Node v14.13.1 (Current) Released — A very minor release that packs in the usual tweaks and dependency updates, but also makes the fs.rmdir’s recursive option non-‘experimental’ at last for all your mass file deletion needs.

Bethany Nicolle Griggs

Async Generator Functions and WebSockets in Node — Node added support for async generator functions in Node 10 and while they remain a reasonably niche feature they offer handy behind the scenes functionality for dealing with, say, WebSockets.

Valeri Karpov

Launching AppSignal Monitoring for Node.js 1.0 — We're officially launching the 1.0 version of @appsignal/node.js. It’s ready for use in production apps and includes out-of-the-box support for Node.js Core, Express, Next.js, Apollo Server and node-postgres. When the bits hit the fan, use AppSignal.

AppSignal sponsor

Building Scalable GraphQL APIs on AWS with CDK, TypeScript, AppSync, DynamoDB, and Lambda — AWS AppSync is a managed serverless GraphQL service and you can bring it together with numerous other technologies to create powerful solutions like a real-time GraphQL API as here.

Nader Dabit

Comparing the Type Safety of 8 TypeScript ORMs and Database Libraries — This comes from the folks at Prisma so take that bias into account, but they do cover several other libraries.

Prisma

Could a Web of Trust for npm Work? — Public library repositories like npm, RubyGems, and PyPl are more often falling prey to people trying to distribute malicious code – could the idea of creating a ‘web of trust’ help tighten security?

Tao Bojlén

Senior Node Engineer — Seeking a Senior Node Engineer to make a monumental impact on our digital ordering channels. Openings in Chicago and Plano.

Yum Brands, Inc.

Find Your Next Job Through Vettery — Create a profile on Vettery to connect with hiring managers at startups and Fortune 500 companies. It's free for job-seekers.

Vettery

meta-fetcher: A Tiny URL Meta-Data Fetcher (Scraper) for Node — Uses node-fetch under the hood to fetch metadata (title, OpenGraph data, favicons, etc.), parse it, and return it as a JSON object.

Rocktim Saikia

Hazelcast Node.js Client 4.0 Released — Hazelcast is a powerful and popular (at least in the Java space) in-memory ‘data grid’ and this upgrade brings the Node client up to the latest standards.

Andrey Pechkurov

Full-Featured API That Lets You Build Beautiful Video for Your Node App — Easily build video experiences into your Node app offering the best user experience for every device, browser, and network combination with our video API.

Mux sponsor

Camaro: A High Performance XML to JSON Converter — Uses bindings to pugixml, a fast C++ XML parser.

Tuan Anh Tran

Nock: HTTP Server Mocking and Expectations Library — Let’s say you’re creating a client library that uses HTTP to hit a third party service.. Nock will let you test it in isolation by mocking requests/responses.

Nock

consistent-shading: A Luminance Shading Library — A bit niche but if you have colors and you want to work with highlights and shadows with them, this may plug a gap.

Garleanu Alexandru Stefan

Getting Started with OpenTelemetry and Distributed Tracing in Node.js

Lightstep sponsor

Spotify-api.js: A Node Wrapper for the Spotify API — Despite the name and logos, this is not an official project but may have some value if you love your Spotify. spotify-web-api-node is another, longer established option.

Unofficial Spotify API Team