Frontend Weekly Digest #408 (1–6 April 2025)

Web-development

• A New “Web” Readiness Report
• Simplify sharing with built-in APIs and progressive enhancement
• WebGPU Scanning Effect with Depth Maps
• Making :visited more private

• Tools
  • New in Chrome 135 Stay organized with collections Save and categorize content based on your preferences.
  • Bare — Small and modular JavaScript runtime for desktop and mobile. Where Node.js requires servers, Bare makes them obsolete. Bare can be run on any device with minimal requirements
• AI
  • How AI Agents Are Quietly Transforming Frontend Development
  • How AI is shaping the future of 3D web development
  • Making Sense of the AI Developer Tools Ecosystem
• Performance
  • Performance Insights in Lighthouse and Chrome DevTools
  • How to eliminate render-blocking resources — CSS and JavaScript

CSS

• Using @functions in CSS with Google Chrome Canary!
• First Look at The Modern attr()
• No JS fully flexible image following text wrap shape
• Pure CSS responsive hex grid, no breakpoints!
• CSS Bursts with Conic Gradients
• Tweaking Text Level Styles, Reprised
• The 10 Best New CSS Features in 2025 Already Supported in All Major Browsers
• Reanimating the CSS Day Buttons
• Worlds Collide: Keyframe Collision Detection Using Style Queries
• Item Flow, Part 1: A new unified concept for layout

JavaScript

• Theory
  • Understanding JavaScript Memory Management: Deep Dive into Garbage Collection Techniques
  • Axios vs. Fetch (2025 update): Which should you use for HTTP requests?
  • Axios in JavaScript: How to make GET, POST, PUT and DELETE requests
  • Could JavaScript have synchronous await?
• Practice
  • Exploring Art with TypeScript, Jupyter, Polars, and Observable Plot
  • Creating a Next.js Image Editor with glfx.js
  • Crafting Strong DX With Astro Components and TypeScript
  • Game development for frontend: Building with Excalibur.js
  • Mocking complex APIs with Mirage JS
• Frameworks
  • Exploring React 19: The Next Evolution in Modern Web Development
  • React Architecture Tradeoffs: SPA, SSR, or RSC
  • Creating our first Vue component
  • Why We Migrated Our Blog from WordPress to Angular