Tag: Features

Big news for both Next.js and Remix

November 2, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Next.js 14 Released — Unveiled at last week’s Next.js Conf, v14 caused a lot of community discussion (not least on Hacker News), largely surrounding Server Actions being declared stable and the ‘backend-meets-frontend’ opportunities this opens up. A new partial prerendering feature is also in preview,…

Node.js 21 released

October 17, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

😅 We’ve mentioned some community efforts to create a mascot for Node recently, but the Node project itself has 🐦 unveiled a Node.js mascot design contest on Twitter/X. You have until November 6 to submit your ideas. Don’t Block the Event Loop (or the Worker Pool)…

Microsoft spills the tea on TypeScript

September 21, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

▶  TypeScript Origins: The Documentary — You know you’ve made it when you get your own documentary! This has just dropped but is well produced, packed with stories from TypeScript’s co-creators, users, and other folks at Microsoft, and kept me entertained. It goes particularly deep into…

Hands on with Node’s new built-in test runner

June 6, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

qnm: A CLI Tool to Look Into node_modules — If you’ve been into a node_modules folder and been overwhelmed, this tool (supporting both npm and Yarn) lets you dig around with extra guidance as to what is what. You can use fuzzy search to find…

JavaScript sans build systems?

February 17, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Writing JavaScript Without a Build System — Using a variety of build tools for things like bundling and transpiling is reasonably standard in modern JavaScript development, but what if you want to keep things simple? For simple things, it’s not necessary, says Julia. This led…

Advanced TypeScript Editing Features in CodeLobster IDE

January 15, 2022 By Mark Otto 0

There are many truly minimalistic TypeScript editors on the software market. But developers get a much greater advantage when TypeScript support is already integrated into their IDE. If you are not a fan of open source tools, you do not have time to learn all…