Good Documentation, Non-blocking UI Rendering, Node Community Updates (JS Party #8)

Tracy Hinds, Alex Sexton, and Rachel White discuss good documentation, API docs, playbooks, Non-blocking UI Rendering, ember-concurrency, React Fiber and updates from Tracy on the Node.js Foundation and Node community.

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Featuring:

• Tracy Hinds – Website, GitHub, X
• Rachel White – GitHub, X
• Alex Sexton – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

Docs! What makes good documentation?

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  Where are you sending your community if the docs aren’t good (hint: you don’t get to decide then)?

  
  


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  How to’s, getting started, API docs, playbooks

  
  


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  DevDocs

  
  


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  Read the Docs

  
  


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  Request For Commits #5: Documentation and the Value of Non-Code Contributions with Eric Holscher

  
  


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  Spotlight #7: Focused on a Safe and Inclusive Node Community with Tracy Hinds

  
  

Non-blocking UI Rendering

• Fastboot/isomorphic rendering


• ember-concurrency


• React Fiber

Node.js Community

• Node.js Foundation


• Node.js Collection


• Node.js Foundation on Medium

Picks!

• Alex: Prettier


• Rachel: increment.com


• Tracy: …

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!