--- title: "'Node.js 15 makes 7 of my packages obsolete. This is a good thing.'" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 362 published_at: "2020-10-29" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/362" --- This week's Node news, links, and releases. #362 — October 29, 2020 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/362) Node Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/v1603987161/mbg0hvafbg29samyhr5n.png)](https://github.blog/2020-10-22-introducing-the-npm-public-roadmap-and-a-new-feedback-process/) [Introducing the Public `npm` Roadmap](https://github.blog/2020-10-22-introducing-the-npm-public-roadmap-and-a-new-feedback-process/) — `npm` is now essentially a GitHub project and one they’re keen to nurture. They’ve revealed a [public roadmap repo](https://github.com/npm/roadmap/) with [what things are coming up soon](https://github.com/npm/roadmap/projects/1) as well as a [new public feedback process](https://github.com/npm/feedback/). Myles Borins (GitHub) [Node 14 Becomes LTS; v14.15.0 Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v14.15.0/) — Last week we did [a big feature on the release of Node 15](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/361) which became the new ‘release’ line Node release. In turn Node 14 graduates to being a ‘Long Term Support’ (LTS) release you can depend upon until at least April 2023. Node.js [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/0a6b354e.png)](https://dashboard.redisgreen.net/nodeweekly) [Redis 6.0 on RedisGreen](https://dashboard.redisgreen.net/nodeweekly) — SSL encryption, key size tracking, memory mapping, online upgrades, and more. RedisGreen sponsor [Next.js 10 Released](https://nextjs.org/blog/next-10) — Next.js is a React-powered app framework that seems to be going from strength to strength and this is a strong release adding improved image optimization, React 17 support, [Analytics](https://nextjs.org/analytics) (incorporating [Web Vitals](https://web.dev/vitals/)) as well as [Next.js Commerce](https://nextjs.org/commerce). Vercel How Node 15 Made Some of Sindre's Packages Obsolete If you're as prolific a Node module maintainer as Sindre Sorhus, any major feature updates to Node is sure to raise a few headaches, and Node 15 certainly gave Sindre [a few things to think about:](https://twitter.com/sindresorhus/status/1320788906888089600) > “Node.js 15 makes 7 of my packages obsolete. This is a good thing. 👌” How? Read [the Twitter thread](https://twitter.com/sindresorhus/status/1320788906888089600) for the full thing, but in short, you can now [use `await` with `setTimeout`](https://twitter.com/sindresorhus/status/1320789190313988098), [`Promise.any()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise/any) and [`String.prototype.replaceAll()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/replaceAll) are standard features, and more. [Node v10.23.0 (LTS) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v10.23.0/) — Upgrades npm to 6.14.8 and N-API to v7. Node.js [npm v7.0.6: More Bugfixes and Dependency Updates](https://blog.npmjs.org/post/633157293589004288/release-v706) The npm Blog 📗 **Tutorials** [Running Node on iOS and iPadOS via iSH](https://2ality.com/2020/10/ish-node-ios.html) — [iSH](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ish-shell/id1436902243) provides a Linux shell on iOS devices and with the most minor of fiddling you can get Node running on it too. Dr. Axel Rauschmayer [How to Use Sharp for Image Processing](https://t.co/KF7PEoK3nc?amp=1) — [Sharp](https://github.com/lovell/sharp) is a high-performance module for resizing and formatting images (it uses [libvips](https://github.com/libvips/libvips) behind the scenes) and here’s how to get started with it. 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Jamie Wong [JSDB 1.0: An In-Memory, Streaming Write-on-Update Node.js Database](https://ar.al/2020/10/20/introducing-jsdb/) — An easy-to-use, in-memory database that persists to a JavaScript transaction log and aimed at small scale (though [Small Web](https://ar.al/2020/08/07/what-is-the-small-web/) is more nuanced than that as a concept) cases. Aral Balkan [Wallaby.js: The Fastest JavaScript and TypeScript Test Runner](https://wallabyjs.com/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_campaign=node&utm_content=node#features) — Results display in your editor and update as you type, includes time-travel debugger and test stories; forget about breakpoints and `console.log`. Wallaby.js sponsor [node-sass: Node Bindings to `libsass`](https://github.com/sass/node-sass) — Technically [deprecated](https://sass-lang.com/blog/libsass-is-deprecated) (`libsass` is only getting maintenance releases going foward) but if you need it.. v5.0.0 adds Node 15 support. 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