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🔥 Framework Updates

React

  • (⚰️) Create React App Is Dead

    The React team finally pulled the plug on CRA. Pour one out for npx create-react-app my-app — you served us well (kind of). Time to migrate to Vite or Next.js. The future is now, folks.

Angular

  • (🅰️) Angular 19.2 Update

    Experimental httpResource APIs and TypeScript 5.8 support dropped. Angular keeps shipping while the haters keep typing.

  • (🗺️) Angular Roadmap

    Signals, zoneless Angular, and improved tooling are on the menu. The Angular team has been eating well lately.

Vue.js

  • (💚) Vue 3.6 Preview

    Vapor Mode is coming and the Vue community can barely contain their excitement. Performance gains without the React drama? Sign us up.

  • (🔧) Nuxt DevTools 2.0

    Debugging just got a whole lot prettier. Editor integration that actually works.

Svelte

  • (🧡) Svelte 5.19 Release

    Minor updates improving reactivity and DX. Svelte keeps winning hearts one release at a time.

  • (🎮) Threlte 8 (Three.js + Svelte)

    3D graphics in Svelte just got a major glow-up. Your portfolio sites are about to get fancy.

Other Frameworks

  • (⚡) SolidJS 2.0 Roadmap

    Async handling and reactivity improvements incoming. SolidJS continues to punch above its weight.

  • (▲) Next.js 14 Updates

    Caching and performance enhancements. Vercel’s cash cow keeps getting shinier.

  • (🚀) Astro 4.0

    New APIs and performance boosts. The “ship less JavaScript” framework ships even less JavaScript.

🛠️ Developer Tools & Libraries

  • (📚) Storybook 8.5

    Real-time a11y testing and better React Native Web integration. Your design system thanks you.

  • (🔗) tRPC + TanStack Query Integration

    TypeScript end-to-end just got even more type-safe. Runtime errors? Never heard of them.

🌐 Web Standards & Browser Updates

  • (🌍) Interop 2025

    Browser compatibility improvements across 19 focus areas. The “works in Chrome but not Safari” era is (slowly) ending.

  • (🎨) Chrome 134 & WebGPU

    New GPU capabilities for better performance. Your fancy WebGL demos just got fancier.

  • (📜) TC39 Stage 4 Proposals

    RegExp escaping, Float16Array, and more reaching standardization. JavaScript keeps evolving.

📈 Trends & Best Practices

  • (📊) State of CSS 2024

    :has(), Container Queries, and CSS Nesting are trending. CSS is eating JavaScript’s lunch.

  • (🪶) Less JavaScript Movement

    Developers are finally realizing maybe we don’t need 2MB of JS for a blog. Revolutionary concept.

🎤 Events

🎮 Bonus

  • (🔫) CS16 Design System

    A Counter-Strike 1.6 themed CSS framework. Finally, someone understands what developers really need.

Cited Sources:

  • React Blog
  • Ninja Squad
  • Angular Dev
  • Cypress Blog
  • GitHub
  • Threlte
  • SolidJS
  • Next.js Blog
  • Astro Blog
  • Storybook Blog
  • tRPC Blog
  • WebKit Blog
  • Chrome Developers
  • Socket.dev
  • Web.dev
  • Stack Overflow Blog
  • Svelte Summit

That's it for this week's frontend digest! What are you most excited about? Happy coding! 🚀

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