#311 — October 24, 2019 |
Node Weekly |
Node v13.0.0 (Current) Released — If you like living on the edge, here’s the newest version of Node for you. There’s lots of (relatively) minor points to enjoy, including:
Node.js Foundation |
The OpenJS Foundation Launches Two Node.js Certifications — Two certification programs JSNAD (for app developers) and JSNSD (for service developers) built in partnership with NearForm and NodeSource are available. The pricing has come under question, but they’re looking at ways to improve this. Rachel Romoff |
Track Node.js Performance Metrics with In-Depth App Monitoring — Visualize and analyze Node.js performance with Datadog’s drag-and-drop interactive dashboards and the Service Map. With the real-time performance data from you Node apps, you can fix bottlenecks fast. Try it free. Datadog APM sponsor |
Node 12.13.0 (LTS) Released: Node 12 Goes LTS — I’m starting to feel old. I remember when Node 12 was just a baby (to be fair, it was only 6 months ago) and now it’s already become the active Long Term Support (LTS) version of Node and will remain so until October 2020. Node.js Foundation |
Electron 7.0 Released — Another major release for the popular cross platform desktop app platform that uses Node in the back-end. 7.0 brings Electron up to Chrome 78, V8 7.8, and Node 12.8.1 standards, and there’s a new Electron Team |
10 Years of Node with Gireesh Punathil of IBM — Gireesh Punathil, a Node.js TSC member, reflects on how far the Node project has come in the past decade, explores the latest Node developments, and showcases the broader importance and impact of the technology. James Snell |
💻 Jobs |
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📚 Articles and Tutorials |
▶ Docker Best Practices for Node Developers — Filmed at DockerCon 2019. A lot of useful advice in here if you’re putting Node apps into Docker containers. Here’s a repo of the notes and code related to the talk. Brett Fisher |
Using Andy Desmarais |
Deep Dive into Node.js Data Brokering with Hey Node — Move data with a thin proxy API, ETL pipeline, and message queue. Bite-sized, info-packed tutorials with use cases. Hey Node by Osio Labs sponsor |
Formatting JavaScript Dates with Moment.js Valeri Karpov |
How to Use Firebase Auth with a Custom Node Backend Daniel Peach |
5 Common Node Mistakes When Using AWS Lambda Yan Cui |
How to Build Command-Line 'Spinners' in Node Chidume Nnamdi |
🛠 Code and Tools |
Convert cURL Commands to Node.js Code — Uses the request library. It also supports Python, PHP, Go, and other languages. Nick Carneiro |
Node v10.17.0 (LTS) Released — Node 12 may have taken the ‘Active LTS’ torch this week, but Node 10 continues to be ‘active’ too and will eventually enter a maintenance phase ending in April 2021. Node.js Foundation |
The Art of PostgreSQL: A Book to Learn How to Best Use SQL from Your Node App The Art of PostgreSQL sponsor |
benny: A Modern, Simple Benchmarking Framework for JS/TS Libs — Benny builds on top of the Maciej Cąderek |
ws 7.2: A Fast & Throughly Tested WebSocket Client & Server for Node Einar Otto Stangvik |
Emitterly: Create Triggers From File Streams — A command line program for listening to file changes on the file system. GiveMeAllYourCats |
middy: A 'Stylish' Node Middleware Engine for AWS Lambda — Bringing Express-style middleware to the serverless experience. Middy |
Campkit: A Framework for Building Node.js Microservices Faster Campsite |