Welcome to the 157th issue of JavaScript Weekly, a curated roundup of articles, tutorials, tools, and releases from across the JavaScript ecosystem. Each issue focuses on practical reads, notable projects, and developments that matter to working JavaScript developers, with an emphasis on clarity, accuracy, and signal over noise.
Here are the most useful JavaScript reads we found this week:
An annual, data-driven overview of JavaScript projects that saw the largest growth in GitHub popularity during 2025, accompanied by brief expert commentary.
🔗 https://risingstars.js.org/2025/en
A retrospective post from pnpm’s maintainer reviewing notable developments and milestones for the project during 2025.
🔗 https://pnpm.io/blog/2025/12/29/pnpm-in-2025
An announcement of WebF, a web runtime for Flutter that supports standard web APIs and JavaScript-based UI frameworks.
🔗 https://openwebf.com/en/blog/announcing-webf
A technical exploration of compiling JavaScript to C using Static Hermes as an alternative to embedding a JavaScript runtime.
🔗 https://devongovett.me/blog/static-hermes.html
A multi-part tutorial series demonstrating how to build a simple browser game using Deno.
🔗 https://deno.com/blog/build-a-game-with-deno-1
A real-world case study examining approaches used to improve TypeScript performance in a large codebase.
🔗 https://www.viget.com/articles/fixing-typescript-performance-problems
An analysis of JavaScript data layout patterns and their performance characteristics.
🔗 https://www.royalbhati.com/posts/js-array-vs-typedarray
A report summarizing Brendan Eich’s remarks on web and native UX considerations in the context of modern Windows application development.
A tutorial demonstrating how to implement streaming JSON processing in JavaScript with a minimal codebase.
🔗 https://krasimirtsonev.com/blog/article/streaming-json-in-just-200-lines-of-javascript
An article examining different compiler design approaches, focusing on signals and query-based systems.
🔗 https://marvinh.dev/blog/signals-vs-query-based-compilers/
A structured discussion of recurring dependency issues encountered in JavaScript projects.
🔗 https://nesbitt.io/2026/01/05/the-nine-levels-of-javascript-dependency-hell.html
A step-by-step guide to building a voxel-based visual effect using Three.js and Rapier.
A JavaScript engine intended for embedded systems with minimal memory requirements.
🔗 https://github.com/bellard/mquickjs/blob/main/README.md
A new release of a multi-framework calendar and date picker library.
🔗 https://github.com/schedule-x/schedule-x
A new major version of a JavaScript library for client-side PDF generation.
🔗 https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF/releases/tag/v4.0.0
A major release of an open-source API client application built with JavaScript.
🔗 https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/releases/tag/v3.0.2
A JavaScript port of the Jolt physics engine compiled from C++.
🔗 https://github.com/jrouwe/JoltPhysics.js/releases/tag/1.0.0
A new release of a library for working with chord and lyrics formats.
🔗 https://github.com/martijnversluis/ChordSheetJS/releases/tag/v13.0.0
A new major version of a middleware framework for AWS Lambda functions.
🔗 https://middy.js.org/docs/upgrade/6-7/
An updated release of a browser-based 3D model viewer.
🔗 https://github.com/playcanvas/model-viewer/releases/tag/v5.8.0
A new release of a load-testing tool combining Go and JavaScript.
🔗 https://github.com/grafana/k6/releases/tag/v1.5.0
A new release of a D3-based charting library for React.
🔗 https://github.com/recharts/recharts/releases/tag/v3.6.0
A new release of the JavaScript client for NATS.
🔗 https://github.com/nats-io/nats.js/releases/tag/v3.3.0
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