--- title: "This week's JavaScript news, issue 269" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 269 published_at: "2016-02-05" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/269" --- This week's JavaScript news, issue 269 This week's JavaScript news — [Read this e-mail on the Web](http://javascriptweekly.com/issues/269) JavaScript WeeklyIssue 269 — February 5, 2016[Writing Next-Gen Reusable JavaScript Modules with ES6](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/02/writing-next-generation-reusable-javascript-modules/) A thorough guide to creating a JavaScript package written in ES6 that’s usable regardless of whether you’re using CommonJS, AMD or plain browser global modules. Jim Cowart [SamsaraJS: Reactive Layout Animation Library](http://samsarajs.org/) Fast, uses 3D rendering and CSS3, and lets you coordinate and animate hundreds of DOM elements together. Looks very promising. David Valdman [![Grape City\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/7abbedd8.png)](http://wijmo.com/introducing-the-angular-2-explorer-for-wijmo-5/?utm_source=JavaScript%20Weekly&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=2.02.Angular2.explorer_primary&utm_campaign=Wijmo)[Take a Look at Wijmo’s Angular 2 Beta 1 Proof of Concept](http://wijmo.com/introducing-the-angular-2-explorer-for-wijmo-5/?utm_source=JavaScript%20Weekly&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=2.02.Angular2.explorer_primary&utm_campaign=Wijmo)Learn up-to-date Angular 2 concepts and understand how to use JavaScript controls in your AngularJS application. Gain firsthand experience by following Wijmo’s progress as they migrate their Angular 1 directives to Angular 2 components. [Download and run Wijmo’s Angular 2 Explorer.](http://wijmo.com/introducing-the-angular-2-explorer-for-wijmo-5/?utm_source=JavaScript%20Weekly=newsletter=2.02.Angular2.explorer_primary=Wijmo) Grape CitySponsor [Building A Sliding Tile Puzzle with a JavaScript AI](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/02/javascript-ai-html-sliding-tiles-puzzle/) A two part tutorial covering how to create a sliding tile puzzle using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and then an ‘artificial intelligence’ to solve it. Smashing Magazine [Understanding JavaScript's async / await](https://ponyfoo.com/articles/understanding-javascript-async-await) A solid, practical look at a feature still a little way off in JavaScript’s future. Nicolas Bevacqua [Introducing ES2015 Proxies](https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/02/es2015-proxies) Use proxies to trap or intercept all of the operations on a target object and modify how the target operates. Addy Osmani presents an introduction here. Addy Osmani [MediumEditor: A Medium.com-Style Simple Inline Editor](https://yabwe.github.io/medium-editor/) Love Medium.com’s simple editor? This bills itself as a clone and uses the contenteditable API to implement a rich text solution. yabwe Jobs - [Senior Frontend Developer at bonify](https://4scotty.com/bonify-frontend?utm_source=jsweekly&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=bonify&utm_campaign=jsweekly_5_bonify)Make a dent in the Fintech universe. How? Join our vibrant international team and be responsible for a unique user experience. See what we can offer you. bonify - [Senior Node Engineer at TES USA (San Francisco, CA or remote)](http://wikispaces.workable.com/jobs/40877?utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_medium=email)Make a difference in teachers’ lives with a platform that allows them to find, share and sell resources worldwide. Join TES USA’s small, global team to embrace challenges, be part of a lean process, and impact education. 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