Node-RED in Industrial IoT: A Growing Standard — Node-RED is a very long standing Node.js-based ‘low code’ environment where you wire components together. As explained here, it’s heavily used in IoT scenarios and is even taking on established commercial systems.
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The next branch of V8 has appeared: V8 v9.7 – a relatively minor one with
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methods appearing for Arrays and TypedArrays. Wait for a Node release in a month or two, perhaps.
‘s Install Scripts Opt In — Recent security issues involving compromised packages are making
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npm install
’s ability to run arbitrary commands seem like a risky proposition. A developer kicked off a discussion by suggesting adding some nuance to how common pre/post-install scripts are run (or not).
How To Work with Files Using Streams in Node — Streams provide an efficient mechanism for working with files in Node – this is a practical and straightforward introduction to how to work with them.
— Using esbuild to compile your TypeScript codebase could hugely improve build times.
Matteo Mazzarolo
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sudo rm →rf / === npm install
— A tale of why copying and pasting random commands from the Internet isn’t a great idea, but then moving on to why install scripts that can ‘run just about anything’ might not be much better. (Note: Title edited for safety.)
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Modules for Unused and Duplicate Dependencies Fast — A new Go-powered tool you run from your JavaScript/TypeScript project’s folder to look for unused dependencies.
#566 — February 11, 2025 Read on the Web 🏖️ We’re taking next week off, so the next issue will be on Tuesday, February 25. Feel free to hit reply and send in any submissions!__Peter Read more…
#565 — February 4, 2025 Read on the Web Announcing TypeScript 5.8 Beta: A Big One for Node Developers — It’s unusual for a TypeScript beta to be exciting for Node developers in particular, but while Read more…
#564 — January 28, 2025 Read on the Web A Failed Attempt to Shrink All npm Packages by 5% — What if you could shrink all npm package sizes by 5%.. wouldn’t that benefit all Read more…
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