text translation; it encompasses formatting dates, pluralization, and sorting according to cultural expectations. The Intl API allows modern JavaScript to handle these tasks natively.

Mistral's Codestral 25.08 is an updated model designed to enhance enterprise software development, focusing on real-world benchmarking to reduce friction in AI-assisted coding.