This weekly report mainly summarizes content from various places
Technology#
Combining AI with React for a Smarter Frontend#
Frontend development needs to integrate artificial intelligence technologies as early as possible. Developers can use React and AI technologies to build intelligent applications, including chatbots and personalized recommendations. With technology stacks like Next.js, OpenAI's Chat GPT, and MongoDB, developers can create intelligent React applications. By vectorization and semantic search, applications can provide information relevant to user queries. Additionally, through the RAG framework, real-time data can be combined with language models to provide smarter, context-aware applications. The application of artificial intelligence technologies can not only enhance user experience but also provide more accurate and timely data for business decisions.
- Frontend development needs to introduce artificial intelligence as soon as possible to build intelligent features in applications and gain rich insights from data.
- Developers can use embedding models to generate embedding vectors and store them in vector databases to find relevant information from custom data through natural language queries.
- With technology stacks like Next.js, OpenAI's Chat GPT, LangChain, and MongoDB, more intelligent and powerful React applications can be built.
AN ATTEMPTED TAXONOMY OF WEB COMPONENTS#
This article discusses the author's experiences and views on building Web components. The author divides Web components into two types: HTML Web components and JavaScript Web components, and introduces various examples of different components. The article also mentions some details and considerations about using JavaScript to inject CSS and using Shadow DOM. Additionally, the author points out some limitations that prevent certain components from becoming Web components and encourages readers to try using Web components to create portable and durable code.
- HTML Web Components are zero-dependency components that enhance web functionality by adding behavior and interactivity without using upstream libraries.
- JavaScript Web Components are optional low-priority components suitable for scenarios paired with existing content, but they have some issues regarding performance and durability.
- Creating HTML Web Components requires attention to avoid over-reliance on JavaScript to inject CSS and to consider web performance and sustainability.
Getting started with CSS container queries#
This article introduces the concept and usage of container queries. Container queries are a way to query the size of an element and style its child elements based on the size of the container. Compared to traditional media queries, container queries are more flexible and can simplify code. The article also demonstrates how to create a responsive article component layout using container queries with an example of a news list layout. Additionally, it introduces the new syntax for container queries and the use of nested containers.
- Container queries are a new web layout technology that applies styles based on the size of elements.
- Container queries can replace media queries, making layouts more flexible and code cleaner.
- Container queries can be used for responsive design, allowing web pages to automatically adapt layouts across different screen sizes.
Your Website’s URLs Can and Should Be Beautiful#
This article discusses the importance and techniques of beautifying URLs. Beautifying URLs can provide a more readable and user-friendly website experience while also aiding SEO. The article offers some tips, such as using fewer URL segments, not requiring the URL slug to match the title exactly, and sometimes removing meaningless stop words. By following these tips, concise, clear, and aesthetically pleasing URLs can be created.
- The beauty of a URL lies in its ability to provide useful human-readable context, allowing users to understand its content before clicking the link.
- Good URLs should be both concise and clear, providing enough information without being overly long and cumbersome.
- To create beautiful URLs, it is advisable to use fewer URL segments while paying attention to the structure and organization of the URL content, avoiding excessive levels and redundant information.
Tools#
pushdeer#
An open-source push service without an app, ready to use with iOS 14+ scanning. Also supports quick applications/iOS and Mac clients, Android clients, and self-made devices.
code-block-writer#
Simulates code writing.
h3#
⚡️ A minimalist high-performance and portable H(TTP) framework.
linkinator#
🐿 Quickly move around your website and find all broken links.
inpaint-web#
A free open-source repair tool powered by WebGPU and WASM in the browser.
The Security Vulnerabilities of The Target="_Blank" Attribute#
This text explains the use of hyperlink tags and target attributes in HTML. It then mentions the security vulnerabilities associated with using the target="_blank" attribute, where the new page can access the parent page's window object, leading to malicious redirection. The solution to this problem is to add the rel="noopener noreferrer" attribute to the hyperlink tag, ensuring the new page runs in an independent process, preventing window.opener from being set. Additionally, it introduces the rel="noreferrer" attribute, which can prevent the sending of referrer request header information. Finally, it emphasizes that adding rel="noopener" or rel="noreferrer" attributes can enhance the security and performance of the website.
- The HTML hyperlink tag allows the creation of a clickable element that references another document or section within a webpage.
- The target attribute specifies how the link should be opened, either in the current window or a new window.
- When using target="_blank", it is advisable to add the rel="noopener noreferrer" attribute to prevent malicious operations via window.opener.
Updates#
Remix released version v2.3.0#
Remix has released version v2.3.0, which includes some important changes and new features. Major changes include stabilizing the useBlocker hook function, adding the unstable_flushSync API for synchronously updating the DOM, and some minor improvements and fixes. Additionally, some dependencies have been updated, and a detailed change list is provided. It also introduces important changes from the previous version v2.2.0, including support for Vite and some new APIs.
Remix released version 2.3.0, adding stable useBlocker functionality and unstable_flushSync API, and updating dependencies.
Remix released version 2.2.0, introducing support for Vite, new APIs and templates, and improvements to fetcher and persistence features.
Remix released version 2.1.0, introducing view transformation functionality and stable createRemixStub, along with some minor changes and dependency updates.
waku 0.17.0#
Supports full SSR.
Announcing TypeScript 5.3#
TypeScript 5.3 has been released, introducing some new features and optimizations. These include import attributes, stable support for resolution-mode in import types, narrowing with switch (true), narrowing with instanceof via Symbol.hasInstance, and checks on super property access on instance fields. These features and optimizations make TypeScript more powerful and user-friendly.
- TypeScript 5.3 is a language that adds type syntax to JavaScript for type checking and enhancing editor tools.
- The new version introduces new features such as import attributes, branch condition refinement, and boolean comparison refinement.
- It also supports the resolution-mode attribute in import types and checks on the access of the super keyword in instance fields.
Redux Toolkit 2.0#
This release candidate modifies the way asynchronous thunks are defined in createSlice and improves the usage and implementation of selectors. Additionally, it introduces upcoming releases of Redux Toolkit 2.0, Redux core 5.0, and React-Redux 9.0. This version also includes some other improvements and changes.
- In Redux Toolkit 2.0, you can now use buildCreateSlice to create a customized createSlice method with asynchronous thunk functionality.
- createSlice now adds a selectSlice field to all slice objects for simple state lookup.
- entityAdapter.getSelectors() can now accept custom selector creation functions and customized memoization options.
AI#
Introducing GPT Crawler - Turn Any Site Into a Custom GPT With Just a URL#
This article introduces an open-source project called GPT Crawler, which helps us quickly create custom GPT assistants. By providing a website URL, it can crawl the content of the site as the knowledge base for GPT. This method can be used to create customized bots with up-to-date information. The article also explains how to use GPT Crawler, configure the crawler, and upload knowledge files to ChatGPT or OpenAI API to create a custom GPT assistant.
- GPT Crawler is a new open-source project that creates custom GPT assistants based on the provided website URL.
- Using GPT Crawler allows you to obtain the latest information from websites and create customized chatbots that can answer specific questions.
- Using GPT Crawler requires cloning the project, installing dependencies, configuring the crawler, and uploading knowledge files to ChatGPT or OpenAI API to create a custom GPT assistant.
make-real-starter#
A tool officially released by tldraw for turning sketches into UI code.
build-it-figma-ai#
A Figma plugin for generating UI code.
autodraw#
Infers what you want to draw based on what you have already sketched.
Others#
Distant things always have an eternal attraction for me. (I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote.)
-- "Moby Dick," a classic American novel.