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Issue #104

Deno is still the hottest of the JavaScript world, following the official release of the version 1 we mentioned last week.

The second hottest project of the week is a library from Facebook called Recoil.

React being only a view layer and not a full framework, state management has always been challenging in React projects, leaving developers facing difficult choices.

Flux (from Facebook too) and Redux are two very popular solutions.

However there is a trend towards lighter solutions based on React hooks and Context, one of my favorite solutions being Unstated Next.

Check the State Management tag from Best of JavaScript in to get an overview of the main contenders.

Recoil introduces the concept of “atoms” and aims to solve three issues to manage the state in an efficient way:

  • how to share state between components
  • how to handle derived data (data that can be computed from a single source of truth but does not need to be stored)
  • how to observe application-wide changes

It’s so promising that it may be the solution that powers Best of JavaScript UI soon!

Growing Fast This Week

By % of GitHub stars added (relative growth) this week
1
color2k
color2k
a color parsing and manipulation lib served in 2kB or less
Homepage
Homepage
+105.5%
2
Recoil
Recoil
An experimental state management library for React apps
Homepage
Homepage
+103.7%
3
Perfume.js
Perfume.js
Web performance library for measuring all User-centric performance metrics
Homepage
Homepage
+21.5%
4
Vue Formulate
Vue Formulate
The easiest way to build forms with Vue.
Homepage
Homepage
+11.0%
5
Web Vitals
Web Vitals
Essential metrics for a healthy site.
Homepage
Homepage
+9.2%
6
React Flow
React Flow
React library for rendering interactive node-based graphs
Homepage
Homepage
+7.6%
7
Deno
Deno
A secure JavaScript and TypeScript runtime
Homepage
Homepage
+6.8%
8
React Virtual
React Virtual
Hooks for virtualizing scrollable elements in React
GitHub
GitHub
+6.5%
9
Alpine.js
Alpine.js
A rugged, minimal framework for composing JavaScript behavior
GitHub
GitHub
+5.2%
10
Prisma
Prisma
Modern DB toolkit to query, migrate and model your database
Homepage
Homepage
+5.0%

Trending This Week

By number of GitHub stars added this week
1
Deno
Deno
A secure JavaScript and TypeScript runtime
Homepage
Homepage
+3.8 k★
2
Recoil
Recoil
An experimental state management library for React apps
Homepage
Homepage
+2.7 k★
3
VS Code
VS Code
Visual Studio Code
Homepage
Homepage
+453 ★
4
Algorithm Visualizer
Algorithm Visualizer
Interactive Online Platform that Visualizes Algorithms from Code
Homepage
Homepage
+434 ★
5
Vue.js
Vue.js
A progressive, incrementally-adoptable framework for building UI on the web
Homepage
Homepage
+429 ★
6
React
React
A declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building UI
Homepage
Homepage
+403 ★
7
Alpine.js
Alpine.js
A rugged, minimal framework for composing JavaScript behavior
GitHub
GitHub
+399 ★
8
JS Algorithms & Data Structures
JS Algorithms & Data Structures
Algorithms and data structures implemented in JavaScript with explanations
GitHub
GitHub
+363 ★
9
Vue Element Admin
Vue Element Admin
A magical vue admin
GitHub
GitHub
+361 ★
10
Next.js
Next.js
The React Framework
Homepage
Homepage
+327 ★

All issues

#DateTOP 3 projects
104May 24, 2020Deno, Recoil, VS Code
103May 17, 2020Deno, JS Algorithms & Data Structures, Playwright
102May 09, 2020Deno, uPlot, Tech Interview Handbook
101May 03, 2020uPlot, LearnGitBranching, Alpine.js
100April 26, 2020LearnGitBranching, OrbitDB, Destiny
99April 19, 2020JS Algorithms & Data Structures, Themer, Vue.js
98April 12, 2020Eclipse Theia, JS Algorithms & Data Structures, Vue.js
97April 05, 2020Eclipse Theia, JS Algorithms & Data Structures, Deno
96March 29, 2020Papers we love, Vue.js, Vue Element Admin
95March 21, 2020Vue.js, JS Algorithms & Data Structures, Redwood
94March 15, 2020JS Algorithms & Data Structures, Node.js Best Practices, React Table
93March 08, 2020Node.js Best Practices, Vue.js, Alpine.js
92March 01, 2020React Query, Vue.js, Node.js Best Practices
91Febuary 22, 2020Playwright, You Don't Know JS, Deno
90Febuary 16, 2020Front-End Performance Checklist, Alpine.js, You Don't Know JS
89Febuary 09, 2020You Don't Know JS, Playwright, Deno
88Febuary 02, 2020Playwright, Deno, Clean Code
87January 26, 2020Clean Code, Deno, JS Algorithms & Data Structures
86January 19, 2020You Don't Know JS, Clean Code, Alpine.js
85January 13, 2020JS Algorithms & Data Structures, Snowpack, Tech Interview Handbook
84January 05, 2020Svelte, Outline, Vue.js
83December 29, 2019Tesseract.js, Outline, Svelte
82December 22, 2019Tesseract.js, JS Algorithms & Data Structures, Svelte
81December 15, 2019JS Algorithms & Data Structures, You Don't Know JS, Node.js Best Practices
80December 08, 2019Tech Interview Handbook, JS Algorithms & Data Structures, Vue.js
79December 01, 2019roughViz.js, Algorithm Visualizer, React Table
78November 24, 201930 seconds of code, React Adaptive Loading Hooks, freeCodeCamp
77November 17, 2019VS Code, Code Surfer , Tailwind CSS
76November 10, 2019Mark Text, VS Code, Tailwind CSS
75November 03, 2019RxDB, Leon Sans, XState
74October 27, 2019RxDB, 30 seconds of code, Vue.js
73October 20, 2019roughViz.js, Vue.js, Vue Element Admin
72October 13, 2019React Hook Form, Vue.js, Vue Element Admin
71October 06, 2019You Don't Know JS, Vue.js, React
70September 29, 2019JS Algorithms & Data Structures, Vue Element Admin, Awesome
69September 22, 2019Tech Interview Handbook, Vue Element Admin, Vue.js
68September 15, 2019Tech Interview Handbook, Vue Element Admin, Leon Sans
67September 08, 2019Tech Interview Handbook, Vue.js, Vue Element Admin
66September 01, 2019Outline, NodeGUI, Tech Interview Handbook
65August 25, 2019Tech Interview Handbook, NodeGUI, You Don't Know JS
64August 18, 2019Reactide, Vue.js, Awesome
63August 11, 2019Data Structures and Algorithms, Outline, Vue.js
62August 04, 2019Outline, jExcel, Moveable
61July 28, 2019Cube.js, Awesome, Puppeteer
60July 21, 2019Clean Code, Vue.js, Algorithm Visualizer
59July 14, 2019Algorithm Visualizer, Deno, Vue.js
58July 07, 2019Algorithm Visualizer, Svelte, Vue.js
57June 30, 2019Every Programmer Should Know, just-task, Vue.js
56June 23, 2019Algorithm Visualizer, jExcel, Vue.js
55June 16, 2019Vue.js, Algorithm Visualizer, Filepond
54June 09, 2019Zdog, Algorithm Visualizer, Svelte
53June 02, 2019Zdog, CSS Grid Generator, Svelte
52May 26, 2019Svelte, Ola, Vue.js
51May 19, 2019CSSFX, Comlink, Svelte
50May 12, 2019Node.js Best Practices, VS Code, Svelte
49May 04, 2019Uppy, Svelte, Sheperd
48April 28, 2019Svelte, Ikonate, Vue.js
47April 20, 2019Squeezer, Vue.js, Editor.js
46April 13, 2019Editor.js, freeCodeCamp, You Don't Need jQuery
45April 07, 2019You Don't Need jQuery, Editor.js, Vue.js
44March 31, 2019Vue.js, freeCodeCamp, lax.js
43March 24, 2019lax.js, Vue.js, React
42March 17, 2019react-three-fiber, Vue.js, VS Code
41March 10, 2019Zero, Vue.js, VS Code
40March 03, 2019Cleave.js, Zero, Vue.js
39Febuary 23, 2019Uppy, Ant Design Vue, Vue.js
38Febuary 17, 2019Uppy, Mercury Parser, JS Algorithms & Data Structures
37Febuary 09, 2019FlexSearch, React, ApexCharts
36Febuary 03, 2019Ink, fx, Vue.js
35January 27, 2019fx, React-spring, Vue.js
34January 20, 2019anime.js, Node.js Best Practices, AlaSQL
33January 13, 2019FBT, anime.js, Vue.js
32January 06, 2019Brain.js, Awesome, 30 seconds of code
31December 30, 2018Ant Design, Brain.js, Node.js Best Practices
30December 22, 2018Quicklink, Node.js Best Practices, 33 JS Concepts
29December 16, 2018jsPDF, 33 JS Concepts, Quicklink
28December 09, 2018Vue.js, Puppeteer, ncc
27December 02, 2018LearnGitBranching, Vue.js, 33 JS Concepts
26November 24, 2018Nivo, Slate, 33 JS Concepts
25November 18, 2018TensorSpace.js, Slate, fx
24November 11, 2018Carlo, Eva icons, 33 JS Concepts
23November 04, 201833 JS Concepts, howler.js, The Platform
22October 28, 201833 JS Concepts, Omi, 30 seconds of code
21October 21, 2018Evergreen, Omi, 30 seconds of code
20October 14, 201830 seconds of code, Walt, tiptap
19October 07, 201830 seconds of code, Trix, Create React App
18September 29, 201830 seconds of code, Trix, Eagle.js
17September 23, 2018GrapeJS, Day.js, Vue.js
16September 15, 2018WatermelonDB, Pigeon Maps, Ky
15September 08, 2018Ky, Guess.js, F2
14September 01, 2018Puppeteer Recorder, F2, Vue.js
13August 26, 2018JS Algorithms & Data Structures, Puppeteer Recorder, Vue.js
12August 19, 2018React Move, JS Algorithms & Data Structures, Day.js
11August 12, 2018Pts, JS Algorithms & Data Structures, ApexCharts
10August 05, 2018mdx-deck, JS Algorithms & Data Structures, ApexCharts
9July 28, 2018ndb, Evergreen, JS Algorithms & Data Structures
8July 22, 2018JS Algorithms & Data Structures, Vue.js, Rogue
7July 15, 2018Vue.js, React, JS Algorithms & Data Structures
6July 07, 2018Canner, JS Algorithms & Data Structures, Vue.js
5June 30, 2018Vue.js, JS Algorithms & Data Structures, React
4June 24, 2018Vue.js, React, Polly.JS
3June 17, 2018Vue.js, React, deno
2June 10, 2018deno, JS Algorithms & Data Structures, VS Code
1June 03, 2018JS Algorithms & Data Structures, wired-elements, Vuido

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