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What's New in February?

"I was just trying to eat a sandwich in peace...!" 🥪

So February has gone quickly - much like SitePointers Alex, Adam and Stu; who have (quite admirably) stuck to their New Years resolutions and have been out running. 🏃‍♂️💨

In their exuberance, they even tried to recruit fellow SitePointer Ange (who witnesses say was just trying to eat her sandwich in peace) to join their running club.

The below is a re-enactment of what happened next...

Sandwiches aside, here are some things we've been working on this month that we're sure you'll agree is pretty cool:

Jump for Joy! We've Released Jump Start Vue.js

New to Vue.js? That's OK we'll get you started on this useful JavaScript framework in no time, with Jump Start Vue.js.

Covering the basics to tools, components, routing and more, our friend Nilson Jacques will have you building on Vue like a pro.

We've Partnered with Other Publishers!

We've been working hard at building a curated library of the world's best tech books, so we've decided to partner with other publishers and include the books as part of our Premium Membership.

This means Premium Members have access to a whole lot of books from Packt (with more to come) at no additional cost.

So far, we've released:

We're Now Offering a FREE 7 Day Trial!

We know there's some hesitation in starting a membership, so we've taken the risk out of it for you - with a 7 day FREE Trial!

That means you can get access to 160+ Web Development books from the world's best tech publishers - FREE for 7 days! 🎉🕺

New Blog Posts!

We give you pointers on how to beat the 5 most common JavaScript interview challenges. Whatever you think of the interview code challenge, it's still a very big part of life for a dev looking to land their next big gig.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Ajax, Craig Buckler compares XMLHttpRequest vs the Fetch API, to see what's best for Ajax in 2019.

We also have this short piece about Google's Auto Ads and how it can help you earn some extra cash money!💰

And finally, we have this nifty little tutorial on how to build your first static site with Gatsby.

Community Learning

As usual our SitePoint Community members are having a series of robust discussions. But this thread where former Community Award Winner, Paul Wilkins discusses how to get data from a select input, is pretty enlightening.

- SitePoint Team