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Angular 4.2 - new

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reusable animations

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invoke reusable animations via

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the useAnimation() function ie useAnimation(fadeAnimation, { params: {} })

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dynamic imports in TS 2.14 allows

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an even deeper layer of lazy loading

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taskr

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a fast, concurrency-based task automation tool (JS) (26 contributors)

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await is like . . .

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waiting for a promise (if successful will return value)

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async/await supported since

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TypeScript 1.7 (ES6 only); TS 2.1: ES3/5

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an async function should always return

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a Promise<>

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what do you call generating code for older EC* versions

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downleveling

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what do you need to polyfill if targeting ES3/5

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Promise

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example of a delay() function that can be await’ed

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function delay(ms) { return new Promise(function (resolve) { setTimeout(resolve, ms); }); }

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example of staggering output in the console

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async function asyncAwait() { console.log(“Knock, knock!”); await delay(1000); console.log(“Who’s there?”); await delay(1000); console.log(“async/await!”); }

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TS2 lets you specify ___ types

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non-nullable

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for stricter null checking in TS2

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you can enable the strictNullChecks compiler option

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after turning on strict null checking

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we need to explicitly opt into nullability

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how to opt in to nullability

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construct a union type containing the null or undefined types

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If we make the lastName property optional by appending a ? to its name

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the undefined type is automatically added to the union type

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TS compiler will now complain if . . .

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you access a property or invoke a nullable function - you’ll have to use null guards

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Recomposer

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can think of as lodash for React

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Loopback

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node.js framework; makes it easy to build modern applications that require complex integrations

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axios

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promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js

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Normalizr

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a utility that normalizes data with nested objects

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a saga is . . .

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like a separate thread in your application that’s solely responsible for side effects

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redux-saga

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a library that aims to make side effects (i.e. asynchronous things like data fetching and impure things like accessing the browser cache) in React/Redux applications easier

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interesting pattern-matching technique (lo-fi version is a switch statement)

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interface NumberPattern { One: () => T; Two: () => T; Three: () => T; Other: (n: number) => T; } interface NumberMatcher { match(p: NumberPattern): T; }

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a ViewContainerRef is

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A DOM element (container) where I can put your newly component as a sibling to this element

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a method on ViewContainerRef is

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createEmbeddedView(tpl) where “tpl” is a in your current view

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you can declare a named template on your component

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@ViewChild(‘tpl’) tpl; or @ViewChild(‘container’, { read: ViewContainerRef }) _vcr;

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We can use the ViewChild decorator to

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…grab any element in our view and read it as ViewContainerRef

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You can inject a ___ and use its API

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ChangeDetectorRef

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the detach() method

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detaches the change detector from the change detector tree

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You can use the ___ decorator on a method in your component to listen for fine-grained parent changes

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@HostListener(‘change’, [‘$event.target.checked’]) change( checked ) { …

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ngrx/store

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Has a very cool Chrome DevTools plugin

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imports for ngrx

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import { StoreDevtoolsModule } from ‘@ngrx/store-devtools’; import { StoreModule } from ‘@ngrx/store’;

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reducers are . . .

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possible actions (in this case pure functions) for each property defined in the store

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Doomfist ultimate

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Meteor Strike

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other new Doomfist stuff

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Hand Cannon, Seismic Slam, Rising Uppercut, Rocket Punch

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with tagged union types

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With tagged union types, if you have a switch or if statement with branches for every possible value, you can make compiler to check that all cases are handled. For example, if you turn on –noImplicitReturns and remove case “circle” from area() function in this example, you get ‘Not all code paths return a value’ error

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Pinned Down

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red; neutral; cost 1; spot a vehicle to remove a die (like Flank)

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Weapons Factory Alpha

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battlefield; cost of first vehicle per turn is reduced by 1

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slow deck

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as in, vehicle decks are slow decks

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Thermal Paint

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yellow; hero; 2-cost weapon, no die - when activating, 1 damage to opponent character

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LRIK Sonic Cannon

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red; neutral; 5-cost; big guns (up to 6 for 3 resources); if exhaust a character. don’t have to pay

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Roll On

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gray; neutral; 0-cost; reroll a die up to 3 times

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Mace Windu

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blue; hero; 16/22; lots of melee; action: remove this die to defeat an enemy character 2 or less HP

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Ezra Bridger

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force-sensitive thief; yellow; hero; 7/10; may play blue upgrades; special: take 1 resource from opponent

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Master of the Council

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blue hero upgrade; 4-cost; some big +-melees; special: “spend 2 to ready a character”

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binder card

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a card that is not that good

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Thrawn

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red villain; 12hp; 14/17; has a 2-resource; on activation, can mill your opponent’s hand for a card costing a number that you choose. Great power! But expensive

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Ruthless Tactics

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red; villain; 0; resolve a die, increasing its value by the resource cost on it

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The Day is Ours

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red; neutral; 2-cost; claim the battlefield even if it’s already claimed