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Polypane 16, Safari TP 182-183, Angular 17, Node 21.2, TypeScript 5.3 RC, Vite 5.0, and more Front End News #105 November 20, 2023

We present Polypane 16 and two releases of Safari Technology Preview: 182 and 183. There are many important entries on the Release Radar, including Angular 17, Node 21.2, TypeScript 5.3 RC, Vite 5.0, and more. And we're wrapping things up with a collection of tools, images, fonts, and other valuable resources.

js13kGames 2023 winners 🏆, Chrome 118-119, Firefox 119, Edge 118, Vivaldi 6.4, Safari 17.1, Node 21, TypeScript 5.3 Beta, and more Front End News #104 November 1, 2023

Meet the winners of the 2023 edition of js13kGames. We welcome Chrome 118 and 119, Firefox 119, MS Edge 118, Safari 17.1, Safari TP 181, and Vivaldi 6.4 for desktops. On the Release Radar, we encounter Astro 3.3, Electron 27, Material Web 1.0, Node 21, TypeScript 5.3 Beta, Yarn 4.0, and more. Last, we got a large bundle of images, editors, generators, and other assets and tools for your projects.

State of HTML, Firefox 118, Vivaldi on iOS, Safari TP 180, Astro 3.2, Deno 1.37, Next.js 13.5, and more Front End News #103 October 9, 2023

The State of HTML completes the web platform survey trilogy. In Browser News, we have Firefox 118, Vivaldi for iOS and iPadOS, and Safari Technology Preview 180. The signals on the Release Radar include Astro 3.2, Deno 1.37, Hugo v0.119, Neutralinojs v4.14, Next.js 13.5, Node v20.8, and more. The resource package contains an extensive collection of programming fonts, a tool to create beautiful moving gradients, and many other helpful things.

State of CSS 2023 Results, Interop 2024, Chrome 116-117, Firefox 117, Polypane 15, Safari 16.6-17, Vivaldi 6.2, and more Front End News #102 September 20, 2023

State of CSS 2023 results are available, and you can submit your proposal for Interop 2024. In Browser News, we have a look at what happened to the web platform in August, and we check the major browser releases that occurred since the last issue: Chrome 116 and 117, Firefox 117, Polypane 15, Safari 16.6 and 17, and Vivaldi 6.2. On the Release Radar, we encounter products like Angular 16.2, Astro 3.0, Bun 1.0, Electron 26.0.0, TypeScript 5.2 (and a first look at TS 5.3), and WordPress 6.3. We wrap things up with many tools, assets, and resources for all your design and development needs.

Chrome 115, Firefox 115-116, MS Edge 115, Polypane 14.1, Safari TP 174-175, TypeScript 5.2 Beta, and more Front End News #101 August 2, 2023

In this issue, we'll explore the July updates to the web platform, how to get better search results with DuckDuckGo, and the recent browser releases (Chrome 115, Firefox 115 and 116, MS Edge 115, Polypane 14.1, and Safari TP 174 and 175). On the Release Radar, we spot entries such as Astro 2.9, Deno 1.35, Prettier 3.0, Vite 4.4, or the Beta version of TypeScript 5.2. We round up the issue with a large number of resources, assets, and utilities for all your web design and development needs.

Introducing the MDN Playground, DuckDuckGo for Windows, Safari TP 173, Ember 5.0, Svelte 4, and more Front End News #100 July 3, 2023

MDN launches Playground, their new tool for interactive examples and rapid prototyping. In Browser News, DuckDuckGo launches the beta version of their Windows browser, while Safari users can test many of the upcoming Safari 17 features in Safari Technology Preview 173. On the Release Radar, we encounter entries like Ember 5.0, Svelte 4, and more. And the Resource set of this issue includes cheatsheets, icons, font faces, and some useful utilities.

State of CSS 2023, Chrome for Testing, Firefox 114, Polypane 14, Vivaldi 6.1, Safari 17 beta, and more Front End News #099 June 20, 2023

It's time for the 2023 edition of State of CSS. In Browser News, we have the new Chrome for Testing, Firefox 114, Polypane 14, Vivaldi 6.1, and Safari TP 172, and we get a glimpse and the features in the upcoming Safari 17 beta. On the Release Radar, we have Angular 16.1, Astro 2.6, Nest v10, Neutralinojs v4.12.0, the June Security Releases for Node, and more. The Front End Resources include SVG icons and illustrations, a handful of generators, color palettes, gradients, and free food images.

WordPress Turns 20, Chrome 114, Edge 114, Safari TP 171, Bootstrap 5.3.0, TypeScript 5.1, and more Front End News #098 June 5, 2023

WordPress Turns 20, we've been using Node for 14 years and React for 10. We find out what's new on the web platform in May. Chrome 114, Edge 114, and Safari Technology Preview 117 are the main browser updates. On the Release Radar, we have Bootstrap 5.3.0, several releases from Electron, TypeScript 5.1, Vuetify v3.3.0, and a lot more. The resources for this issue include icons, a monospace font, CSS backgrounds, and many typography utilities.

Introducing Baseline, Google I/O 2023 updates, Safari 16.5, Dart 3, jQuery 3.7.0, Qwik v1.0, and more Front End News #097 May 23, 2023

Introducing Baseline (and many other announcements from Google I/O 2023). Netflify is launching the yearly issue of the Web Developer Survey. In Browser News, we encounter Safari 16.5 and Safari Technology Preview 170. On the Release Radar, we have Dart 3, jQuery 3.7.0, Next.js 13.4, Qwik v1.0, and more. And we got a large collection of devtool utilities, a variable font, and other useful resources.

WebKit Documentation, Chrome 113, Edge 113, Firefox 113, Angular 16, Electron 24, and more Front End News #096 May 9, 2023

Let's welcome the WebKit Documentation Portal. In Browser News, there's the April industry report and many version updates (Chrome 113, MS Edge 113, Firefox 113, and Safari TP 169). On the Release Radar, we got Angular 16, Electron 24, Node v20.1.0, Qwik 1.0, and more. And we wrap things up with a handful of web resources.