Bleeding Edge Web: September 2016

Announcements

News from the Bleeding Edge

— Brian Moeskau (@bmoeskau)

Docker as a Strategic Enabler for Dev Teams
(slides)

— Aater Suleman (@futurechips)

Thanks to our venue:

Thanks to our sponsor:

Browser Pop Quiz

Last version check — August 24, 2016:

52	48	14 14393	9.1

Browser Pop Quiz

As of September 24, 2016:

52 53	48 49	14 14393 14931	9.1 10

Chrome 53

Released August 31 — Release Notes

• Shadow DOM v1, PaymentRequest API
• 33 security fixes
• Performance (33% battery reduction on OSX)
• Other minor JS / CSS enhancements

Chrome 53

New "feature": Backspace no longer navigates back

(Also disabled in Safari since v6)

Chrome 53

If this annoys you like it did me, try this extension

Firefox 49

Released September 20 — Release Notes

• Implemented <details> and <summary>
• Added support for 40+ -webkit-prefixed CSS properties
• Lots (and lots) of minor HTML, CSS and JS improvements
• Backspace button still works!

Edge 14 (14931)

Release Notes

• Performance and reliability fixes
• Support for CSS outline-offset and (non-standard) -webkit-text-stroke
• Partial support for WebRTC (off by default)
• Cool feature: "snooze" tabs via Cortana reminders

Tab Snooze

Same tab "snooze" idea for Chrome

Safari 10

It's official!

Safari 10

• Added: Full ES 2015, IndexedDB, Shadow DOM, CSP 2.0, WOFF 2.0, WebDriver support, ApplePay and more

Angular 2.0 (final)

• Released September 14
• Review complete changes between 1.x & 2.0
• Now following semantic versioning (semver)

TypeScript 2.0

• Released September 22
• Simplified type declarations: npm install --save @types/lodash
• New readonly modifier, non-nullable types
• Enhanced control flow analysis

Web Feature Availability

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ATX Web Film Series

Thought- and discussion-provoking films about the Web, Design, and Technology

• Documentary double-feature followed by panel discussion
• Oct 3, 6-10pm at Alamo S. Lamar
• Tickets $15 ($10 with code BleedingEdgeWeb)

Thanks!

http://www.meetup.com/bleeding-edge-web/

http://edgeATX.github.io/slides

Brian Moeskau — @bmoeskau