ReScript is not new. In a way it’s as old as JavaScript itself. ReScript is a rebranding of ReasonML (Facebook) and BuckleScript (Bloomberg), which wrap OCaml on both ends. The former is an interface of the OCaml syntax, while the latter makes sure to compile the AST into JavaScript. ReasonML was created by Jordan Walke, the creator of React. ReasonML still exists as a parallel project to ReScript, with a slightly different syntax and mission. 

23,765 people from 137 countries took part in the recent State of JS survey and while there are some common criticisms of the project, the results are nonetheless interesting and we’ll be digging into some in forthcoming issues. Standouts include:

- Svelte took the top frontend framework crown from React for developer satisfaction.
- Testing Library jumped straight to #1 for testing libraries.
- More developers than ever are producing PWAs or using WebAssembly.
- 86% of respondents are using VS Code to work on their code.
 

Welcome to The Xamarin Show Snack Pack Edition. A Snack Pack is bite sized episode that is focused on a specific topic and covered in just a few minutes. Today, we take a look at how to manage and upgrade your Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms based applications to target .NET Standard. We also see how to install existing PCL based NuGets into that library. 

name: Deploy to GitHub Pages

# Run workflow on every push to the main branch
on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]

jobs:
  deploy-to-github-pages:
    # use ubuntu-latest image to run steps on
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    # uses GitHub's checkout action to checkout code form the main branch
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    
    # sets up .NET Core SDK
    - name: Setup .NET Core SDK
      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
      with:
        dotnet-version: 5.0.302

    # publishes Blazor project to the release-folder
    - name: Publish .NET Core Project
      run: dotnet publish ./src/DNTPersianComponents.Blazor.WasmSample/Server/DNTPersianComponents.Blazor.WasmSample.Server.csproj -c Release -o release --nologo
    
    # changes the base-tag in index.html from '/' to 'DNTPersianComponents.Blazor' to match GitHub Pages repository subdirectory
    - name: Change base-tag in index.html from / to DNTPersianComponents.Blazor
      run: sed -i 's/<base href="\/" \/>/<base href="\/DNTPersianComponents.Blazor\/" \/>/g' release/wwwroot/index.html
    
    # copy index.html to 404.html to serve the same file when a file is not found
    - name: copy index.html to 404.html
      run: cp release/wwwroot/index.html release/wwwroot/404.html

    # add .nojekyll file to tell GitHub pages to not treat this as a Jekyll project. (Allow files and folders starting with an underscore)
    - name: Add .nojekyll file
      run: touch release/wwwroot/.nojekyll
      
    - name: Commit wwwroot to GitHub Pages
      uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@3.7.1
      with:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        BRANCH: github-pages
        FOLDER: release/wwwroot

src: url('/lib/samim-font/Samim-Bold.eot?v=4.0.5');

src: url('../lib/samim-font/Samim-Bold.eot?v=4.0.5');

a new site for browsing nuget packages. It is my best attempt to build a tool to help you both discover new packages and to dig in deep to learn them once found.

GitHubs magic files 

I keep coming across files in GitHub that have some mystic magic feeling to them.  

Up to 17x faster than npm a year ago and focused on ‘security first’. 

npm -g i npm

I have a better understanding of the new runtime, the tooling, and the dependencies required to build applications