Node v20 released

#​482 — April 18, 2023 Read on the Web Node.js 20 Released — A quirk of fate meant this issue was delayed for a couple of hours and.. Node v20 was launched in that time. Phew! This means we haven’t had much time to digest the news, though, but the Read more…

Node.js 20 introduces permissions model

Node.js 20 is available. The latest version of the popular JavaScript runtime introduces a permissions model for restricting resource access during execution. It’s currently an experimental feature, requiring a special flag to enable. Introduced April 18, Node.js 20 can be accessed from nodejs.org as the “Current” release, carrying the latest Read more…

Optimizing npm script performance

#​480 — March 30, 2023 Read on the Web ⏱ Node Weekly is moving to Tuesdays. We’re making some changes to our schedule, and since next Tuesday isn’t far away, we’re skipping next week’s issue and we’ll be back on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. See you then!__Peter Cooper, your editor Read more…

Shell-free scripting from Node

#​478 — March 16, 2023 Read on the Web Shell-Free Scripts with Execa 7.1 — Execa is a popular process execution library for Node and the latest version includes an interesting 1$ method feature for writing zx-style scripts with it, making it even more useful for shell scripting style usecases. ehmicky Read more…