Enemy: the State

 

Mighty Isomorphin’ General web React Isomorphic Starterkit [github/rickwong] will help you set up a React app in less than 5 mins. Speaking of React, it’s up to version 0.13, with support for ES6 classes [facebook.github]. Meanwhile, Google is looking at introducing something called “strong mode” to JavaScript [developers.google] as part of an initiative to improve the developer experience and scalability of the language. bish [github/tdenniston] is a better way to bash. DOMListener [chrome.google] is a Chrome add-on to help browse, monitor and filter DOM changes easily. Write Away Design Here’s how to transform an illustration into an SVG [medium/benev] Here’s a pretty interesting discussion between three typographers about the recent boom in hand lettering [eyeondesign]. Down-to-Earth SitePoint On SitePoint today, we reviewed the new Affinity Photo, an affordable, speedy image editor that’s worth looking into. Then there was a look at how to build a great looking globe using WebGL and three.js. Enemy: the State News/business Apparently not wanting to be outdone by the NSA, the CIA have been working hard to compromise the security of Apple and Microsoft [firstlook]. Here’s a little look at what these revelations may mean for iOS and OS X developers [furbo]. Here’s a look at why the Ellen Pao gender discrimination suit matters [motherboard.vice]. Here’s a comprehensive overview of Apple’s ResearchKit initiative for using customer data for medical research [macstories]. And here’s a slightly more skeptical view on what it’s like to use one of those ResearchKit apps. Back to Back to the Future Off-topic Google has released a new Google Calendar iOS app [itunes.apple], if you’re into that sort of thing. This site will let you listen to Wikipedia [listen.hatnote]. Just click, it’ll make sense once you’re there, and it’s so soothing. Finally: it’s 2015 and we still don’t have our hoverboards, but we could be about to have a Back to the Future documentary! [kottke]. Great Scott! And that's our program for today, thanks for joining us. We're gonna make like a tree and get out of here, but we'll be back tomorrow with the equivalent of 1.21 gigawatts worth of useful links.