Deno, an alternative JavaScript runtime to Node.js, has been upgraded with capabilities including a WebSocket API and an early version of an automatic restart capability. Deno 1.4, released September 13, is being called the largest feature release yet. Highlights include a web standard WebSocket API, for communicating with remote servers Read more…
Modern application development depends on automated testing, using test frameworks to ensure that code is ready to go into application packages and out to end-users. To get the most from testing, tests are written before code and can be integrated into source control and CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous deployment) pipelines. Tests Read more…
NPM 7.0.0, an upgrade to the JavaScript package manager, is due to be released with Node.js 15 this week, highlighted by Workspaces. Workspaces is a long-requested feature that gives NPM a set of features to manage multiple packages from within a singular, top-level root package. Driving the addition of this capability Read more…
Node.js 15.0.0, the latest version of the event-driven JavaScript runtime that now has competition from the Deno runtime, was released October 20, with an experimental transport protocol for HTTP/3 and the latest version of the NPM package manager. Downloadable from Nodejs.org, Node.js 15.0.0 replaces Node.js 14 as the “current” release Read more…
The developers of Deno, which is positioned as a secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript and rival to Node.js, have published Deno 1.5, a new version of the platform that improves bundling and REPL capabilities. The 1deno bundle command in Deno 1.5 is billed to be as much as 15 times Read more…
Deno 1.7, the latest version of the JavaScript/TypeScript runtime built to serve as a more secure alternative to Node.js, is highlighted by improved compilation and data URL capabilities. Published January 19, Deno 1.7 offers features, stabilizations, and improvements to APIs and tools. Installation instructions can be found at deno.land. [ Read more…
NPM CLI 7, an upgrade of the command line toolkit for the JavaScript package manager, is now generally available. The new version brings a Workspaces feature as well as changes to the lockfile format and enhanced performance. NPM CLI 7 had been available on an opt-in basis since October, but Read more…
#371 — January 14, 2021 Read on the Web Node Weekly Get Ready For ESM — ES modules are rapidly becoming a day to day reality for Node.js package maintainers, so spare a thought for Sindre who has about 20 million packages (slight exaggeration!) to his name. Sindre shares some Read more…
#372 — January 21, 2021 Read on the Web Node Weekly Node v15.6.0 (Current) Released — 1fork gains AbortSignal support, and Node’s cryptography library gains basic secure heap support, a X509Certificate API, and a 1randomUUID function. Danielle Adams (Node.js Project) Google Cloud Functions Adds Node.js 14 Support — Cloud Functions Read more…
#374 — February 4, 2021 Read on the Web 👋 Node Weekly has become curiously more difficult to curate over the past year as the ecosystem seems to have reached a plateau of maturity with fewer random proposals, libraries, or noteworthy events. This has its pros and cons, but means Read more…
