Node v23, and a proper hello to Express v5

Node v23.0.0 (Current) Released — Say hello to the newest release line of Node.js that gets all the cutting edge features first (Node 22 will soon become the active LTS release). v23 notably enables support for loading ES modules with require() by default, drops 32-bit Windows support, and node --run goes stable.

Rafael Gonzaga

Introducing Express v5: The Official Express v5 Release Post! — We first spied the release of Express.js v5 over a month ago but now we get an official release post that tidies up a lot of loose ends and explains the broad plan. For now, v5 is considered a bleeding edge release with work still required in areas of security and overall process, but things are broadly progressing well.

Wes Todd (Express)

Memetria K/V: High-Performance Key-Value Hosting — Boost your Node.js apps with Memetria K/V, providing portable, easy-to-use hosting for Redis OSS and Valkey. Scale your applications with ease and achieve high performance. Includes detailed analytics and large key memory tracking.

Memetria

How Top-Level await Could Break Compatibility — Node 23 makes it possible to load ES modules transparently with require which is great, but.. only if the module being loaded isn’t using top-level await. One for package creators to think carefully about before backwards compatibility issues creep in!

Evert Pot

The Story of the Hono Web Framework — Hono is a lightweight framework designed to run on any JavaScript runtime that’s been picking up steam in the past year. With it, you can create an app in a Express-like style but run it on Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun, or Node.

Yusuke Wada

Best Testing Practices in Node.js — A quick-fire list of 15 worthwhile testing practices to use in order to write efficient, effective, and easy-to-maintain tests.

Antonello Zanini

🗓️ Enterprise Ready Conference — One-day event in SF for prod/eng leaders building enterprise SaaS — with speakers from OpenAI, Vanta, Canva, Dropbox.

WorkOS

Ultimate ExpressJS Starter — Yes, another one! This ‘batteries-included’ TypeScript-based Express.js boilerplate app does include a lot out of the box, though, particularly in the area of file uploading.

GhostLexly