--- title: "This week's JavaScript news, issue 288" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 288 published_at: "2016-06-16" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/288" --- This week's JavaScript news, issue 288 This week's JavaScript news — [Read this e-mail on the Web](http://javascriptweekly.com/issues/288) JavaScript WeeklyIssue 288 — June 16, 2016 Thanks to your enthusiastic response, our 2 day workshop in London with Kyle Simpson has sold out :-) So Kyle's doing a couple of _2 hour_ classes on June 29th: _Functional-Light JavaScript_, and _ES6: The Right Parts_. If you're in/near London, [check them out.](https://ti.to/cooperpress/kyle-simpson-quick-workshops/)[An Angular 1.x Styleguide for Teams Using ES2015 / ES6](https://github.com/toddmotto/angular-styleguide)Todd has [built upon](https://toddmotto.com/rewriting-angular-styleguide-angular-2) his earlier, highly popular Angular styleguide, and rewritten it to match modern practices and the use of ES6. Todd Motto [A Gentle Explanation of the 'this' Keyword](http://rainsoft.io/gentle-explanation-of-this-in-javascript/)It might be gentle, but this is a thorough (you’ll need a full cup of coffee) article that goes into a lot of detail. Dmitri Pavlutin [jQuery 3.0 Final Released](http://blog.jquery.com/2016/06/09/jquery-3-0-final-released/)A slimmer, faster version of jQuery. There’s an [upgrade guide](https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.0/) and a script to [help with migrations.](https://github.com/jquery/jquery-migrate#migrate-older-jquery-code-to-jquery-30) jQuery Foundation [![Pubnub\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/ead119c1.jpg)](https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2889604893826148865?source=OA-CY16-Q2-AngularJS02-JavaScriptWeekly-Sponsored2266)[AngularJS Dev Training: Build Your Own Realtime Chat App.... 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Angular JS [I Was Wrong About TypeScript, Here's Why](https://www.triplet.fi/blog/i-was-wrong-about-typescript-here-is-why/)Like many, Tatu was disinterested when he first heard about TypeScript, but now he’s convinced most of us should be using it, or at least giving it a try. A [lengthy discussion on Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11841502) followed. Tatu Tamminen [The Why, What, and How of Practicing TDD in JavaScript](http://jrsinclair.com/articles/2016/one-weird-trick-that-will-change-the-way-you-code-forever-javascript-tdd/)“Test Driven Development is one weird trick that will change the way you code forever (in a good way).” James Sinclair Jobs - [craigslist seeks JavaScript Developers (San Francisco, CA)](http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/eng/5480685169.html#?)CL seeks web devs with JavaScript, CSS, and HTML experience to join a small (~50), tech-driven, laid-back workplace to design and ship new features daily, and see them loved (or hated) by millions. 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