Introducing Bun, Wolvic 1.0, Preact 10.9.0, Prisma 4.0.0, and more | Front End News 072

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This week we are welcoming Bun, the latest JavaScript runtime. Wolvic 1.0.0 is finally here. Preact 10.9.0 and Prisma 4.0.0 are the highlights of the updates and releases section. And the resources of the week include CSS animations, illustration assets, and many useful tools.

Introducing Bun, a fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime

Bun is the latest entry on the market of JavaScript runtimes. It runs on WebKit's JavaScriptCore engine and is built using Zig, a low-level programming language with manual memory management.

• Bun v0.1.0(beta)

Browser news

Today I learned that you can track the status of all platform features for the main browsers (via Stefan Judis)

• Chrome Platform Status
• Mozilla Specification Positions
• WebKit Feature Status

Wolvic

Wolvic, the XR browser from Igalia, is finally here. The official release brings more stability, and many bugs have been fixed. It is compatible with most popular streaming services, and the UI is available in twenty-one languages.

• Wolvic 1.0 Released

Software updates and releases

• linkinator v4.0.0 - A super simple site crawler and broken link checker.
• LostGrid v9.0.0 - a powerful grid system built in PostCSS
• Node v14.20.0 (LTS) -
• Notion SDK for JavaScript v2.0.0 - Official Notion JavaScript Client
• oclif v3.1.0 - Node.JS Open CLI Framework
• Preact 10.9.0 - Fast 3kB React alternative
• Prisma 4.0.0 - Next-generation ORM for Node.js and TypeScript
• resvg-js v2.1.0 - A high-performance SVG renderer and toolkit
• TOAST UI Calendar v2.0.0 - A JavaScript calendar that has everything you need
• vue-tel-input v6.0.1 - International Telephone Input with Vue.

Front End Resources

• AnimatiSS - a collection of CSS animations
• CSS Spinners - small, elegant pure css spinner for ajax or loading animation
• Coolors - The super fast color palettes generator!
• Free Web Development Resources - a curated collection of web development resources
• I Love PDF - Every tool you need to work with PDFs in one place
• Min-Max-Value Interpolation - calculate the CSS clamp formula
• Tabler Icons - Open-source free SVG icons
• unDraw - Open-source illustrations

There's more where that came from. Explore the rest of the Front End Resource collection.

Wrapping things up

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