Category: node js

Node.js 18, WebAssembly 2.0, and Ember 4.3

April 22, 2022 By Mark Otto Off

Lots of bits and pieces this week like running JavaScript on MS-DOS(!?), a deep dive on a V8 optimization, writing React apps on top of Ruby on Rails, a JS runtime for a tiny microcontroller, and, oh, a huge Node release.. Lexical: An Extensible Text…

Node.js 18 released

April 21, 2022 By Mark Otto 0

Node.js 18 (Current) Released — Almost exactly one year after Node 16 and two after Node 14 comes the newest version of Node. It’s a ‘current’ branch release for now, but will become an LTS (Long-Term Support) release in October, and you can expect it…

On function composition in JavaScript

April 15, 2022 By Mark Otto Off

JS Function Composition: What’s The Big Deal? — James’ articles on JavaScript fundamentals have been very popular over the years, so it’s great to see a new one focusing on a common activity: function composition — “Why, then, do functional programmers get all worked up…

Wild wild property access

April 14, 2022 By Mark Otto 0

Fight Bugs with AppSignal in Multiplayer Mode — Fighting bugs on your own is hard. You need to get information from your app, understand the problem, and come up with possible solutions. With AppSignal, the whole team comes together. AppSignal Quick bytes: Find Tech Jobs with…

Format JavaScript as the Romans do?

April 8, 2022 By Mark Otto Off

Writing Redux Reducers in Rust — We often cover how Rust is worming its way into numerous JavaScript areas (e.g. Rome, above!) but this is an interesting one: using Rust to write complex functions that are compiled down to WASM and used in a React/Redux app.…

The one with the epic code and tools section

April 7, 2022 By Mark Otto 0

JavaScript and Node Testing Best Practices: 2022 Edition — Fifty best practices divided into categories (testing, backend, frontend, etc.) complete with simple examples. We first linked to this 2½ years ago, but a new edition is now out updated for 2022 standards and with translations…

Time to get decorating

April 1, 2022 By Mark Otto Off

🤞 Fingers crossed, but unless we’ve been successfully pranked ourselves, this is an April Fools’ prank free zone! Sorry if you like a bit of frivolity on April 1st, but completeness and accuracy come before entertainment here. Boring, I know, but we don’t stand a…

A roundup of what’s new in Node.js core

March 31, 2022 By Mark Otto 0

What’s New in Node Core: March 2022 Edition — Rapidly approaching the start of its teenage years (yep, Node turns 13 this May), development of new features in Node isn’t slowing down at all, but what’s going on? This post rounds up some links to…

React 18 due any day now..

March 25, 2022 By Mark Otto Off

RFC: Intent to Ship React 18 — This RFC covers the new features and changes coming to React 18. While React 18 is very close, the team would like to get ‘one final round of broad public feedback’ (which you can submit here) before shipping. React…

A collection of proficient Node.js dev practices

March 24, 2022 By Mark Otto 0

Tao of Node: On Design, Architecture and Best Practices — A developer has boiled down all of the hard-earned best practices and gut feelings he’s picked up for developing high-quality Node apps over time. Opinionated, yes, but high level enough to provide value to most. Alex…