
Single executable apps come to Node core
February 23, 2023![]() |
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Node 18.4.2 (LTS) has also been released with npm 9.5 and updates to both V8 and the Undici HTTP client. |
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Node v19.7.0’s Single Executable Applications Support — I told a half truth above, there are three neat things in Node 19.7. The third is experimental and significant enough to require its own item. With the right incantations, you can package a Node app along with the Node executable itself for easier distribution. I struggled to get it working and the resulting executable will be over 80MB in size, but it’s early days Node.js Documentation |
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A Node Script That Plays ‘Hay Day’ — Hay Day is a mobile ‘virtual farming’ game and like many such games, it seems to involve a lot of grinding to progress. Sam has used Node to bring together some OCR, screenshotting, and calling out to AutoHotKey to play the more boring parts of the game – techniques you might be find useful to try elsewhere, perhaps. There are Sam Neisewander |
