The return of ECMAScript 2023 (and Angular)

April 13, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

The JavaScript Equality Table Game — Minesweeper will feel like a walk in the park after this reminder of the horrors of JavaScript’s ==. If you need to go in depth, Section 7.2.14 of the ECMAScript spec will help, but otherwise? Stick to three equals…

Is React the new WordPress?

April 12, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

Next.js 13.3 Released — Increasingly seen as ‘the’ React framework, Next.js is always worth keeping an eye on. v13.3 introduces a file-based metadata API for dynamically generating assets like sitemaps and robots.txt, dynamic Open Graph image generation, improved routing options, and App Router gains support…

The state of Node.js in 2023

April 11, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

ℹ️ I mentioned it in the last issue, but in case you missed it, Node Weekly is now sent on Tuesdays, so if you missed us, we’re back. Until we take another break in August. ????__Peter Cooper, your editor Trying Node’s Built-In Test Runner —…

Building a CRM System: Does CRM Require Coding?

April 6, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Are you curious to learn if CRM requires coding? Researching for answers to questions like do I need to know how to code to use a CRM system? What coding language is used for CRM systems? How difficult is it to learn CRM coding? Technology…

JavaScript on your schedule

April 6, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

❓ JavaScript Weekly on a Thursday? It’s true. As well as it being Good Friday tomorrow, we’ve decided to move to Thursday permanently going forward. We hope you have a good Easter, if you celebrate it, otherwise enjoy one fewer email on Fridays ????__Your editor, Peter Cooper…

Two ways to learn React in 2023

April 5, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

▶  Dan Abramov Explores React Server Components — Clocking in at a rather epic almost four hours, this (well timestamped) video isn’t for the faint of heart, but Dan and Ben walk through everything React Server Components oriented, complete with diagrams, code, and a real-world app. Ben Holmes…

Extending CloudFormation and CDK with Third-Party Extensions

March 31, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Did you know you can use CloudFormation to manage third-party resources? The AWS CloudFormation Public Registry provides a searchable collection of CloudFormation extensions and makes it easy to discover and provision them in CloudFormation templates and AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) applications. In the past three months, we’ve added…