Single executable apps come to Node core

#​475 — February 23, 2023 Read on the Web ▶  The State of Node.js Core with Colin Ihrig — Colin sits on the Node.js Technical Steering Committee (TSC) and gives us a 30-minute presentation reviewing what’s going on and some potential upcoming features (including a permissions system, better TypeScript integration, proxy Read more…

Node gets a new URL parser

#​473 — February 9, 2023 Read on the Web Node v19.6.0 (Current) Released — Node 19 moves up to npm 9.4 (which notably implements the pnpm-like isolated mode (via 1–install-strategy=linked ) and the still experimental loader hooks can now chain. Node 18.14.0 (LTS) is also out and features a significant Read more…

Deno 1.30 backs built-in Node.js modules

Version 1.30 of the Deno JavaScript/TypeScript runtime, published late January 2023, emphasizes support for built-in Node.js modules and offers a major update to the configuration file. With Deno, npm packages have already had access to built-in Node.js modules such as fs (file system), path, process, and others through the runtime’s Read more…

SQL in your JavaScript

#​472 — February 2, 2023 Read on the Web AlaSQL.js 3.0: Isomorphic JavaScript SQL Database — A SQL database you can use in Node.js and the browser. The interesting bit, for me, is how it opens up the idea of using SQL to query JavaScript objects – as in this Read more…

Automating the desktop with Node

#​471 — January 26, 2023 Read on the Web Nut.js 3.0: Use Node for Desktop Automation — Take control of your desktop environment (Windows, macOS or Linux) from code with control over keyboard and pointer, plus you get some image matching possibilities too. Open source but with optional sponsor-only extension Read more…

Comparing Node.js job schedulers

#​469 — January 12, 2023 Read on the Web A (Final) Node.js Retrospective for 2022 — We devoted an issue to the best Node Weekly items of 2022 recently, but this post from NodeSource takes a broader look back at Node’s fortunes and developments in 2022, including how it topped Read more…

Music to our ears

#​468 — January 5, 2023 Read on the Web Gluon: Framework for Creating Desktop Apps from Sites — A new approach for building desktop apps from Web sites using Node and already installed browsers. Notably, Gluon supports both Chromium and Firefox. Deno can also be used in place of Node. Read more…

The best of Node Weekly in 2022

#​467 — December 15, 2022 Read on the Web The Best of Node Weekly in 2022 This is the final issue of the year (we’re back on January 5, 2023) so today we’re revisiting the most popular links (and releases) of 2022. There’ll be a few useful resources that escaped your Read more…