Category: node js

Modern shell scripting with JavaScript

January 25, 2024 By Mark Otto Off

Better JavaScript Shell Scripting with Bun Shell — Performance-focused server-side runtime Bun continues its rapid evolution with a side quest into the world of shell scripting by making it easier, cross-platform friendly, and less verbose. zx offers similar (but less integrated and focused) functionality to…

Neural network chess

January 23, 2024 By Mark Otto 0

Effortless GraphQL with Hasura: TypeScript Included — Hasura connects to your data sources, generates a GraphQL API, and deploys it globally — instantly. But, what if you could also write and use TypesScript functions directly in your GraphQL API? With Hasura, you can. Check it…

Astro + htmx + Alpine.js == AHA

January 18, 2024 By Mark Otto Off

console.delight — You use console.log to output text, but did you know that in the browser console it can be used to render other things, like SVGs and HTML? This post is packed with examples and goes deeper into the creative options opened up by…

npm by the numbers

January 16, 2024 By Mark Otto 0

npm in Review: A Retrospective in Numbers — From Socket comes a look at the past year from the perspective of the npm registry, focused largely on statistics (2.5 million live packages!), including download numbers, popular packages, as well as some ‘quirky facts’ like the…

Is htmx Just Another JS Framework?

January 11, 2024 By Mark Otto Off

Is htmx Just Another JavaScript Framework? — Despite being four years old, htmx has seen a surge in popularity recently, parly due to fatigue with ‘big frameworks’ and also because its simple HTML-based approach to adding functionality to a page appeals to an increasingly diverse…

The latest npm registry shenanigans

January 9, 2024 By Mark Otto 0

The State of Benchmarking in Node.js — While Node has always been fast (thanks largely to its V8 underpinnings), there’s a renewed focus on performance in the face of benchmarks and claims from alternatives like Deno and Bun. Lars looks at the ecosystem of benchmarking…

JavaScript’s rising stars

January 4, 2024 By Mark Otto Off

🌟 The 2023 JavaScript Rising Stars — At the start of each year, Michael rounds up the projects that gained the most popularity on GitHub in the prior year. Rocketing to #1 is the shadcn/ui suite of React components, but there are a lot of fresh…

Reflecting on a big year for JavaScript

December 21, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

🎄 Welcome to the final issue of 2023! We’re taking a week off for Christmas, so this issue focuses on looking back at the past year and the items that intrigued you the most. We’re back at full steam on January 4, 2024 and we…

The ten top Node Weekly links of 2023

December 19, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

The Best of Node Weekly in 2023 It’s the final issue of the year, so in our usual tradition, we’re revisiting 2023’s most popular items. There’s sure to be a few that escaped your attention or you’ve since forgotten about, so enjoy! We’ve also included a…

Getting started with Projen and AWS CDK

December 15, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

In the modern world of cloud computing, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has become a vital practice for deploying and managing cloud resources. AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) is a popular open-source framework that allows developers to define cloud resources using familiar programming languages. A…