VM Neutrality in Node (N-API), Learning JavaScript, Mastodon (JS Party #7)

Mikeal Rogers, Alex Sexton, and Rachel White discuss VM Neutrality in Node.js, learning JavaScript, and Mastodon - the open source friendly alternative to Twitter, et al.

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Featuring:

• Mikeal Rogers – GitHub, X
• Rachel White – GitHub, X
• Alex Sexton – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

VM Neutrality in Node.js

• Node.js API (N-API)
• GeoIP-lite - A native NodeJS API for the GeoLite data
• Go Time #37: Gobot, Hardware, and Gatekeeping with Ron Evans
• Realtime Conf Soundtrack

Learning JavaScript

• javaScript 30 from Wes Bos — a 30 day Vanilla JavaScript coding challenge
• The Changelog #244: Learning JavaScript and Bringing People Together with Tracy Lee
• JavaScript basics
• JS Assessment - a test-driven approach to assessing JS skills
• Creating cheats for games to get into programming

Project of the Week

• Mastodon
• Mastodon instance for JavaScripters from Nolan Lawson
• Mastodon instances
• Mastodon guidelines

Picks!

• Rachel: - Nolan Lawson’s Mastodon
• Alex: Keybase
• Mikeal: WebTorrent and The Changelog #227: Mad Science, WebTorrent, & WebRTC with Feross Aboukhadijeh

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