--- title: "TypeScript delays ES module support for Node" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 412 published_at: "2021-11-04" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/412" --- Plus Heroku's CLI framework, and Prisma 3.4.0. | #​412 — November 4, 2021 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/412) Node Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/nry6tc2gns8oxyqbgdo7.jpg)](https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/errors-nodejs/) [A Comprehensive Guide to Error Handling in Node](https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/errors-nodejs/) — Node offers up more than enough ways for errors to crop up and exceptions to be thrown – this blog post skims through some of the main areas to consider. 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