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Welcome to this week's Web Development newsletter from CodeProject.

Web application frameworks: Innovate or die

It's getting harder and harder to keep up with the JavaScript Joneses. While ReactJS got the headlines this week, no JavaScript framework has managed to lead for long. Some tout this as a positive, pushing the competing frameworks to out-innovate each other, but the frenetic pace of innovation makes it hard for developers to keep up. (more: TechRepublic)

Facebook announces React Native

Having already open sourced React last year, Facebook has now launched React Native, a JS library that is rethinking how we write applications using one-way data flow, immutable data structures and the full potential of JavaScript. (more: Jaxenter)

Introducing Aurelia

I'm totally stoked!!! Why? Because I finally get to share Aurelia with the JavaScript world. What is it you might ask? It's a next generation JavaScript client framework unlike anything else available today. (more: Durandal)

Build a Simple Image Editor with CSS Filters and jQuery

CSS Filters are a powerful tool to manipulate images using just CSS. Once implemented in all browsers, you will be able to apply effects to images without any need for external software. (more: Sitepoint)

Replace CoffeeScript with ES6

I've been looking into ES6, the next version of JavaScript, and finally got a chance to use it on a project. In the brief amount of time I was able to use it I've found that it solves a lot of the problems that CoffeeScript is trying to solve without drastic syntax changes. (more: Thoughtbot)

Isomorphic Javascript is not the Answer

Isomorphic Javascript basically means you can run the same code on the server as the client (aka the web browser). It was created to solve the problem of single page web apps running slowly. (more: Neutron Drive)

Facebook just taught us all how to build websites

Sometimes in software development, we take giant leaps. (more: Medium)

A Beginners Guide to Mobile Development with Meteor

If you're a web developer who wants to release their work on iOS and Android (while harnessing the features of those platforms), you don't have to learn a new language or entirely new concepts. You just need a basic grasp of Meteor, and then a basic grasp of details specific to mobile development. (more: Sitepoint)

Animating the Mobile Web

When you visit a Yelp Business Page inside of the mobile app, there is a photo at the top of the page to provide visual context. It also serves as a compelling entry point to our photo viewer if you pull it down. We wanted to have this same effect on our mobile site, so we set out to develop a nice, smooth animation to pull down this photo and delight mobile web users with the same experience they're used to on our mobile applications. (more: Yelp)

New articles added

ASP.NET

Automated Chat Agent in ASP.NET using SIML as the backend Chatbot Language

(7 votes) by DaveMathews (updated yesterday)

Exploring the semantics behind an Automated Customer Service Agent in an ASP.NET website.

Using Paypal Rest API with ASP.NET MVC 4

(6 votes) by Aman Thakur (updated 3 days ago)

Integrating Paypal in ASP.NET MVC 4

ASP.NET Web API Javascript Clients

(2 votes) by Rudi Breedenraedt (updated 13 hours ago)

Presenting the ASP.NET Web API Javascript Clients NuGet that generates Javascript/AngularJS/JQuery/NodeJS boilerplate code to access your ASP.NET Web API services.

C#

Unit testing in C# using xUnit, Entity Framework, Effort and ASP.NET Boilerplate.

(2 votes) by Halil ibrahim Kalkan (updated 23 hours ago)

Implemented unit and integration tests on ASP.NET Boilerplate framework using xUnit, Entity Framework, Effort and Shouldly.

Client side scripting

FEx - File Explorer Widget

(6 votes) by vijay venkatesh prasad N (updated yesterday)

jQuery - File Management widget

JavaScript MVC Style Framework in Less Than 100 Lines of Code

(2 votes) by Nitij (updated 13 hours ago)

Learn how to create your own mvc-style JavaScript framework.

Cross Platform

Writing a XAML calculator application for X11

(2 votes) by Steffen Ploetz (updated 16 hours ago)

Currently none of the big Linux/Unix (X11) GUI application frameworks (GTK+, KDE) support XAML based application development. The Moonlight project (including XAML support) was abandoned on May 29, 2012. This article reviews a XAML based application with basic menu, clipboard & validation features.

Node.js

MEAN Stack Development with MongoDB

(5 votes) by Sampath Lokuge (updated yesterday)

This is a Introduction tutorial about the MEAN stack and MongoDB

Writing a chat server using Node.js, TypeScript, and WebSockets

(1 votes) by James Wright_ (updated yesterday)

Getting to grips with TypeScript, and its compiler, in the context of Node.js

Product Showcase

Using Symfony Framework for Creating Web Projects

(0 votes) by 1&1 Internet (updated yesterday)

Providing a rich, interactive experience will increase visitors returning to your website. Symfony, known as a stable and powerful development environment, can be used to create a wide range of Web projects. Here we provide an introduction to Symfony and a guide to getting started.

Silverlight

Virtual Keyboard (TabTip) in Silverlight

(2 votes) by Max Fedotov (updated 5 days ago)

Implementing support of Virtual Keyboard (TabTip) in Silverlight with elevated trust

Third Party Products and Tools

Telerik RadGrid Helper Class for ASP.NET

(4 votes) by syed shanu (updated 5 days ago)

Telerik RadGrid Helper Class for ASP.NET

Articles updated

Ajax

Virtual bookshelf

(7 votes) by 'Anil' Radhakrishna (updated 5 days ago)

Show off your book collection using a AngularJS script & Google Spreadsheet as your back-end

Android

Flirting with Google Maps on Android

(7 votes) by Peter Leow (updated 2 days ago)

Learning to implement a location-aware Google map on Android App.