#277 — February 28, 2019 |
Node Weekly |
Package Diff: A Way to Thomas Hunter II |
Zero Server: A 'Zero Configuration' Web Framework — As Parcel was to bundlers, so Zero appears to be to Web frameworks. Zero lets you build an app with Node, React, MDX, and more, without worrying about package management or routing. Remote Interview, Inc. |
Frontiers 2019: Explore New Ways to Build Apps on Slack — Teams move faster with apps on Slack. And, it wouldn’t be possible without the people who built them. Connect with app builders like you, get hands-on training and spark new ideas at Frontiers 2019. Slack sponsor |
February 2019 Security Releases Available — New releases of all supported release lines are out today (specifically, 11.10.1, 10.15.2, 8.15.1, and 6.17.90) to fix two 'low' severity vulnerabilities. Node.js Foundation |
The Node.js Benchmarking Working Group: Measuring Performance for a Speedier Node — The Node.js Benchmarking Working Group is dedicated to monitoring Node’s performance and helping in the efforts to improve it. This is only a brief intro to what they do but you’re encouraged to join the effort. Node.js Foundation |
ReDoS Vulnerabilities in Liran Tal |
A List of 55 Node.js Meetups — Want to meet up with fellow Node developers? Here’s a list of 55 meetups spanning the globe and you’re encouraged to add your own. Node.js Foundation |
💻 Jobs |
Senior Full Stack JavaScript Developer - Atlanta, GA (Full-Time) — Join our talented team building a cloud-based platform that’s helping some of America’s largest companies track things with RFID. Strategic Systems |
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📘 Tutorials and Opinions |
Build and Deploy Serverless Apps with Next.js 8 and Zeit Now — You can configure the latest version of Next.js (a universal framework for React commonly used to introduce server-side rendering to React apps) to generate lambdas for each page and work serverlessly. Praveen Durairaj |
The Ultimate Guide to Performance Monitoring in Node.js NodeSource sponsor |
Using Fastify and Preact for Quick Web App Prototyping — Two technologies we haven’t mentioned for quite a while come together here in building a simple full-stack app. Luciano Mammino |
How, in General, Does Node.js Handle 10,000 Concurrent Requests? — A classic Stack Overflow answer that might help you understand how single and multi threaded environments interact. Stack Overflow |
Node.js Task Runners: Are They Right for You? — A look at task runners in Node.js by comparing their philosophical approaches, configuration, and looking at a simpler alternative. Thomas Hunter II |
The Basics of Server-Side Caching in Express.js Chidume Nnamdi |
🔧 Code and Tools |
Docker Images of Nightly Node.js Builds — The creator says it best: “Obviously not to be used in production but great for testing: know in advance what will break and plan support for future releases of Node.js early.” Vladimir de Turckheim |
Video for Node.js with Mux — Easily build beautiful video experiences into your Node app with our SDK. Mux sponsor |
npmf: Fetch Quick Info of an npm Pacakge from the Terminal — If you want to try it quickly, just run Rousan Ali |
Play.js: A Node and React Native IDE for iPhone and iPad — It’s on the iOS App Store and costs a few dollars. nakiostudio s.l. |
ms: Tiny Millisecond Conversion Utility — For example: ZEIT |
wait-for-localhost: Waits for A Port on Sindre Sorhus |
he: A Robust HTML Entity Encoder/Decoder Mathias Bynens |