If JavaScript were a character in a role-playing game, its class would be a Rogue. When it was a youngster, it was a street kid that lived on the margins of society. Over time, it has become an established figure in the enterprise hierarchy. But it never forgot where it came from, and you never know what sleight of hand it will perform next.
For example, fine-grained Signals are mounting a rebellion to overthrow the existing Virtual DOM hegemony. Incremental improvements to WebAssembly have reached the point where a real SQL database can be run inside the browser. Coupled with ingenious architectural patterns, this has opened up new possibilities in app data design.
In other JS developments, the upstart performance runtime, Bun, has spawned a native app framework, Electrobun. Welcome to our latest roundup of the JavaScript news and noteworthy.
