Node Now Has 'Enabled-By-Default' Support for ES Modules — Node.js 13.2.0 came out late last week with both an upgrade to V8 and unflagged support for using ES modules. There are some rules to using them, and you might find this V8 blog entry on JavaScript modules worth revisiting to get a feel for what’s involved. or maybe even Lin Clark's illustrated deep dive.

Node.js Foundation

Easier Node Streams via Async Iteration — Working with Node.js streams is “much more pleasant” if using asynchronous iteration — this post explores how to do that.

Dr. Axel Rauschmayer

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Publishing npm Packages Without Meta Files — What ‘meta’ files (think config files, .npmignore, IDE files, etc.) should not make it into your npm packages? Joel and the Node.js package maintenance team share some pointers.

Joel Chen

Senior Software Engineer at Getty (Los Angeles, CA) — Build fantastic tools and interfaces at one of the world's most prestigious cultural heritage orgs using Linked-Open-Data, Python, Structured-CMS, Vue.js.

J. Paul Getty Trust

Find a Job Through Vettery — Make a profile, name your salary, and connect with hiring managers from top employers. Vettery is completely free for job seekers.

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A First Look at GitHub Actions — A walkthrough of a typical Node.js CI workflow using GitHub Actions, migrated from Travis CI.

Jason Karns

A Guide to Helm 3 with an Express.js Microservice — Helm is a package management tool for the Kubernetes ecosystem. ‘Charts’ are basically the packages/pre-packaged apps it can work with, and this tutorial covers creating a chart for an Express.js service.

Alex Ellis

Best Practices for Node.js Development — A list of tips and techniques to keep you and your Node apps happy.

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How to Build a Simple Message Queue using NSQ — A basic introduction to using NSQ, a realtime distributed messaging system, from Node.

Vladislav Guleaev

Understanding Streams in Node.js — Streams continue to be one of the fundamental concepts that power Node applications.

Liz Parody

Five Things I Love About Strapi, a Node-Based Headless CMS — Strapi is an open source, headless CMS that provides both a RESTful and GraphQL-based API out of the box.

Michele Riva

How to Secure Twilio Webhook URLs in Node

Stefan Judis (Twilio)

Lambda API: A Lightweight Web Framework for Serverless Apps — A stripped down framework that takes an Express-esque approach to putting together serverless JavaScript apps to run on AWS Lambda behind API Gateway.

Jeremy Daly

fix-es-imports: Fix Your ES Import Paths From Node-style to Explicit Filenames — If you were using the --experimental-modules flag in earlier versions of Node to play with ES modules, this tool may help you out in the new unflagged ES module future.

James Billingham

The Art of PostgreSQL: A Book to Learn How to Best Use SQL from Your Node App

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public-ip: Quickly Get Your Public IP Address — Queries the DNS records of OpenDNS, Google DNS, and HTTPS services to determine your IP address.

Sindre Sorhus

node-oracledb: An Oracle Database Driver for Node — It’s maintained by Oracle too.

Oracle

Postgraphile: Quickly Get a GraphQL API for Your Postgres DB — The latest release (4.5.0) provides an easier ‘explain’ mechanism for analyzing queries.

Graphile

chromium-headless-remote: Dockerized Chromium in Headless Remote Debugging Mode — Ideal to use with Puppeteer.

Kir Belevich

node-mssql 6.0: A Microsoft SQL Server Client for Node — Works cross-platform.

Patrik Simek and contributors