#411 — October 28, 2021 Read on the Web Node Weekly Supercharging Node with Rust — As fast as the V8 team have made JavaScript, it’s still a dynamic language at the end of the day, and there are faster options such as Rust, C or C++ if you need Read more…
#410 — October 21, 2021 Read on the Web Node Weekly Node v17 (Current) Released — Being sixteen flew by in a flash for me at least, but so too has it for Node 16 remaining the cutting edge ‘release’ line. v17 now takes over that role with Node 16 Read more…
Deno 1.15, the latest release of the JavaScript runtime positioned as a secure alternative to Node.js, features a new flag that makes it easier to run Node.js programs in Deno. Deno 1.15 was published October 12. When the 1–compat flag is present, Deno will automatically set up Node global variables, Read more…
Node.js 17 has been released. The latest version of the popular JavaScript runtime brings more “promisified” APIs and support for OpenSSL 3.0. Downloadable from the Node.js website, Node.js 17 follows a strategic initiative to provide promise-based core APIs. This version adds promise-based APIs for the Readline module, which offers an Read more…
TypeScript 4.5, a planned upgrade to Microsoft’s strongly typed language based on JavaScript, is set to support ECMAScript modules in Node.js. TypeScript 4.5 became available as a beta release on October 1. Node.js, which can work with TypeScript, has been working to support ECMAScript modules (ESM), which enable packaging of Read more…
#409 — October 14, 2021 Read on the Web Node Weekly The GitHub Advisory Database Now Powers 1npm audit — 1npm audit is a command you can run to scan your project’s dependencies for known security vulnerabilities. Edward Thomson (GitHub) Node 16.11.1, 14.18.1, and 12.22.7 Released — Billed as the ‘October Read more…
#408 — October 7, 2021 Read on the Web Node Weekly Writing Clean JavaScript Tests with the BASIC Principles — An introduction to applying several key principles to shorten, clean, and simplify JavaScript and Node.js-based test suites. Yoni Goldberg Eleventy 1.0 Beta 1 Released — Eleventy (a.k.a. 11ty) is a very Read more…
#407 — September 30, 2021 Read on the Web Node Weekly Guidelines for Choosing a Node.js Framework — Hapi? Koa? Express? Slow down. Unlike a lot of articles, this one doesn’t give you any specific framework suggestions (the list of Node frameworks from awesome-nodejs is suggested for that) but instead Read more…
#406 — September 23, 2021 Read on the Web Node Weekly The Story of 5 RCEs Found in 1npm for $15,000 — A security researcher explains some remote code execution vulnerabilities he found in the 1npm tool and how they added up to $15K in payouts. Few of us need Read more…
Deno 1.14, the latest update to the TypeScript/JavaScript runtime and rival to Node.js, features a number of new additions to the Web Crypto API. The Web Crypto API is a standard JavaScript API for performing cryptographic operations such as hashing, signature generation, and encryption and decryption. Published September 14, Deno Read more…
