--- title: "A new way to query your dependencies." publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 449 published_at: "2022-08-04" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/449" --- Plus Electron 20, queueing jobs like a boss, and turning Web pages into desktop apps. | #​449 — August 4, 2022 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/449) ![Node.js Weekly](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/v1653576619/lgfqinzbdqttwmhvljxb.png) [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/ljsajeyzevq7avqpdneh.jpg)](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-08-03-introducing-the-new-npm-dependency-selector-syntax/) [Introducing the New npm Dependency Selector Syntax](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-08-03-introducing-the-new-npm-dependency-selector-syntax/) — Another week, another new `npm` command! `npm query` is a new top-level command (as of npm v8.16.0) that lets you query and filter the dependencies of your project with a CSS-like dependency selector format so you can ask _“new, complex questions about [..] dependencies, their relationships & associative metadata.”_ The GitHub Blog [Electron 20 Released: The Cross Platform Desktop App Platform](https://www.electronjs.org/blog/electron-20-0) — Mostly a typical release. 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