Your weekly update of interesting happenings in the world of JavaScript - feel free to discuss, and help to bring some new ideas to light.
A lot’s been happening this week so grab a hot drink and dive on in.
Making games
Starting with 2D games - A super simple starting point using Node.js
easystar.js - An asynchronous pathfinding API for your games
The Pond – building a multi-platform HTML5 game
jQuery
DOM Selection - A beginner’s guide using jQuery
FloatThead - A sticky table header lib
10 fresh and fantastic jQuery plugins
Taking things further
How To Succeed In Open Source - In Ways You Haven’t Considered Yet
Best Javascript IDE and lightweight Code Editors
Nunjucks: A rich and powerful templating language for JavaScript
RegExper: Regular Expressions Explained
Debugging
Advanced JavaScript Debugging with console.table()
5 Advanced Javascript and Web Debugging Techniques You Should Know About
Full coverage
Saga: Better code coverage tool for JavaScript
Client-Side Security Best Practices
Too much of awesome
Coupled Turing pattern with gradient flow and fluid simulation - complex-sounding but is beautiful to play with
Life of JS - Some of the best JS resources all gathered together
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So, what you think about these recent happenings in JavaScript?
Are you inspired to start that game you’ve been dreaming about making, did you find a useful jQuery library, are you reconsidering your code editor?
Let us know and the debate can begin.
Also, feel free to PM us if you have anything interesting for the next issue. Happy reading! - Paul & [URL=“http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/private.php?do=newpm&u=184222”]Pullo