Tag: javascript

AWS vs Vercel for hosting Next.js apps

November 29, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

Tamagui: A UI Kit Unifying React Native and Web — A complete UI solution for cross-platform React apps (web and native) using highly platform-optimized output by way of a smart compiler. It might give you Tailwind CSS vibes, but goes well beyond that. Nate Weinert How Web…

The unbearable weight of massive JavaScript

November 23, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Time to Take the State of JavaScript 2023 — The long standing State of JavaScript survey is back for another run at figuring out what the community is up to and what tools we’re using. The results are always illuminating and we’ll share the tastiest…

AWS Amplify loves Next.js too

November 22, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

Building Fast Next.js Apps using TypeScript and AWS Amplify JavaScript V6 — If you’ve been wondering if you can deploy modern Next.js apps anywhere other than Vercel, AWS Amplify is keen to enter the chat. Amplify is essentially a packaging up of AWS services into a…

Angular is back

November 9, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Reintroducing Angular with Angular v17 — Angular first appeared in the shape of AngularJS in 2010 and helped launch a wave of large-scale JavaScript frameworks. Angular remains popular in many use cases but is often overlooked in favor of newer options. v17 takes a leap…

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,…

Next.js 14 and Docusaurus 3.0

November 1, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

Next.js 14 Released — Unveiled at last week’s Next.js Conf, Next 14 caused a disproportionate amount of discussion on social media over relatively small changes, mostly surrounding Server Actions being declared stable and the style of development they make possible. The Turbopack bundler is now…

ES module autodetection coming to Node

October 31, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

Node v20 Becomes Active LTS Version with v20.9.0 — Codenamed ‘Iron’, v20.9.0 is the first v20 release in its new role as the active LTS release line – a role it will keep till October 2024. Time to start thinking about those Node 18 →…

Web Components forever?

October 26, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

🗣 Jake’s post fuelled an extensive Hacker News discussion touching on everything from MDX and htmx‘s role, to state management and the ‘shallow’ nature of the Web Components API as-is. Yarn 4.0 Released — Starting life as an npm alternative that resolved several of its…

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)…

Fluid simulation in JavaScript

October 12, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

✍️ Due to being on the road at an event, this is a more compact and bijou issue but I’m back at full pace next week 😅__Peter Cooper, your editor Speeding Up the JS Ecosystem: The Barrel File Debacle — Marvin continues his tour through…