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A

• a11y (Accessibility): Development Practice (1999)
• Ajax: Technology (1999)
• AlertifyJS: UI Library (2015)
• Angular Universal: Technology (2017)
• Angular: Framework (2016)
• AngularJS: Framework (2010 - 2021, Replaced by Angular)
• Anime.js: Library (2016)
• Ant Design: UI Components Library (2015)
• Apollo: Library (2016)
• Astro: Framework (2021)
• Axios: Library (2014)

B

• Babel: Build Tool (2014)
• Backbone.js: Framework (2010)
• BEM: CSS Methodology (2010)
• Bitbucket: Version Control System (2008)
• Bootstrap: CSS Framework (2011)
• Bulma: CSS Framework (2016)

C

• Chai: Testing Library (2011)
• Chakra UI: UI Components Library (2020)
• Chart.js: UI Library (2013)
• CircleCI: CI/CD Service (2011)
• Cloudflare: Deployment & Hosting (2010)
• CoffeeScript: Language (2009, Last release was in 2022.)
• Cropper.js: Library (2015)
• CSS: Language (1996)
• ct.js: Game Development (2019)
• Cypress: Testing Library (2014)

D

• D3.js: UI Library (2011)
• date-fns: Date & Time Library (2015)
• day.js: Date & Time Library (2018)
• Deno: Runtime Environment (2020)
• Docusaurus: Documentation Library (2017)
• docz: Documentation Library (2018)
• DOM: Specification (1998)

E

• ECharts: UI Library (2015)
• EJS: Template Engine (2011)
• Electron: Framework (2013)
• Ember.js: Framework (2011)
• Enzyme: Testing Library (2015, Last release was in 2019.)
• ES2022: Specification (2022)
• ESLint: Linter (2013)
• Evergreen: UI Components Library (2018)

F

• Fastify: Backend-as-a-Service (2016)
• Figma: Design Tool (2016)
• Firebase: Backend-as-a-Service (2012)
• Flow: Type Checker (2014)
• Flowbite: UI Components Library (2021)
• Flutter: Framework (2017)
• Font Awesome: Icon Library (2012)
• Formik: UI Library (2017)
• Foundation: UI Components Library (2011)

G

• Gatsby: Framework (2015)
• Git: Version Control System (2005)
• GitHub Pages: Deployment & Hosting (2008)
• GitHub: Version Control System (2008)
• GitLab: Version Control System (2011)
• Glide.js: UI Library (2014)
• GraphQL: Specification (2015)
• Grunt: Build Tool (2016)
• Gulp: Build Tool (2013)

H

• Headless UI: UI Components Library (2020)
• Heroicons: Icon Library (2020)
• Highcharts: UI Library (2014)
• HTML: Language (1993)

I

• i18n (internationalization): Development Practice (1970)
• Immer: Utility Library (2017)
• Immutable.js: Utility Library (2013)
• Insomnia: API Client (2016)
• Ionic: Framework (2012)

J

• Jade: Template Engine (2010 - 2015, Renamed to Pug)
• JavaScript: Language (1995)
• Jest: Testing Library (2014)
• joi: Data Validation Library (2012)
• jQuery: Utility Library (2006)
• jsdoc: Library (2015)
• JSON-RPC: Specification (2005)
• JSON: Data Format (2001)
• jsPDF: Library (2014)

K

• Kaboom: Game Development (2021)
• Karma: Testing Library (2013)

L

• Less: Language (2009)
• Lodash: Utility Library (2012)

M

• Mantine: UI Library (2021)
• Material UI: UI Components Library (2014)
• Materialize: CSS Framework (2022)
• Meteor.js: Framework (2012)
• Mocha: Testing Library (2011)
• Moment.js: Date & Time Library (2011)
• MVP.css: CSS Framework (2020)

N

• NestJS: Framework (2017)
• Next.js: Framework (2016)
• Node Cron: Library (2016)
• Node.js: Runtime Environment (2009)
• npm: Package Manager (2010)
• Nuxt.js: Framework (2016)

O

• OAuth: Specification (2007)

P

• Panda: CSS Framework (2023)
• Parcel: Build Tool (2017)
• phaser: Game Development (2013)
• Pinia: State Management Library (2019)
• PixiJS: UI Library (2013)
• Playwright: Testing Library (2020)
• pnpm: Package Manager (2016)
• polished: Library (2017)
• Postman: API Client (2012)
• Prettier: Code Formatter (2017)
• Pug: Template Engine (2016, Formerly known as Jade. Last release was in 2021.)
• Pure: CSS Framework (2013)
• PWA: Web Application Model (2015)

Q

• Quasar: Framework (2016)
• Qwik: Framework (2023)

R

• Radix UI: UI Components Library (2020)
• Ramda: Utility Library (2014)
• React Bootstrap: UI Components Library (2018)
• React Hook Form: UI Library (2019)
• React Native: Framework (2015)
• React Testing Library: Testing Library (2018)
• react-icons: Icon Library (2016)
• React-Toastify: UI Library (2017)
• React: Framework, Library (2013)
• Rebass: UI Components Library (2018)
• Redux Toolkit: State Management Library (2019)
• Redux-Saga: State Management Library (2015)
• Redux: State Management Library (2011)
• RefluxJS: State Management Library (2014, Last release was in 2017.)
• Relay: Library (2016)
• Remix: Framework (2021)
• Render: Deployment & Hosting (2019)
• REST: Specification (2000)
• reveal.js: Framework (2013)
• Rollup: Build Tool (2015)
• RxJS: Library (2015)

S

• Sass: Language (2006)
• Semantic UI: UI Library (2013)
• SemVer: Specification (2011)
• SEO: Development Practice (1997)
• Sinon.JS: Testing Library (2015)
• Socket.IO: Library (2010)
• SolidJS: Framework (2018)
• SPA: Web Application Model (2003)
• Spectre.css: CSS Framework (2016)
• spruce: CSS Framework (2021)
• SSR: Web Application Model (1995)
• Storybook: Documentation Library (2016)
• styled-components: Library (2016)
• Supabase: Backend-as-a-Service (2020)
• Svelte: Framework (2016)
• SVG: Data Format (2001)
• sweetalert2: UI Library (2015)
• SWR: Library (2019)

T

• Tailwind CSS: CSS Framework (2017)
• Tamagui: UI Components Library (2022)
• TanStack Query: Library (2014, Formerly known as React Query.)
• Tanstack Table: Library (2014, Formerly known as React Table.)
• TensorFlow.js: Machine Learning Library (2018)
• Three.js: UI Library (2013)
• Tone.js: Library (2014)
• Travis CI: CI/CD Service (2011, Free plan stopped in 2020)
• TSDX: Library (2019)
• TSLint: Linter (2013 - 2019)
• TypeScript: Language, Type Checker (2012)

U

• Underscore.js: Utility Library (2009)
• upload.js: Library (2021)

V

• Vercel: Deployment & Hosting (2015)
• Video.js: Library (2013)
• Viewer.js: Library (2015)
• Vite: Build Tool (2020)
• Vitest: Testing Library (2021)
• Vue.js: Framework (2014)

W

• webpack: Build Tool (2012)
• WebRTC: Technology (2011)
• WebSocket: Technology (2011)

X

• XState: State Management Library (2017)
• xstyled: CSS Framework (2019)

Y

• Yarn: Package Manager (2016)
• yo: Library (2014)
• Yup: Data Validation Library (2015)

Z

• z-index: CSS Methodology (1997)
• Zod: Data Validation Library (2020)
• zustand: State Management Library (2019)

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