Try these tools on for size
Another busy week, another collection of links without a theme. Unless you consider GitHub to be a theme, as all of the links in this issue are to open source tools or libraries. Hope you find something interesting or useful.
![roughViz logo or screenshot](/img/develop-cheap/ce6b76d5b7137320bea45e4f431394c8.png)
roughViz
Reusable JavaScript library for creating sketchy/hand-drawn styled charts in the browser. I’m struggling to find a practical use for this outside of creating a prototyping tool. Perhaps for an application which is aimed at children. Or children at heart.
https://github.com/jwilber/roughViz
![vulcain logo or screenshot](/img/develop-cheap/933c8580-ec1b-11e9-82b8-7fef7053ba11.png)
vulcain
Use HTTP/2 Server Push to create fast and idiomatic client-driven REST APIs. Attempts to capture some of the advantages of GraphQL while sticking to the more familiar REST style queries. Takes advantage of some underused features of HTTP/2.
https://github.com/dunglas/vulcain
![is-website-vulnerable logo or screenshot](/img/develop-cheap/2d33b500-e84d-11e9-820e-799f368c4c44.png)
is-website-vulnerable
Finds publicly known security vulnerabilities in a website’s frontend JavaScript libraries. If you have Node installed, you can run it directly via npx
. Definitely a useful tool for any site administrator.
https://github.com/lirantal/is-website-vulnerable
One more thing…
You may remember my issue on image hosting a couple months back. Well, I just ran across another service for hosting images and video which seems pretty competitive regarding their free tier. Ten GB of space and 20 GB of monthly bandwidth.
![Publitio logo or screenshot](/img/develop-cheap/ed16a19e0db5766f89e16fdb7f0f1dee.png)
Publitio
Publitio handles uploading, hosting, processing & delivery of images, videos & audio files for web and mobile apps.