May 1, 2020

Open Source Software Brothers community newsletter #2

By Wojciech Krysiak • Issue #2 • View online

Lots of things have happened in the JavaScript world since our last Issue. The same can be said about SoftwareBrothers.

Ready for a knowledge transfer? Buckle your seat belts and start reading.

Updates from our OpenSource repositories

BetterDocs v2.0 released!!! Yeey!

We released a brand new version of BetterDocs - documentation toolkit for JavaScript and TypeScript applications. It looks amazing (imho).

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admin-bro

Apart from the fixes and tiny improvements we added E2E tests with cypress. It means: less bugs and more stable software.

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JSCasts on YouTube

Last month I created a special series of videos that explains how you can build an entire startup using AdminBro. Sounds incredible? Well, every episode shows how I work in real time so there’s no space for gimmicks and tricks, check it out:

Part 1 - set up admin panel from scratch

Let’s build a startup called: in-babylon - a web application for Software Agency owners. I’ll start with AdminBro, express and mongoose setup.

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Part 2 - hooks and authentication

In this episode, I will add an authentication logic to the app we built in the previous episode.

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Part 3 - file upload

In the 3rd episode, I will add the ability to upload profile photos by companies.

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I’m not Dr. DRE but I’m sure that The Next Episode of JSCasts will be awesome! Stay tuned!

Other JavaScript news and libraries

Eruda: Console for Mobile Browsers

Imagine Chrome inspect on mobile devices :). Visit their page to see how it actually works. Does it mean that our headaches when developing on mobile are gone?

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GitHub - benawad/destiny: Prettier for File Structures

This library is crazy - it linters your folder structure by nesting files basen on how they depend on each other.

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5 reasons why you should use AdminBro in your startup

Margaret wrote about AdminBro - how it can help you in your project. If you’re still wondering whether you should use it - check it out!

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Google Chrome’s new update finally allows you to organise and group tabs!

Google Chrome’s new update finally allows you to organise tabs easily. I set it up right away after reading this article.

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Profiling React.js performance

Addy Osmani - you’ve probably heard about him. Long story short, a very smart and experienced JavaScript guru. Recently he wrote about profiling React.js apps. Make sure to read this.

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And finally Jonasz wrote 2 articles about “The most universal JavaScript code monitoring tools”. Part 1 and Part 2 can be found on SoftwareBrothers blog.

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