Frontend Weekly Digest #411 (21–27 April 2025)

Web-development

• The problem(s) with image accessibility
• Advanced TypeScript manipulation features for the real world
• Frontend’s Next Evolution: AI-Powered State Management
• The right way to implement AI into your frontend development workflow

• Tools
  • Understanding how Vite deals with your node_modules
  • An Introduction to JavaScript Bundler Rspack
  • My journey from Webpack to Vite and finally Rsbuild
• Effects
  • Mastering Carousels with GSAP: From Basics to Advanced Animation
  • Three.js vs. Babylon.js: Which is better for 3D web development?

CSS

• Polishing your typography with line height units
• The Lost CSS Tricks of Cohost.org
• Creating CSS Theme Variables from a JS file
• Tailwind vs Linaria: Performance Investigation

JavaScript

• How To Write Unit Tests in Node.js Using Mocha
• Ultimate Guide to MutationObserver: Tracking DOM Changes in Modern Web Applications
• When to use map() vs. forEach()
• JavaScript Framework Reality Check: What’s Actually Working
• Using Alpine.js In HTMX

• React
  • React Labs: View Transitions, Activity, and more
  • React Compiler RC
  • Impossible Components
  • useActionState in React: A practical guide with examples
  • React Hook Form vs. React 19: Should you still use RHF in 2025?