Security on the web, Node async/await, AR.js
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In this first episode of JS Party, Mikeal Rogers, Alex Sexton, and Rachel White discuss security on the web and how SHA-1 is broken, Node.js v7.6 and async/await, and this week’s featured project AR.js.

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• Mikeal Rogers – Twitter), GitHub)
• Rachel White – Twitter), GitHub)
• Alex Sexton – Twitter), GitHub), Website)

Show Notes:

The topics covered in today’s show:

• Security on the web

• SHA-1 is broken

• Node.js v7.6 gets async/await

Featured Project — AR.js).

• Stop using SHA-1)

• The effects of SHA-1 on Git)

• Multiformats)

• Multihash) and JS Multihash)

• Observatory by Mozilla) - a project designed to help developers, system administrators, and security professionals configure their sites safely and securely

• The PCI Security Standards Council) - a global forum for the ongoing development, enhancement, storage, dissemination and implementation of security standards for account data protection.

• Node.js v7.6 gets async/await)

• Experimenting with async/await)

• co) - Generator based control flow goodness for nodejs and the browser, using promises, letting you write non-blocking code in a nicer way.

• AR.js)

Picks from the panel

Mikeal:

• regl) - Declarative stateless rendering for WebG

• bits.coop)

Alex:

• Observatory by Mozilla)

Rachel:

• How Computers Read Pixels (Drawing on Canvas) — Mariko Kosaka)

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