Build processes can be quite sophisticated for enterprise applications, but even simple and early-stage projects can benefit from automated build pipelines. This article describes a quick-to-deploy system for running an automated build, test, and deploy pipeline with Node.js, Jenkins, and Git. You’ll need Git and Node/NPM installed on your system Read more…
#419 — December 23, 2021 Read on the Web Node Weekly The Best of Node Weekly in 2021 This is the last issue of the year (we’re back on January 13 as we’re taking a two week break) so we’re taking a look back at some of the most popular links Read more…
#418 — December 16, 2021 Read on the Web Node Weekly How To Write Shell Scripts in Node with Google’s 1zx — zx is a utility that makes it easier to write command line scripts based around Node. This tutorial covers the basics before going on to build a command-line Read more…
Developers of Deno, the TypeScript/JavaScript runtime positioned as an alternative to Node.js, have joined the standards body overseeing development of the JavaScript standard. In a December 13 blog post on the Deno company website, engineer Luca Casonato noted the company is now a member of ECMA International, the organization overseeing Read more…
#417 — December 9, 2021 Read on the Web Node Weekly GitHub Rolling Out Enforced 2FA and More for npm Registry — Many public code package registries have suffered issues with user security in recent years, and a single compromised package can cause havoc in the npm ecosystem in particular. Read more…
#416 — December 2, 2021 Read on the Web Node Weekly The Best Starting Word in WORDLE? — WORDLE is an online word game that’s a bit like ‘Mastermind’ but with 5 letter words. And, of course, if you’re a developer, why not use code to analyze an approach to Read more…
#415 — November 25, 2021 Read on the Web Node Weekly Getting Started with Validation in Node — You’ve got a webapp and you want to validate the data it’s sent, but there are lots of options. Here Simon breaks down one approach using JSON schemas along with Ajv. Simon Read more…
In light of two recent security incidents impacting the popular NPM registry for JavaScript packages, GitHub will require 2FA (two-factor authentication) for maintainers and admins of popular packages on NPM. The 2FA policy, intended to protect against account takeovers, will be put in place starting with a cohort of top Read more…
TypeScript 4.5, the latest upgrade to Microsoft’s strongly typed language based on JavaScript, is now generally available. The release features a new utility type, the 1Awaited type, for modeling operations such as 1await in 1async functions or the 1.then() method on 1Promise objects. However, another capability originally planned for TypeScript Read more…
#414 — November 18, 2021 Read on the Web Node Weekly GitHub on npm Ecosystem Security (and a Major Bug They’ve Fixed) — GitHub became the custodians of the main npm registry in 2020 when it acquired npm Inc. and in this post they share details on how they’re improving its Read more…
