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Friday Links #369

Programming

• How to Improve Loading Time with basket.js

• [Welcome ReSharper 9.2, ReSharper C++ 1.1 and More Ultimate Updates

  ReSharper Ultimate Blog](http://blog.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2015/08/19/welcome-resharper-9-2-resharper-c-1-1-and-more-ultimate-updates/)

• Falcor: One Model Everywhere
• SoundBot/heartbeat.js
• UpUp - The Offline First Library
• ES6 In Depth: Modules ✩ Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
• Writing Jasmine unit tests in ES6
• Fortune.js
• Phaser - A fast, fun and free open source HTML5 game framework
• Localytics Engineering Blog // Tips & Tricks for debugging unfamiliar AngularJS code
• Git and GitHub Hacks
• graue/gentest
• Prototyp - Quick and easy interaction prototyping
• SonicFileFinder - Fast & Simple File Searching in Visual Studio

• [Containers: Docker, Windows and Trends

  Microsoft Azure Blog](https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/08/17/containers-docker-windows-and-trends/)

• https://korynunn.github.io/fastn/

• [The Evolution of Asynchronous JavaScript

  RisingStack](https://blog.risingstack.com/asynchronous-javascript/)

• Typeset.js – an HTML pre-processor for web typography
• Version Control, Git, and Your Enterprise

• [Sharp Regrets: Top 10 Worst C# Features

  InformIT](http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2425867)

• [FAKE It Till You Make It

  Chris Missal’s Blog](https://lostechies.com/chrismissal/2015/08/18/fake-it-till-you-make-it/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LosTechies+%28LosTechies%29)

• The 19 Best Newsletters for Front-End Web Developers

• [Introducing the Technical Preview of Docker Engine for Windows Server 2016

  Docker Blog](https://blog.docker.com/2015/08/tp-docker-engine-windows-server-2016/)

• Language Trends on GitHub
• Velocity.js
• Bootstrap Version 4 Announced, Alpha Released
• Tonic: a better REPL for node.js
• Semver explained - why there’s a caret (^) in my package.json?
• imba / overview.imba
• Five little-known facts about ES5 object literals
• The Periodic Table of .NET - Evangelism - Infragistics.com Blog
• Riot Cheatsheet
• Hey Underscore, You’re Doing It Wrong! - YouTube

Applications

• [vckup 2

  Simple fast backup](https://bvckup2.com/)

• Google Photos update brings three much-needed features - SlashGear
• PDFescape - Free PDF Editor & Free PDF Form Filler
• How to Completely Uninstall OneDrive in Windows 10

Science and Technology

• Our Brave New World of 4K Displays

On the Web

• 5 Mind-Blowing Maps That Let You Watch The Web Happen
• Official Google Blog: Meet OnHub: a new router for a new way to Wi-Fi
• Ad Blockers and the Nuisance at the Heart of the Modern Web - The New York Times

Stuff I Just Like

• [Project Sunroof

  About](https://www.google.com/get/sunroof/about/)

• Glass-bottomed “sky pool” will let swimmers freestyle above the street below

Some interesting matter pic.twitter.com/OpsDt2IPjf

— What The F*** Memes (@WhatTheFMemes) August 15, 2015