Introduction
Focus on your Craft, Craft 3, that is.
Woot. The Craft 3 beta has landed right as this issue was wrapping. So along with the Craft 2 updates, you've got a whole new major of Craft to get to know.
The Craft community amazes me once again. There are loads of good discoveries below. Each one seems designed to make you better at Craft and development in general.
Thank you to this issue's sponsors.
First up, fortrabbit is back again to let you know about their painless Craft hosting. (And, yes, they're ready for the brand new Craft 3 beta with PHP 7, Composer, ENV var based configs, etc.)
And welcome a new sponsor, Webtexttool and their realtime SEO tool. Tell 'em Craft Link List sent you.
Enough talk. Let's hit the links.
-John Morton
Top Stories

Craft 3 Beta
Installs with Composer. PostgreSQL support. Multi-site support. Rainbows and butterflies.
News
Get your Craft 2 & Commerce updates.
Craft 2 got bumped to version 2.6.2959 and Craft Commerce bumped to version 1.2.1334. If you've logged into your sites today, you probably already know that though. Hit that update button. (Make a back for safety.)
The master list of Craft 3-compatible plugins
As I write this, the Craft 3 beta just came out and there are just 3 plugins there... for now. Watch this space.
Craft 3 + Composer
Craft 3 is available as a Composer package, and for the duration of the Beta, Composer is the only way to install Craft 3.
Just installing Composer for the first time? If you're on a Mac, install composer globally, or, on Windows follow these instructions.
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Tools, tips, and fundamentals
Creating a Content Builder in Craft CMS
Andrew continues his quest to make Craft devs the smartest devs in the business.
LoadJS as a Lightweight JavaScript Loader
Andrew on how to use LoadJS as a lightweight JavaScript loader & dependency manager instead of using <script> tags.
Perfecting your technique
What's the best way to skip CSRF for plugin controllers?
This might be of interest only to plug in developers.
Easily switch between the major versions of PHP for testing
Not exactly Craft specific but this was developed for the purpose of testing Craft plugin development between different PHP versions.
Forge / deploybot / buddy.works deploy script
A script to clear the Craft caches automatically when you deploy your Craft site.
Nginx Craft
An Nginx virtual host configuration for Craft CMS that implements a number of best-practices.
Sponsor

Exclusive Webtexttool plugin for Craft
Webtexttool is the easiest way to make your website content SEO proof.
The webtexttool plugin integrates with the Craft CMS editor. While writing your content, you will see realtime suggestions on how to improve your content. Fill in your keyword to have it analyzed on volume and competition in realtime and also get suggestions on other keywords you could use.
Plugged In

Craft Email Whitelist
Whitelist emails for Craft. In Slack, the author, Jason Etcovitch, was asking for feedback on it. Drop him a line there.
Craft Safe Delete
Delete elements without breaking relations. The author, Christian Ruhstaller, noted in Slack that this is still "an early release".
The Craft Advantage
How secure is Craft and why is it secure?
There was an interesting question posed in Slack on how Craft passwords were stored. This Stack Exchange post goes into a lot detail about Craft security, but regarding how passwords are stored, "Craft requires mcrypt with blowfish for password hashing, arguably the currently most secure and reliable method of password encryption." So, now you know.
Overheard
An interesting chat about Craft CMS on the Boagworld Show
Here's the episode being referenced by this Tweet. The Craft CMS talk starts at about 23:15.
It’s not Craft, but it’s interesting.
Learn Vue 2: Step By Step: Webpack Config From Scratch
According to Slack, this is "...the best I've found at getting a Webpack config setup... includes how to use the commonchunk plugin for code splitting your vendor libraries etc."
Check out the sample config file as well.
Gulp Starter
A delicious blend of gulp tasks combined into a configurable asset pipeline and static site builder.
Service Workers: an Introduction
If you enjoyed the ServiceWorkers and Offline Browsing link earlier in this issue, check this out too.