Category: node js

Node v17 released

October 21, 2021 By Mark Otto 0

Node v17 (Current) Released — Being sixteen flew by in a flash for me at least, but so too has it for Node 16 remaining the cutting edge ‘release’ line. v17 now takes over that role with Node 16 becoming an Active LTS version (as…

Parcel 2.0 released

October 15, 2021 By Mark Otto Off

Parcel v2 Released — Parcel, a fast zero-config webapp build tool, first came out in 2017 (issue 364!) and took the JavaScript world by storm. v2 is a full rewrite that takes the same principles from v1 but extends them to fit projects of ‘any…

Three new security related Node releases

October 14, 2021 By Mark Otto 0

All-In-One APM for Node.js Applications — AppSignal doesn’t just offer Node.js performance monitoring and error tracking. We have a full set of features to monitor your application from A to Z packed in a clear and intuitive interface. All features are included in all plans. AppSignal…

Discussing Svelte with Rich Harris

October 8, 2021 By Mark Otto Off

🎧 The new season of Kent’s podcast is worth checking out as it features informative interviews with folks like Josh Comeau, Tracy Lee, and Michael Jackson. Web Streams Everywhere (and Fetch for Node.js) — A look at how most JavaScript platforms (including browsers) now have…

Is Node really ‘hated’?

October 7, 2021 By Mark Otto 0

Security-As-Code for Developers — Automate and embed cloud security throughout the entire development lifecycle with Bridgecrew’s all-in-one DevSecOps platform. Bridgecrew Web Streams Everywhere (and Fetch for Node.js) — A look at how most JavaScript platforms (including browsers) now have at least partial support for creating, composing,…

What to consider when picking a Node.js framework

September 30, 2021 By Mark Otto 0

QUICK BITS: 🛠 Code & Tools SVGO 2.7: A Node-Based SVG Optimizer — If you’ve worked with SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) at all, you’ve probably seen they can be filled with all sorts of junk code.. SVGO to the rescue. v2.7.0 adds ES modules support. Kir Belevich…

How to run third party scripts in a Web Worker

September 24, 2021 By Mark Otto Off

You (Possibly) Don’t Need Moment.js — Moment.js remains a popular date and time manipulation library but this repo shows off (a lot of) alternative approaches, including many native functions that do similar things. Various Contributors Introducing Gatsby 4: Now in Beta — Gatsby 4, the latest…

Electron 15.0 and Node v16.10.0

September 23, 2021 By Mark Otto 0

The Story of 5 RCEs Found in npm for $15,000 — A security researcher explains some remote code execution vulnerabilities he found in the npm tool and how they added up to $15K in payouts. Few of us need to dig into our tools this…

Quaking in our JavaScript boots

September 17, 2021 By Mark Otto Off

Q1K3: A JavaScript Homage to Quake in Just 13KB — It’s (another) quiet week for big JavaScript news, so we’re going with the fun angle and looking at a popular entrant to the latest JS13KGames contest that ended this week. No winners yet but this…