Devlinks 2019, Week 7

Week 7

• SWC: An alternative to Babel
  https://swc-project.github.io/blog/2019/02/08/Introducing-swc-1.0
  A transpiler much faster than Babel with the same features... really?

• Lazy Load Non-Routable Modules in Angular
  https://netbasal.com/the-need-for-speed-lazy-load-non-routable-modules-in-angular-30c8f1c33093 A guide how you can implement lazy-loading in Angular without being coupled to the Angular router. Crazy complicated, compared to other frameworks ... I think <lazy-af> is warpping that aproach into a component.

• easy-peasy - a state management library for react
  https://github.com/ctrlplusb/easy-peasy
  This looks like the version of the Redux pattern I like. The advantages of Redux but the ease of use of traditional OO: calling functions to modify state. Of course leveraging React Hooks.

• Immutability Changes Everything
  http://cidrdb.org/cidr2015/Papers/CIDR15_Paper16.pdf
  Interesting paper. Some arguments why immutability becomes more popular recently.

• Effective Snapshot Testing
  https://blog.kentcdodds.com/effective-snapshot-testing-e0d1a2c28eca
  I still have not used snapshot testing in any of my projects. I am still sceptical about its value. This article adresses some of the scepticism.

• UI AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT
  https://michel.codes/blogs/ui-as-an-afterthought
  Thooughts about state management in React from the creator of MobX. The big topic is decoupling logic from presentation. Especially interesting the claim that react-apollo leads to unwanted coupling.

• Hacker News: Discussion about decoupling logic and presentation
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19067302 Some intersting points in these discussions concerning mangaing state in a component tree.

• Lambda and serverless is one of the worst forms of proprietary lock-in we've ever seen.
  https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/06/coreos_kubernetes_v_world/
  Old article but still interesting read. Especially the monthly AWS cost of 1 Mio ...