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35 Years of Web, Speedometer 3, Chrome 123-124, Firefox 124-125, Vivaldi mobile 6.6, and more Front End News #108 17 aprilie 2024

It's the Web's 35th birthday. Test your browser with Speedometer 3. Browser News covers Chrome 123-124, Firefox 124-125, and Vivaldi mobile 6.6. The Release Radar targets Angular 17.3, Bun 1.1, Deno 1.42, ESLint v9, Gulp v5, WordPress 6.5, and more. We wrap things up with a collection of tools, utilities, images, and fonts for all your web design and development needs.

Apple vs the EU, Chrome 122, Firefox 123, MS Edge 122, Polypane 18, Safari 17.4, and more Front End News #107 11 martie 2024

Apple clashes with the EU. Interaction to Next Paint (INP) is the new Core Web Vital. Browser News covers Chrome 122, Firefox 123, MS Edge 122, Polypane 18, Vivaldi 6.6 for desktop, Safari 17.4, and Wolvic 1.6. The Release Radar covers Angular v17.2, Astro 4.3, Babel 7.24, Deno 1.41, jQuery 4.0.0 BETA, Redwood v7.0, TypeScript 5.4, and more. And the Web Resources for today include icons, gradients, generators, and some useful utilities.

Interop 2023-2024, Baseline 2023, CSS Wrapped, Browser News, Front End Resources and more Front End News #106 5 februarie 2024

This issue starts with an industry view of the Interop initiative, a review of Baseline 2023, and the roundup of CSS updates that landed last year. In Browser News, we discuss the additions to the web platform at the end of 2023, the arrival of other browser engines on iOS devices, and the releases to the main browsers: Chrome 120-121, Firefox 120-122, Microsoft Edge 119-121, Polypane 17.0-17.1, Safari 17.2-17.3, and Vivaldi 6.5. The Release Radar shows multiple updates from Astro, Deno, Ember, React Toolkit, YouTube.js, and Node. Other noteworthy names are Angular 17.1, Electron 28, SvelteKit 2, Tailwind CSS v3.4, TypeScript 5.3, or Vue 3.4. Next, we got a fair collection of assets and utilities, with AI and SVG sprinkled on top. We round things up with a reminder about all the quality content in the advent calendars published in December.

Polypane 16, Safari TP 182-183, Angular 17, Node 21.2, TypeScript 5.3 RC, Vite 5.0, and more Front End News #105 20 noiembrie 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 1 noiembrie 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 9 octombrie 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 20 septembrie 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 2 august 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 3 iulie 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 20 iunie 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.