A (Final) Node.js Retrospective for 2022 — We devoted an issue to the best Node Weekly items of 2022 recently, but this post from NodeSource takes a broader look back at Node’s fortunes and developments in 2022, including how it topped Stack Overflow’s annual developer survey as the most broadly used ‘Web technology.’

Marian Villa (NodeSource)

Node v18.13.0 (LTS) Released — Node’s LTS release gains File, part of the File API web specification, support for function mocking in the built-in node:test test runner module, support for externally shared dependencies based around JavaScript code (or WASM) as preferred by certain distributions, the Fetch API loses its experimental warning, and more.

Danielle Adams

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A Comparison of Node.js Job Schedulers — If you want to trigger a function to run at a specified interval without using external services, there are a few solutions. This post gives a basic comparison of Agenda, Bull, Bree and Node Cron.

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🎥  Video Rendering with Node.js and FFmpeg — This takes quite a direct, low dependency route by creating frames one by one and then turning them into a video. If you need something more elaborate, the React-based Remotion may also be of interest.

Casper Kloppenburg

Directus vs Strapi: Comparing Headless CMS Features — Directus is more a ‘data platform’ than a CMS, but still.

Punit Sethi

🤖  Build a Serverless ChatGPT SMS Chatbot with OpenAI and Node — If there’s a way to attach something to a text messaging service, Twilio tends to find it :-)

Lizzie Siegle (Twilio)

NPM Security: Preventing Supply Chain Attacks

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publint: Lint if a Package is Published Correctly — Lints npm packages for packaging errors, ensuring maximum compatibility across environments. Here are the rules it uses in this process.

Bjorn Lu

Middy 4.1: A 'Stylish' Node Middleware Engine for AWS Lambda — Bringing Express-style middleware to the serverless experience. This week’s v4.1 release introduces new middleware to pull configurations into your Lambda handler from AppSync, S3, and DynamoDB.

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