Interesting new game development library, kaboom.js. Aimed at making it easy for kids & other beginners to learn game development, but looks really nice for general use as well. Or at least for prototyping game ideas.

I can't wait to try it out!

Found via twoseparate posts on Hacker News.

I see that Sandi Metz has a new edition of her 99 Bottles book out, with new JavaScript & PHP versions as well as the classic Ruby. I'll have to read it. I'm a big fan of Sandi's, and her work tends to be rich with insights and well-formulated principles about coding & program design. Even if it's an OO-focused book, and my preference is more FP focused these days, it's still a good bet that the book will be more than worth the time to work through it.