Contribute to the 2022 Web Almanac, DuckDuckGo Beta for Mac, the Chrome Dev Insider, TypeScript 4.7 Beta | Front End News 060

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The HTTP Archive staff is looking for contributors for the 2022 edition of the Web Almanac. Chrome devs share more Insider info in a new series on their blog. DuckDuckGo enters the desktop browser market with a Beta version for Mac users. And the main release of this week is TypeScript 4.7 Beta.

Contributors wanted for the 2022 Web Almanac

Making the Web Almanac is a long and laborious task. That's why the HTTPArchive already started looking for contributors to work on the 2022 edition. If this is something that interests you, head over to the GitHub page linked below.

• HTTPArchive Twitter announcement
• Contribute to the 2022 Web Almanac

Browser news

Chrome

The Chrome team announced a new series on their blog - the Chrome Dev Insider. This is their pledge for more transparency on how things are done behind the scene.

• Introducing Chrome Dev Insider

DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo has decided to enter the browser market. They just announced a beta version of their browsing app for Mac, with a Windows version still in development.

• Introducing DuckDuckGo for Mac: A Private, Fast, and Secure Browsing App

Software updates and releases

• Create React App v5.0.1 - create React apps with no build configuration
• Jasmine 4.1.0 - simple JavaScript testing framework for browsers and node.js
• oclif v3.0.0 - Node.JS Open CLI Framework
• Opal v1.5.0 - a Ruby to JavaScript source-to-source compiler
• PouchDB 7.3.0 - a pocket-sized database
• react-admin 4.0.0 - a frontend Framework for building data-driven applications
• react-hooks-testing-library v8.0.0 - React hooks testing utilities
• Shepherd 9.1.0 - guide your users through a tour of your app
• TypeScript 4.7 Beta - a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output
• YouTube.js v1.4.0 - full-featured wrapper around YouTube's private API

Wrapping things up

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