With Coachella having reached its culmination, the last weekends have been truly eventful. For me, however, the most anticipated moment was the premiere of the second season of Westworld. It was AWESOME! So if you haven’t watched the first episode yet, you’d better start downloading it now, because the Internet is already full of actual spoilers. Plus, the new episode is going to be released on Sunday, which is only 3 days from now.

Until then, here are some fresh posts about web and mobile development that will entertain your excited mind.

1. Everything You Need to Know about How to Develop a Web or Mobile App for China. If you’re going to enter the Chinese market and you don’t know where to start, this long read is exactly for you. From the Great Firewall to QR codes and integration with third-party services — the article focuses on the most important things you need to know to succeed on the Chinese Market. By Ilya Matanov.
2. Learn these neat JavaScript tricks in less than 5 minutes. This wouldn’t be a web and mobile development digest if it didn’t include an article about JavaScript. In this post, Alcides Queiroz have outlined some of the coolest JavaScript tricks that you can learn faster than you reach your Uber taxi.
3. Putting comments in code: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Bill Sourour considers various aspects of commenting your code, elaborating on why it may not always be good practice.
4. The Node.js Project Introduces Latest Release Line: Node.js 10.x. Find out what’s new in the latest version of Node.JS!
5. VS Code Extensions for Happier JavaScript Coding. In 2018, there is a whole bunch of extensions for such IDEs as VS Code. But how do you know which ones are really worth trying? Alek Shnayder gives an overview of some JavaScript extensions that he thinks are the most helpful in development.
6. New batchOverflow Bug in Multiple ERC20 Smart Contracts (CVE-2018–10299). In this article by PeckShield, the author breaks down the recent bug in the Ethereum blockchain, explaining its nature as well as the possible ways to fix it.
7. Announcing npm@6. From performance enhancements to security aspects — the post by npm, Inc. itself goes through the most notable new features in the lastest release of npm.
8. Instant Feedback in iOS Engineering Workflows. The Instagram dev team lifts the veil on how they were able to increase their productivity when developing native apps. By Instagram Engineering.
9. How to Create a Dynamic Website in 30 Minutes with fullpage.js. The title of the article definitely sounds like a challenge… By Brandon Morelli.
10. Essential Ruby on Rails patterns — part 4: Form Objects. Błażej Kosmowski talks about one of the most useful patterns in the Ruby on Rails ecosystem, explaining its use cases and best practices.

By the way, if you want to know how the general Data Protection Regulation that enters into force on May 25 will affect IT businesses, you should check out our recent post: EU General Data Protection Regulation. Let The Game Begin!

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