
The Weekly Dev's Brew #16 ☕
Storybook is making testing more enjoyable!
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Storybook is making testing more enjoyable!
SAVOR THIS BREW →BIG ANNOUNCEMENT INSIDE...
SAVOR THIS BREW →JavaScript compilation is fundamentally broken
SAVOR THIS BREW →Zod 4 finally arrives...!
SAVOR THIS BREW →JavaScript just got a robust cleanup mechanism with the new Explicit Resource Management proposal, giving developers fine-grained control over when resources get disposed. Meanwhile, TanStack launched a reactive DB layer, Microsoft announced significant job cuts affecting thousands of tech workers, and npm vulnerabilities remind us to check our dependencies!
SAVOR THIS BREW →Nx 21 brews up continuous tasks and a slick Terminal UI, Astro and Svelte drop some hot updates, and coding assistants raise mega funding rounds. Plus, learn how to make an Aerocano—the perfect summer coffee drin Grab your mug and let's dive in!
SAVOR THIS BREW →TLDR: This week, React Labs brews up experimental View Transitions and Activity components that could change how we animate and preserve state, Storybook 9 enters beta with leaner testing tools, Svelte embraces async programming with a revolutionary approach, and your local barista's artistry with coffee foam? Child's play compared to the engineering that went into creating the world's largest cup of coffee.
SAVOR THIS BREW →Issue #9: React Compiler RC Percolates to the Public
SAVOR THIS BREW →A rich, full-bodied validation update with notes of faster bundling and subtle browser changes. Best enjoyed with your morning coffee!
SAVOR THIS BREW →Angular embraces a selectorless, RedwoodSDK pivots to "personal software," ECMAScript considers adopting TypeScript's beloved enums, Astro 5.6 brings environment variables to Cloudflare, and those coffee tariffs? They're just the bitter finish on an already-pricy bean.
SAVOR THIS BREW →TLDR: This week in dev land: Vue reaches a decade of steady growth as creator Evan You discusses Vapor Mode and VoidZero venture, React 19.1 drops with Owner Stack and enhanced Suspense support, npm faces a new backdoor attack.
SAVOR THIS BREW →Next.js releases a critical security patch for middleware bypasses, Vercel serves up a rich AI SDK update with reasoning capabilities, W3C finally drafts standardized CSS form control styling, and that coffee warming your hands right now? It's actually the perfect coding companion for your brain.
SAVOR THIS BREW →In this issue of The Dev Brew: Oxlint enters beta with impressive 50% performance gains and 502 total linting rules; Node.js introduces experimental config files and launches an official Discord community; Astro 5.5 enhances Markdown diagramming; the European Accessibility Act deadline approaches; and Google releases lightweight Gemma 3 AI models. Plus, learn how coffee inspired the world's first webcam!
SAVOR THIS BREW →TLDR: This week in dev land: Nuxt 3.16 ships with a slim new project creator and performance boosts that'll wake you up faster than that double espresso in the morning, TypeScript announced a massive performance improvement, Lynx emerges as ByteDance's answer to cross-platform development, and your daily caffeine hit might be the reason honey bees are surviving bacterial infections.
SAVOR THIS BREW →Angular's brewing a new async solution with resources while Next.js streams metadata before your coffee's done, GPT-4.5 claims more emotional intelligence, VS Code uncovers malicious extensions, and that daily caffeine hit is actually protecting your heart.
SAVOR THIS BREW →TanStack extends their router to SolidJS just as React pulls the plug on Create React App, Chrome finally implements Observables natively, Deno and Nest.js drop updates you'll test "someday," and that coffee warming your hands? Technically seed juice. Sip on that.
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