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…

GitHub bolsters NPM access control

Looking to improve the safety and security of NPM JavaScript packages, GitHub is adding granular access tokens to enable fine-grained permissions for NPM accounts, and making its NPM code explorer capability free to users. GitHub on December 6 explained that stolen credentials are a main cause of data breaches. To Read more…

Lots of Electron news

#​465 — December 1, 2022 Read on the Web The Advent of Code 2022: 25 Days of Code Challenges — If you have a little time each day to do some programming puzzles, the Advent of Code is always fantastic and now in its eighth year. There’s a sub-Reddit where Read more…

An npm package naming pitfall

#​464 — November 24, 2022 Read on the Web Hyperstack: A New Rails-Inspired Node.js Web Framework — I often hear people say they wished Node had a ‘full’ Web framework akin to Ruby on Rails, here’s a fresh attempt to do just that. Tread carefully; the paint is still fresh. Dotan Nahum Read more…