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Two weeks of frontend goodness packed into one digest. Framework updates, shiny new tools, and the State of JS survey is live. Let’s go!

🔥 Framework Updates

Vue / Nuxt

  • TresJS v5 Three.js + Vue just got smoother. New composables, better performance, and your 3D portfolio sites are about to level up.

  • Nuxt UI v4 Nuxt’s design system gets a major glow-up. New components, theming options, and tighter integration. The Vue ecosystem keeps delivering.

React

🛠️ Developer Tools & Libraries

  • Reshaped Goes OSS – Accessibility-first UI components, now open source. Your design system just got options.
  • Chonkie TypeScript SDK – TypeScript meets AI with developer-friendly tooling. The SDK you didn’t know you needed.
  • Tailwind CSS Animations Plugin – Midudev’s prebuilt animations for Tailwind. Fade, slide, bounce — all the classics, zero config.
  • Lens.js — Node.js Monitoring – Laravel Telescope vibes for Node. Track requests and queries with a slick UI.
  • Slidev – Markdown + Vue = presentation slides. Perfect for dev talks when PowerPoint feels wrong.
  • Top 10 Docs Tools in 2025 – The documentation tools worth your time. Pick one and actually write those docs.
  • Layout Land – CSS layout playground. Stop guessing, start visualizing.
  • The “Time” Layout Guide – Ahmad Shadeed’s guide to time-based UI layouts. Clocks, timelines, countdowns — CSS handles it all.
  • React Just Parallax – Lightweight parallax for React. Minimal setup, maximum wow factor.
  • MCP UI – Build Model Context Protocol interfaces. The AI tooling ecosystem is growing fast.
  • Fliiipbook – Flipbook-style docs and learning resources. Interactive documentation done right.

🌐 Web Trends & Insights

  • State of JavaScript 2025 Survey Opens The annual State of JS survey is live. Astro vs Next.js, Vite dethroning Webpack — drop your opinion and shape the discourse. You know you want to.

🎤 Conferences & Events

  • ViteConf 2025 – October 16–17, Amsterdam. The official Vite conference with core maintainers and ecosystem leaders. Mark your calendars.

  • Vue Fes Japan 2025 – November 9, Tokyo. Japan’s biggest Vue conference returns. Global speakers, Nuxt updates, and probably amazing food.

🎮 Bonus Demos & Fun

  • Doomscrolling: The Game – Infinite scrolling as literal gameplay. It’s satire, but also oddly addictive.
  • Poke-Holo – Holographic Pokémon card effects in the browser. Your inner collector is thrilled.
  • You Don’t Need Animations – A hot take on animation restraint. Sometimes less really is more. (Controversial, but worth considering.)

Cited Sources:

  • TresJS Blog
  • Nuxt Blog
  • JavaScript Plain English
  • Reshaped Blog
  • Chonkie AI Docs
  • Tailwind CSS Animations
  • Medium (Lens.js)
  • Slidev
  • DEV Community
  • Brad Woods Layout Land
  • Ahmad Shadeed
  • React Just Parallax
  • MCP UI
  • Fliiipbook
  • State of JS Survey
  • ViteConf
  • Vue Fes Japan
  • Ironic Sans
  • Poke-Holo
  • Emil Kowalski

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

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