Node.js 21 released

October 17, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

😅 We’ve mentioned some community efforts to create a mascot for Node recently, but the Node project itself has 🐦 unveiled a Node.js mascot design contest on Twitter/X. You have until November 6 to submit your ideas. Don’t Block the Event Loop (or the Worker Pool)…

Introducing Amazon CodeWhisperer Dashboard and CloudWatch Metrics

October 16, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Amazon CodeWhisperer, the AWS AI coding companion, can significantly improve developer productivity. Based on generative AI technology, Amazon CodeWhisperer offers contextualized code snippets, or recommendations, based on natural language prompts to build software quickly, responsibly, and securely. It enables productivity gains and increases accuracy for…

Blue/Green deployments using AWS CDK Pipelines and AWS CodeDeploy

October 12, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Customers often ask for help with implementing Blue/Green deployments to Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) using AWS CodeDeploy. Their use cases usually involve cross-Region and cross-account deployment scenarios. These requirements are challenging enough on their own, but in addition to those, there are specific…

Fluid simulation in JavaScript

October 12, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

✍️ Due to being on the road at an event, this is a more compact and bijou issue but I’m back at full pace next week 😅__Peter Cooper, your editor Speeding Up the JS Ecosystem: The Barrel File Debacle — Marvin continues his tour through…

Testing perfection for Node?

October 10, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

✍️ Due to being on the road attending the inaugural AI Engineer Summit, this week’s issue was meant to be far shorter than usual.. but I’m not sure it’s actually turned out that way 😅 In any case, we’re back to full service next week!__Your…

Leveraging Business Applications for Better Workflow Management

October 9, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

In the globalized world, about 34% of Business interruptions are caused by poor workflow management.  Workflow management ensures responsibilities and strategies work seamlessly, boosting productivity and assisting agencies with development.  But here’s the exciting element: today’s technology and innovative business apps are like magic tools…

Comparing test assertion styles in JavaScript

October 5, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

An Interactive Intro to CRDTs — Conflict-free replicated data types (the so-called CRDTs) provide a popular approach to replicate data across numerous clients and allow live collaboration between them without conflicts. This post really digs into what makes CRDTs tick well, complete with interactive examples. Jake…