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…
#405 — September 16, 2021 Read on the Web Node Weekly Tasuku (タスク): A Minimal Task Runner for Node — Tasuku, which is simply Japanese for ‘task’, provides a clean way to break up processes into small tasks which can then be run in the right order with progress displayed Read more…
Notable Changes This release fixes a regression introduced by the V8 9.3 update in Node.js 16.9.0. Commits [ 104f1943109 ] – deps: V8: cherry-pick 9a607043cb31 (Jiawen Geng) #40046 Windows 32-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.9.1/node-v16.9.1-x86.msi Windows 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.9.1/node-v16.9.1-x64.msi Windows 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.9.1/win-x86/node.exe Windows 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.9.1/win-x64/node.exe macOS 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.9.1/node-v16.9.1.pkg macOS Apple Read more…
#404 — September 9, 2021 Read on the Web Node Weekly Node v16.9.0 (Current) Released with Experimental Package Manager Manager — A big addition this time out is Corepack, a new experimental tool for managing package managers directly within the Node distribution itself (as already used to occur with 1npm Read more…
Notable Changes Corepack Node.js now includes Corepack, a script that acts as a bridge between Node.js projects and the package managers they are intended to be used with during development. In practical terms, Corepack will let you use Yarn and pnpm without having to install them – just like what Read more…
#403 — September 2, 2021 Read on the Web Node Weekly Deploying a Cloud Spanner-Based Node App — Cloud Spanner is an ‘unlimited scale’ managed relational database service Google offers (and which was spun out of an internal database system Google used for numerous services). This post covers the practicalities Read more…
Notable Changes These are vulnerabilities in the node-tar, arborist, and npm cli modules which are related to the initial reports and subsequent remediation of node-tar vulnerabilities CVE-2021-32803 and CVE-2021-32804. Subsequent internal security review of node-tar and additional external bounty reports have resulted in another 5 CVE being remediated in core Read more…
Notable Changes These are vulnerabilities in the node-tar, arborist, and npm cli modules which are related to the initial reports and subsequent remediation of node-tar vulnerabilities CVE-2021-32803 and CVE-2021-32804. Subsequent internal security review of node-tar and additional external bounty reports have resulted in another 5 CVE being remediated in core Read more…
Deno 1.13, released on August 10 as an upgrade to the JavaScript/TypeScript runtime, stabilizes the native HTTP server API, enabling Deno to serve multiple variants of HTTP traffic out of the box. With the API having reached stable status, Deno now can serve HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 traffic. The system exposes Read more…
Summary The Node.js project will release new versions of 12.x, and 14.x releases lines on or shortly after Tuesday August 31th, 2021 in order to address: Three high severity issues, and two moderate severity issues. Impact The 14.x release line of Node.js is vulnerable to three high severity issues, and Read more…
