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Nov 20 2017

Zeal Interestings, Issue 58

Curated links & resources from the Zeal team
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Languages & Libraries
Last week, i told you about the soon-included code formatter in the standard Elixir build tool Mix.
PhoenixSharp - C# Phoenix Channels client. Unity Compatible.
Ruby 2.5.0-preview1 was released on October 10 2017. It introduces lots of new features and performance improvements
On the Server

How to perform partitioning in a large PostgreSQL table that is actively used in production with a Ruby on Rails application and not lose any data. Lessons from practice.
On the Front-End
As we build sites more heavily reliant on JavaScript, we sometimes pay for what we send down in ways that we can’t always easily see.

ResizeObserver lets you know when an element has changed its size.
Tooling
git-flight-rules - Flight rules for git - a work in progress!
Writing code with another programmer is a great way to absorb knowledge, challenge yourself with new perspectives, and ultimately write better software.
A short summer after the performance-focused Bundler 1.15 release, we’ve shipped 1.16.
Learning & Growth
Since unit testing and test-driven development burst onto the programming scene in the early 2000s, too many programmers have deluded themselves into thinking that they could ship high-quality software with automated testing alone. It’s a mirage.
Worth a Listen
On today's episode we discuss "Redesigning Laravel.io" An article by Adam Wathan and Steve Schoger from the Refactoring Ui blog on Medium.
Must See
React is a wonderful tool to write reusable UI components but it takes no decisions on how styles should be written.
Menace uses 304 matchboxes all filled with coloured beads in order to learn to play noughts and crosses.
Other Cool Stuff

We engage and empower kids by bringing their ideas to life so that they can see what's possible and be inspired to act on their dreams in the future.
Over the past seven months, we’ve been rapidly replacing major parts of the engine, introducing Rust and parts of Servo to Firefox. Plus, we’ve had a browser performance strike force scouring the codebase for performance issues, both obvious and non-obvious.
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