President Xi’s North American Travels – a demo of JavaScript mapping frameworks

The below interactive map uses three JavaScript mapping frameworks: Storymap JS, Mapbox JS, and Leaflet JS. Mapbox is where the bulk of the customization happens.

JavaScript Weekly Newsletter

Eric Elliott: 'Removing fear of change is like oiling a machine.' April 19, 2019

#433 — April 19, 2019 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly A 'Horrifying' (or Genius?) globalThis Polyfill — You wanted some gnarly JavaScript magic to chew on over the Easter weekend, didn’t you? Mathias doesn’t disappoint with this look at how to implement the proposed ‘globalThis’ feature using current JavaScript. It’s not easy. Mathias Bynens […]

jQuery 3.4.0, emojis, and Kyle Simpson April 12, 2019

#432 — April 12, 2019 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly Twemoji (Twitter Emoji): Emojis for Everyone — A library from Twitter that can give your apps cross platform support for the over 3000 emojis in Unicode 12 by parsing text and inserting hosted images for the relevant emojis. Twitter Open Source jQuery 3.4.0 Released […]

TypeScript 3.4, the console API, and not needing jQuery April 5, 2019

#431 — April 5, 2019 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly Getting Creative with the console API — If console.log is as far as your knowledge of the console object goes, this could be very handy. There are so many useful functions in there that’ll help you out while debugging. Areknawo How We Used WebAssembly […]

A future without Webpack and an interview with Nicolás Bevacqua March 29, 2019

#430 — March 29, 2019 Read on the Web ⚡️ We have another interview this week, this time with Nicolás Bevacqua of Pony Foo fame at the end of this issue. JavaScript Weekly What You Should Know About JavaScript Arrays — It’s nice to see an article that essentially delivers on a lofty title. It goes […]

Information is Beautiful – Inspiration for DataVisualizations

The Bay Area MemeSpace April 18, 2019

Julia Galef’s original map of the San Francisco “Bay Area Memespace” reworked and redesigned. Visualizing the ideas and subcultures that pervade San Francisco / Silicon Valley, and now the world. » check out the reworking » see the original graphic and commentary at JuliaGalef.com

Duncan Geere

What Really Extends Lifespan? March 5, 2019

What’s the best method of life extension? Diet and exercise? Or polygamy and pets? The latest data visualized. » How to extend your lifespan » See the data and studies

Duncan Geere

How Truthful is the Bohemian Rhapsody Movie? February 12, 2019

As requested, we’ve completed a full, scene-by-scene, truthiness analysis of Bohemian Rhapsody. The results for our fact-checking of the 2018 movie about Freddie Mercury’s life, starring Rami Malek, have been added to our Based On a True True Story? interactive. What was the real nature of his relationship with Mary Austin? Did he really meet […]

Duncan Geere

The Winners of the World Data Visualization Prize February 11, 2019

The results are in. After combing through hundreds of impressive, insightful and creative entries, we’ve decided on the winners of the World Data Visualization Prize 2019. Conducted in partnership with the World Government Summit, the prize focuses on how governments are improving citizens’ lives. We asked entrants to use the power of data-visualization to illuminate data […]

Duncan Geere

CodeNewbie Podcast

S8:E2 - How to build a community (Michael Berhane) April 15, 2019

What does it take to build a community? And once you've built one, how do you sustain it? Michael shares his story of how he built the People of Color in Tech community and how he balances community and entrepreneurship. Show Links Flatiron School (sponsor) Red Hat (sponsor) Linode (sponsor) Actualize (sponsor) People of Color […]

CodeNewbie

S8:E1 - From police recruit to developer (Tim Heuer) April 8, 2019

Tim Heuer really wanted to be a police officer, so he started down that track and became a police recruit. But after facing the reality that police recruits don't get paid much and wanting to settle down with a lady he was seeing, he decided to look for other ways to make money. He got […]

CodeNewbie

S7:E8 - How do you build a great product? (Ryan Hoover) March 4, 2019

Ryan took his love of products and created Product Hunt, a place to share and discover new products, which sold to Angel List for a rumored $20M. Ryan shares what makes a great product, what he looks for in products as an investor, and how you can get started in product management. Show Links Flatiron […]

CodeNewbie

S7:E7 - When things go wrong at work (Jaime-Alexis Fowler) February 25, 2019

You've got a new job at a new company in a new industry. It's been a few weeks, and things feel a bit off. Maybe you were excluded from a meeting, or your boss isn't being supportive, or maybe you're worried about keeping that new job. What do you do? Who do you call for […]

CodeNewbie

S7:E6 - What are progressive web apps? (Frances Coronel) February 18, 2019

What are progressive web apps? And why are they so important? Frances breaks down what they are, how they work, and how they make technology more accessible. We also have our sixth episode of "Tales from the Command Line" where Scotts gives us a tour of the infrastructure needed to make mobile happen. Show Links […]

CodeNewbie

NPR Tech Headlines

Silicon Valley Has Its Tech Campuses. Now It Wants A Monument April 19, 2019

Tourists are flocking to California to see the origins of their favorite tech companies. Now there might be a monument about Silicon Valley's glory.

Samantha Clark

Mueller Report Raises New Questions About Russia's Hacking Targets In 2016 April 19, 2019

The special counsel's report said the FBI believes Russian military intelligence was able to gain access to at least one Florida county government's computer network during the 2016 campaign.

Pam Fessler

After Boeing Crashes, More People Want Help Taming Fear Of Flying April 17, 2019

If you're scared of flying, the news of two recent airline crashes might have you in jitters. Instructors who help people overcome that fear say enrollments have doubled since the incidents.

Jasmine Garsd

Want To Know How Far Artificial Intelligence Has Come? Just Look At CAPTCHA April 16, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with researcher Jason Polakis about CAPTCHA, the program that tests to see if you are really human, and how far artificial intelligence has come.

First U.S. Patients Treated With CRISPR As Human Gene-Editing Trials Get Underway April 16, 2019

This could be a crucial year for the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR as researchers start testing it in patients to treat diseases such as cancer, blindness and sickle cell disease.

Rob Stein

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