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Friday Links #386

Programming

• AllcountJS - Rapid application development framework
• ng-notify by matowens
• Paying the tab for .NET Native – pedrolamas.com
• A story about currying
• The Traveling Salesman with Simulated Annealing, R, and Shiny - Todd W. Schneider
• Humanizr/Humanizer
• Introducing Lokka — A Simple JavaScript Client for GraphQL — KADIRA VOICE — Medium
• Create a Desktop App with Angular 2 and Electron
• trivago/parallel-webpack
• Speeding up webpack performance with parallel builds - trivago techblog
• Getting Started with Redux - Course by @dan_abramov @eggheadio
• Shem - Daily Javascript

• [Angular 2 Beta

  AngularJS](http://angularjs.blogspot.com/2015/12/angular-2-beta.html)

• [NCrunch Blog

  Performance Performance Performance!](http://blog.ncrunch.net/post/Performance-Performance-Performance!.aspx)

• The Era of Portable .Net - Telerik Developer Network
• Introducing React Refetch

• [DataGrip 1.0 (formerly 0xDBE): A new IDE for DBs and SQL

  JetBrains DataGrip Blog](http://blog.jetbrains.com/datagrip/2015/12/16/datagrip-1-0-formerly-0xdbe-a-new-ide-for-dbs-and-sql/)

• [Grav - A Modern Flat-File CMS

  Grav](http://getgrav.org/)

• Hands-On with Microsoft HoloLens: Third Time’s the Charm - Thurrott.com

• [Introducing Background Sync

  Web Updates - Google Developers](https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/12/background-sync)

• Compiling to WebAssembly: It’s Happening! ★ Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
• A-Frame – Building Blocks for the VR Web
• Bootstrap Themes

• [C# 6 Feature Review: Expression-Bodied Function Members

  Jimmy Bogard’s Blog](https://lostechies.com/jimmybogard/2015/12/17/c-6-feature-review-expression-bodied-function-members/)

• tabatkins/railroad-diagrams
• mo · js - Motion Graphics For The Web
• canvid.js - tiny library for playing video on canvas elements
• bitcodin Video Encoding Service for Adaptive Streaming
• OpenSeadragon - high-resolution zoomable images, implemented in pure JavaScript, for desktop and mobile
• kdzwinel/betwixt - analyze web traffic outside the browser using familiar Chrome DevTools
• xto6 - Transpile your codes to next-generation JavaScript
• Anycode riot-mini-form
• Opbeat

Applications

• [This is the Flight Game Where You Never Have to Land

  Popular Science](http://www.popsci.com/this-is-flight-game-where-you-never-have-to-land)

• AquaSnap Window Manager: dock, snap, tile, organize
• VLC comes to ChromeOS - SlashGear

Science and Technology

• New glass coating could lead to omnidirectional solar panels

On the Web

• Could Queen Nefertiti’s Tomb Reveal Secrets From Egypt’s Shadowy Past?

Stuff I Just Like

• Picture of the Week: Mechanical Calculator
• ‘Bench Bull:’ The Jack of All Bench Jigs, Part 1 - Popular Woodworking Magazine

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— Angus Norton (@NortonAngus) December 13, 2015