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Node 18’s ‘Prefix-Only’ Core Modules — A look at a new type of core module that can’t be imported quite like the others, e.g. import test from ‘node:test’ – what is this unusual package name notation about? Colin breaks it down in an easy to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Build a Fullstack App from Scratch — Join Scott Moss for this detailed video course on building a fully featured app using a modern stack (React, Next.js, TypeScript, Postgres). You’ll cover UI, data modeling, authentication, state management, deployment, testing, and more. Frontend Masters Node.js Security Releases…
Node v17.7.0 (Current) Released — Updates to nghttp2 and npm (8.5.2), some new options for net.Socket and net.Server, and Ben Noordhuis (one of the most prolific Node contributors who stepped back as a core committer for reasons in 2013) is officially fully back as a…
Running Commands with execa in Node — We’ve linked to Sindre Sorhus’ popular execa process execution library many times over the years, but here’s a thorough tutorial which also shows off the value execa brings over the vanilla child_process. Simon Plenderleith Tired of Egregious Egress?…
Next.js 12.1 Released — The popular React framework introduces a beta version of on-demand incremental static regeneration (ISR), now automatically configures Jest for you, and can create smaller, more efficient ‘standalone’ builds of your app for production deployment. Vercel Senior Backend Developer — Are you looking…