Author: Mark Otto

A ready-to-launch Node user and auth system

May 13, 2021 By Mark Otto 0

Node v14.17.0 (LTS) Released — If you want to stay on a nice, safe LTS release but still get modern features backported in when they’re ready, this is for you. Here’s what’s new this time: Diagnostics Channel support. A way to create named channels to…

A powerful camera library for React Native

May 12, 2021 By Mark Otto 0

API Design for a React Tree Table — A well-illustrated, step-by-step tutorial for building an emulation of the macOS Finder for navigating through hierarchical data. The documentation is complete and well-organized and source code is available. It’s always good when someone clearly lays out the…

Writing shell scripts with JavaScript

May 7, 2021 By Mark Otto 0

zx: A Tool for Writing Better Shell Scripts — Tired of turning to bash, Python or Ruby to throw together a quick script? Stick with the JavaScript you know and love – this makes it easier with some handy functions for calling other programs, processing…