Gluon: Framework for Creating Desktop Apps from Sites — A new approach for building desktop apps from Web sites using Node and already installed browsers. Notably, Gluon supports both Chromium and Firefox. Deno can also be used in place of Node. Windows and Linux are catered for, with initial macOS support being released just this week. GitHub repo.
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Node v19.3.0 (Current) Released — This happened a few weeks ago but we haven’t had a normal issue since then 😁 19.3 is a typical, minor incremental release, but which upgrades npm to v9.2.0, itself a significant enough release to require an explainer in these release notes.
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Observability Made Affordable — You can monitor, debug, and keep your systems running smoothly without breaking the bank. We have designed a system which has a single point of access to all of your logs, data, metrics, and traces in one place, so you can see everything in one place.
Why Cypress v12 is a Big Deal — A practical demo of how the latest version of the popular Cypress ‘test anything that runs in a browser’ toolkit makes testing frontend apps even smoother than before.
‘I Migrated from a Postgres Cluster to Distributed SQLite with LiteFS’ — Not your typical database migration. But with interest and tooling around the file-oriented SQLite database picking up, I think we’ll see it pick up a lot more use cases that might have traditionally fallen to systems like Postgres or MySQL.
Symphonia: An Audio Playback Library for Node — Audio playback from Node? Yep. Symphonia will play MP3s, WAVs, AACs, and several other formats on Windows, macOS and Linux. How? A lot of Rust code. It’s also an interesting example of a Node extension built entirely in Rust.
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#541 — July 23, 2024 Read on the Web Node.js v22.5.0 (Current) Released – But Don’t Install It! — A notable release for three reasons: first, the WebSocket feature in 1node:http is now exposed. Second, remember how Read more…
#540 — July 16, 2024 Read on the Web A Guide to Reading and Writing Node.js Streams — A post from the creator of Fastify (and a Node.js TSC member) is always a treat. Matteo Read more…
#539 — July 9, 2024 Read on the Web Node to Get SQLite Built-In? — Deno has its own built in key/value store powered by SQLite – perhaps Node could gain similar powers by this Read more…
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