#504 — October 3, 2023 Read on the Web Honey, I Shrunk the npm Package! — Compression is under the hood of everything on the Web today, including npm packages. But could the standard gzip approach be showing its age in both speed and effectiveness? Jamie runs a package through Read more…
Node.js v20.8.0 has arrived, offering performance improvements for streams in the popular JavaScript runtime environment. Published as the “current” version of Node.js on September 29 and offering the platform’s latest features, Version 20.8.0 can be downloaded from nodejs.org. Stream performance improvements were made to writeable and readable streams, improving creation Read more…
Node.js went from an out-of-the-box idea to a mainstay in record time. Today, it’s a de facto standard for creating web applications, systems software, and more. Server-side Node frameworks like Express, build-chain tools like Webpack, and a host of utilities for every need make Node a hugely popular way to leverage the Read more…
#503 — September 26, 2023 Read on the Web Speeding up the JavaScript Ecosystem: Polyfills Gone Rogue? — Marvin has been on a mission to speed up popular libraries – first blogging about speeding up the JS ecosystem, one library at a time last year. Earlier this year he tackled Read more…
Deno runtime proponents are touting the simplification of software development via the use of Jupyter Notebook in Deno 1.37. This latest version of the runtime for JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly also features improved editor support for Visual Studio Code. To read this article in full, please click here
#502 — September 19, 2023 Read on the Web Does Node.js Need a Mascot? — Go has its cute gopher, Deno has a dinosaur, Bun has, well.. a bun, but what does Node have? Nothing official, as such, and Matteo Collina ponders whether we should change that. Most of the Read more…
#501 — September 12, 2023 Read on the Web MikroORM 5.8 Released — When MikroORM is mentioned anywhere, I always see folks saying it’s great and deserves more attention, so I’m doing my bit to help 😁 It’s an ORM for Node based around Data Mapper, Unit of Work (hello Read more…
