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DevTools Updates, Chrome Boosts PWA and New Releases - Frontend News #11 | frontendhouse.com

Listen the Frontend News #11 - the podcast about tech and front end innovations with our hosts - Chris and Tommy K. Looking for a team for your project? Ask us for free consultation on https://frontendhouse.com.

What is Frontend News #11 about?

00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Contents
1:53 - Chrome 92 boosts PWA
PWA is Progressive Web Application - basically it is an application which can run in a browser and looks like an application: https://blog.chromium.org/2021/06/chrome-92-web-apps-as-file-handlers-new.html
5:18 - DevTools updates
DevTools is a set of tools for web developers built into Google Chrome.
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/new-in-devtools-92/
8:47 - Node - Another great release
Node is the regular guest of Frontend News as a bellowed by Frontend House developers JavaScript runtime on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine: https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v16.3.0/
10:38 - Happy Birthday Node!
https://twitter.com/nodejs/status/1397914989931864080
11:00 - Maps and WebGL - what’s in common?
Web Graphics Library is a JavaScript API for rendering 3D and 2D graphics. https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/maps-platform/using-new-webgl-powered-maps-features
Check the video about projects for Google Maps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaTS9jctwuE&t=2s
13:29 - Electrifying Electron Release
Elektron is a framework which enables building native applications with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. You can check releases here: https://www.electronjs.org/blog/electron-13-0
14:44 - React Components Libraries
https://retool.com/blog/react-component-libraries/

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