Bleeding Edge Web: Aug 2019

News From the Bleeding Edge

— Brian Moeskau (@bmoeskau)

Simplifying Security with IAM

— Corey Butler (@goldglovecb)

Everyone Can Do Open Source

— Brian Moeskau (@bmoeskau)

Housekeeping

• Speakers and sponsors always wanted (edgeATX.org for details)
• Don't forget your parking validation
• Omni hotel bar (downstairs) after meetup

Browser Pop Quiz

Last check: July 18, 2019:

75	68	18*	12.1

Browser Pop Quiz

As of May 16, 2019:

75 76	68	18*	12.1

Chrome 76

Released July 30th — Release Notes (video)

PWA Improvements

• Install directly from the address bar
• More control over the mobile install experience
• Daily WebAPK updates on Android

Chrome 76

Dark Mode Support

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  body {
    background-color: black;
    color: white;
  }
}

Safari 13 (beta 3)

Released in July — Release Notes

• Coming with macOS Catalina / iOS 13
• Expected September 23

Mithril 2.0

Modern client-side JS framework for building Single Page Applications

• Released July 24th
• 2.0 mostly formalizes minor breaking changes
• Lightweight (10kb) React/Vue alternative
• Plain ES5 syntax / KISS philosophy

Electron 6.0

• Released July 30th
• Updated to Chrome 76 + Node 12.4
• Lots of additional Promise support
• A few breaking changes

React 16.9

• Released August 8th
• codemod: componentWill* → UNSAFE_componentWill*
• Deprecating javascript: URLs and FactoryComponent
• Measure performance with <React.Profiler>

GitHub Supports CI/CD

• GitHub Actions now support continuous integration
• Reusable actions and workflows
• Integrates with the GitHub Package Registry
• Free for public repos!

WebKit Tracking Prevention

• New policy published August 14th
• Inspired by Mozilla's policy
• Goals:
• Prevent all covert and cross-site tracking
• Prioritize user benefits over preserving current website practices
• Healthy web ecosystem, with privacy by design

Domino's and a11y

• Domino's got sued for violating Title III of the ADA
• They are appealing to the Supreme Court
• Potential landmark case for disability rights on the web

MS Code Samples Site

• docs.microsoft.com/samples
• Linked to GitHub, download as zip
• Some support one-click deploy to Azure

JS13K Has Begun

HTML5 and JavaScript Game Development Competition in just 13 kB

• Aug 13th – Sept 13th
• The 2019 theme is "back"
• Enter, or learn more
• Check out last year's winner

The Climate Fixathon

The world's first online hackathon to help fix the climate

• Aug 2nd – Aug 30th
• Make a site or app to help restore a safe climate for our planet
• Prizes of $10k+
• Register or find out more

Side note: July 29th was Earth Overshoot Day :(

VueConf US

ATX. Code. Vue.

• March 2-4, 2020 — Austin Convention Center
• CFP opens Sept 1st
• More details

Apollo 11 is Open Source

Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) source code for the command and lunar modules

• The Assembly source code is available on GitHub
• Check out some Easter eggs or try the online simulator

URL Bar Games

• From the same dude who gave us animated emoji URLs
• Next level: stacking multiple, coordinated popups
• It's hard to explain. Just try it yourself 😎

Thanks!

edgeATX.org/slides

Brian Moeskau (@bmoeskau)