Node.js Forked as io.js, Creating Sweet Alerts, Variable Scope, Hoisting, Meteor 1.0, and More

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The SitePoint JavaScript Newsletter In this week's edition of the SitePoint JavaScript Newsletter, James Hibbard covers recent news around the web, including Node's new fork, io.js. Aurelio De Rosa has tutorials on sweetAlert and Tablesorter, and a video on Grunt. Ivaylo Gerchev has a review of variable scope and hoisting, and Ciara Burkett lists 9 ways that Meteor 1.0 will rock your world. Also on tap this week, Michael Godfrey explores client-only state in Angular apps, Will Boyd covers jQuery event binding, and Massimo Cassandro helps you find a Bootstrap based date picker. Finally, SitePoint's Adam Roberts has If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript on his Christmas list - and you should too! Enjoy! Colin J. Ihrig JavaScript Channel Editor @cjihrig

On Our Radar This Week: Node, Meteor and Website Performance If you haven't heard by now, Node.js has been forked. The fork is called io.js. The official site is located athttp://iojs.org/. Read more

Creating Nice Alerts with sweetAlert This article will introduce you to sweetAlert, a library that acts as a replacement for JavaScript's alert() function. Read more

Demystifying JavaScript Variable Scope and Hoisting This article explores JavaScript's rules surrounding variable scope, and also discusses the concept of hoisting. Read more

9 Ways Meteor 1.0 Will Take You Out of This World Meteor 1.0 was released fairly recently. This article has 9 reasons why it's worth checking out. Read more

Video: Introduction to Grunt Grunt is used to automate many redundant tasks. This video explains all of the basics to working with Grunt. Read more

Managing Client-Only State in AngularJS This article examines some intricacies of state changes in Angular when creating and saving view models using the $resource service. Read more

Sorting Tables with Tablesorter Displaying tabular data can be a rather unexciting task. Tablesorter is a jQuery plugin that makes dealing with tables a more pleasant experience. Read more

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Effective Event Binding with jQuery This article has some pointers for making your jQuery event binding code less brittle, and more manageable. Read more

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All I Want for Christmas: If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript Ever find yourself curious how Hemingway would tackle a problem in JavaScript? No? Maybe Tupac? If so, this article is for you. Read more

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Finding a Date Picker Input Solution for Bootstrap Dates are almost universally unpleasant to deal with. This article will help you come up with a nice Bootstrap based solution. Read more

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