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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Featuring:

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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Security on the web, Node async/await, AR.js