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Friday Links #372

Programming

• Visual Studio Code v0.8.0
• Release NTVS 1.1 RC2 · Microsoft/nodejstools · GitHub

• [Node v4.0.0 (Stable)

  Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.0.0/?utm_source=nodeweekly&utm_medium=email)

• Using Elixir’s Pattern Matching And Case Statement To Handle Errors - Rob Conery
• Using Recursion In Elixir To Break Your OO Brain - Rob Conery

• [StepsToReproduce

  Record, share, reproduce](http://stepstoreproduce.net/)

• Announcing Scala.js 0.6.5
• How do JavaScript closures work under the hood [Dmitry Frank]
• JavaScripting.com - The Database of JavaScript Libraries

• [jQuery Rain

  Hint.css - A tooltip library in CSS](http://www.jqueryrain.com/?oquUmibF)

• The AngularJS Magazine on Flipboard
• Accessing The View-Model Inside The Link Function When Using Controller-As In AngularJS
• Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET WebHooks Preview
• SweetAlert
• Hands-on-lab IoT Weather Station using Windows 10 - Hackster.io
• NativeScript for .NET Developers -Telerik Developer Network
• The names of functions in ES6
• Easier feeds for GitHub Pages
• Code rant: Partial Application in C#
• ES6 Symbols in Depth
• ES6 Maps in Depth

• [A Closer Look at Marko Widgets

  Marko](http://markojs.com/blog/a-closer-look-at-marko-widgets/)

• FieldKit: A Simple Library for Complex Input Formatting
• Beautiful Seamless JavaScript Testing in 10 Minutes — Medium

Applications

• The Best Google Font Combinations for Websites
• AdBlock browser hits iOS, Android - SlashGear
• Google Commerce: Welcome to a new Google Wallet

Science and Technology

• Fortifying computer chips for space travel – ScienceDaily

On the Web

• 10 Insanely Weird Wikipedia Articles You Should Read
• The Politics of Star Trek

Stuff I Just Like

• [A British Man Built A Chariot Out Of Drones

  Popular Science](http://www.popsci.com/british-man-built-chariot-out-drones)

• [The History of Cartography, the “Most Ambitious Overview of Map Making Ever,” Now Free Online

  Open Culture](http://www.openculture.com/2015/09/the-history-of-cartography-the-most-ambitious-overview-of-map-making-ever-now-free-online.html)

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