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Issue #570  (JS Library Plugins, Git/CLI, Build Tools)06/20/24


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JavaScript Library Tools

Catena — A lightweight library inspired by tRPC for building end-to-end type-safe APIs on top of Express.js, that's easy to plug it into your existing Express.js codebase.

Layer Cake — A graphics framework for Svelte that lets you use reusable components for creating interactive charts, maps, and similar data-driven visualizations.

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Dev Error Boundary — A Vite plugin that enhances the errors thrown and caught by your Remix app, providing a more descriptive ErrorBoundary component.

Dev Error Boundary

uikit — A library for building performant 3D user interfaces for Three.js using React Three Fiber and Yoga (the embeddable flexbox layout engine).

echarts-solid — A library that provides components to make it easier to integrate ECharts in SolidJS applications.

ngx-signal-state — An opinionated micro-sized simple state management solution for Angular Signals, the native Angular state management solution.

Glaze — A utility-based animation library powered by GSAP, with support for responsive design, timelines, nested animation properties, and more.

Alpine AJAX — An Alpine.js plugin that enables your HTML elements to request remote content from your server, enabling you to build straightforward, robust, interactive websites.

Mode Watcher — A set of simple utilities to allow you to manage light and dark modes in your SvelteKit app.
 

Git, GitHub, and CLI Tools

ntcharts — A charting library for the terminal, written in Go, for use with the Bubble Tea framework and other TUIs.

Classy Ink — A simple drop-in replacement for the Box and Text components in the Ink library, with a syntax familiar to those who use Tailwind CSS.

CodeFlattener — A Node.js command-line tool designed to export the structure and code of a repository into a single flat text file.

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Hookdeck CLI — A free, no account required, alternative to ngrok for localhost asynchronous web development (e.g. webhooks), written in Go.

janeway — A Node.js console REPL with object inspection, autocomplete, clickable output, copy variables to clipboard, and other features.

superfile — A fancy and modern terminal file manager for Mac and Linux, with partial support for Windows, that features a nice UI, fully customizable, multi-panel view, and lots more.

superfile

gitfs — A Go package that presents a file tree downloaded from a remote Git repository as an in-memory fs.FS file system.

PullNotifier — A Slack plugin that lets you monitor GitHub pull requests directly on Slack. Free version allows unlimited PR notifications, unlimited repos, and up to 5 team members.

GitHub Copilot in the CLI — Now generally available, an extension for the GitHub CLI that provides a chat-like interface in the terminal to ask questions about the command line.
 
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Build Tools, Bundlers, etc.

unplugin-parcel-macros — An "Unplugin" that lets you use Parcel's macro implementation in Webpack, Vite, Rollup, esbuild, Next.js, and more.

remix-client-cache — A powerful and lightweight library made for Remix, to cache your server loader data on the client using clientLoaders.

Blend — A lightweight Node.js tool designed to simplify managing dependencies within a project without using Git submodules, as an alternative approach for handling external code.

px — A CLI tool that can be used to run commands across different JavaScript package managers, so you don't need to switch between package managers when working on different projects.

px

NPMprune — A lightweight shell script designed to clean up your node_modules directory by removing unnecessary files like Markdown, doc and config files.

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Nuxt Build Cache — A highly experimental Nuxt module that allows you to speed up your Nuxt builds up to 2x.

Dashpress — An admin app generator to help you transform your database schema into sleek, customizable, and performant admin dashboards quickly and efficiently.

create-dmg — A Node.js tool that lets you create a good-looking DMG file for your macOS app.

npm-check-extras — A CLI app to check for outdated and unused dependencies, and run update or delete actions over selected ones.
 

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An X Post for Thought

Laura Wendel points out something interesting about searching fonts on Google. I wonder how long this has been a thing? Although I will say, I tried it with a lesser-used slab serif font and did not get the same result (likely for readability reasons).
 
An X Post for Thought
 

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