作者彙整: Bruno Couriol
Mozilla Will Continue to Support Existing Ad Blockers, Partially Implementing Extension Manifest V3
Mozilla will continue to support existing extensions which prevent ads from being displayed, unlike Google, which in its draft Extensions Manifest v3, proposes changes to the browser extensions mechanism which may break ad-blockers. By Bruno Couriol 閱讀全文
Firefox 68 With BigInt, Extended Dark Mode, and Curated Extensions
Firefox 68 was recently released to web users. Firefox 68 supports big integers , expanded Dark Mode, improved extension security and discovery and more. By Bruno Couriol 閱讀全文
eBay Increases Draft Completion Rate by 30% by Porting Scanner Code to the Web With WebAssembly
EBay recently reported a positive business outcome by using WebAssembly to deliver a code scanning feature to its mobile web users. The Draft Completion Rate for sellers’ listing increased by 30% by porting the in-house C++ scanning library to WebAssembly, and using it concurrently with two competing solutions.
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Ionic CLI V5 Now With Ionic React Beta Support
The Ionic Framework team recently released the fifth major iteration of the Ionic CLI. Ionic CLI v5 features Ionic React support (beta), thus allowing developers to write Ionic applications with the React JavaScript framework and Ionic UI components. I… 閱讀全文
Improving Webapp Performance with Multi-Threading: a Study of Web Workers’ Communication Overhead
Surma, Web Advocate at Google, recently published a study on the performance of postMessage, the method used by web workers to communicate. Surma concludes that while postMessage comes with some overhead, provided the payload is below a given budget, m… 閱讀全文
Ionic Introduces Stencil One, a Compiler for Web Components and PWAs
The Ionic Framework’s new “Stencil One” compiles to optimized Web Components and progressive web apps. Developers may write a component once, and reuse it in any framework – Angular, React, Vue, Ember or with plain vanilla JavaScript, by adjusting the Stencil compiler options. Stencil One also provides pre-rendering, automatic component documentation, Hot Module and Style Replacement, and more.
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Apple Announces Declarative SwiftUI Framework for Leaner, Faster, Interactive App Development
Apple recently announced at WWDC 2019 the SwiftUI framework for application development across the iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS platforms. SwiftUI relies on a declarative UI programming paradigm, aiming to drastically increase developer productivity a… 閱讀全文
Pixi.js, HTML5 Alternative to Adobe Flash, Adds WebGL Support for Cross-Platform, Interactive Apps
PixiJS, a standard-based alternative to Adobe Flash, released its fifth major version with faster rendering and lower GPU utilization. PixiJS v5 abstracts WebGL features behind a new API which falls back to HTML5’s canvas if needed. Developers thus need not dive into the WebGL API or deal with device compatibility to create rich, interactive graphics, cross-platform applications, and games.
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Microsoft Announces React Native for Windows, With Focus on Performance
Microsoft recently announced at Microsoft Build 2019 a MIT-licensed, performance-oriented re-implementation of React Native for Windows. The new React Native for Windows will enable React Native developers to build native Windows apps with React. With … 閱讀全文
React Native Team Surveys Developers’ Pain Points
The React Native team recently surveyed React Native developers with a single question: “What do you dislike about React Native?”. Developers overwhelmingly mentioned developer experience, including debugging, as their first grievance. Community handli… 閱讀全文
