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Packem
https://packem.github.io/


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A JavaScript module
bundler that purports to
be twice as fast as its
main competitor, Parcel. Still in
alpha at the time of writing but a
promising tool that could be your
go-to bundler in the coming months.


Pika
https://www.pika.dev/


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A multi-featured toolset
that includes npm stats,
package search, a CDN
and Pika Web. The latter lets you
add dependencies to a project
directly in the browser without
webpack, Browserify, etc.


Commento
https://commento.io/


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A lightweight, ad-free,
privacy-focused
commenting system you
can embed in your web pages,
usable via their cloud service or
self-hosted. Includes Akismet spam
detection, sticky comments, voting,
Markdown support and more.


Commento
is a privacy-focused,
ad-free commenting system
that you can self-host and embed
in pages

Packem is a JavaScript module bundler
that’s focused on faster bundling.
Only available in alpha at the time
of writing, it’s definitely one
to keep your eye on

Sublime Merge is a fast, search-
friendly native Git client from the
makers of Sublime Text

Just
https://microsoft.github.io/
just/

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A build task library with
an easy-to-use API to
compose chained,
parallel or nested tasks during your
build process.

Git History
https://githistory.xyz/

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Easily browse any file’s
history on GitHub, GitLab
or Bitbucket. Just select
a file URL then replace github.com
with github.githistory.xyz and an
animated, visual history of the file
will display.

Sublime Merge
http://www.sublimemerge.com/

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A fast, search-friendly
Git client (Mac,
Windows, Linux) from
the makers of Sublime Text. Offers
syntax highlighting, integrated
merge tool, side-by-side diffs
and more.

The front-end tools
landscape is huge and
changing constantly, so
I hope this collection of
libraries, scripts, modules
and workflow helpers
inspires you to check out
some of the stuff available.
It can be tough to dig
around for something
that’s functional and has
staying power but I hope
this list provides a variety of
selections that are practical,
easy to get started with and
well maintained.
Now that you’re well
equipped, get out there and
build something awesome!

50 incredible dev tools 2020


RIFM is a
React
component to
convert any
HTML form
input into
formatted
input. For
example, if a
user types in
all lower case,
you can force
upper case
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