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KBall, Jerod, and Nick break down some recent events in the JavaScript world. Take a dive into the recent event-stream malware attack, breaking down the State of JavaScript 2018 survey, and sharing pro tips to make your life better.
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Featuring:
- Kevin Ball – Twitter), GitHub), LinkedIn), Website)
- Nick Nisi – Mastodon), Twitter), GitHub), Website)
- Jerod Santo – Mastodon), Twitter), GitHub), LinkedIn)
Show Notes:
The event-stream incident
FallingSnow’s initial issue) that made it public
npm yanked the package and reported on the attack)
Listen to Dominic Tarr discuss it on The Changelog) (broken link until 2018-12-5)
Could this be a copy-cat of this Hackernoon article) from earlier this year?
The State of JS survey
Check out the survey (and rad website) right here)
KBall recommends Mel Summer’s talk) from EmberFest 2018
Pro Tips
Jerod cites Eugen Kiss’s Lean Testing) post (More commentary here))
Nick recommends some handy git aliases from Cory Frang)
KBall’s tip is a
.clone()of Nick’s debugging trip from episode 46)
Never forgot to trust.js) but verify. 😉
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!)