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Getting Started with Validation in Node — You’ve got a webapp and you want to validate the data it’s sent, but there are lots of options. Here Simon breaks down one approach using JSON schemas along with Ajv. Simon Plenderleith Another Bug Bites the Dust…
GitHub on npm Ecosystem Security (and a Major Bug They’ve Fixed) — GitHub became the custodians of the main npm registry in 2020 when it acquired npm Inc. and in this post they share details on how they’re improving its security. Rather worryingly, they recently identified…
Node-RED in Industrial IoT: A Growing Standard — Node-RED is a very long standing Node.js-based ‘low code’ environment where you wire components together. As explained here, it’s heavily used in IoT scenarios and is even taking on established commercial systems. United Manufacturing Hub QUICK BITS: The…
A Comprehensive Guide to Error Handling in Node — Node offers up more than enough ways for errors to crop up and exceptions to be thrown – this blog post skims through some of the main areas to consider. Ayooluwa Isaiah (Honeybadger) Ready for Worry-Free DNS,…
Supercharging Node with Rust — As fast as the V8 team have made JavaScript, it’s still a dynamic language at the end of the day, and there are faster options such as Rust, C or C++ if you need absolute max performance or to integrate…
Node v17 (Current) Released — Being sixteen flew by in a flash for me at least, but so too has it for Node 16 remaining the cutting edge ‘release’ line. v17 now takes over that role with Node 16 becoming an Active LTS version (as…
All-In-One APM for Node.js Applications — AppSignal doesn’t just offer Node.js performance monitoring and error tracking. We have a full set of features to monitor your application from A to Z packed in a clear and intuitive interface. All features are included in all plans. AppSignal…
Security-As-Code for Developers — Automate and embed cloud security throughout the entire development lifecycle with Bridgecrew’s all-in-one DevSecOps platform. Bridgecrew Web Streams Everywhere (and Fetch for Node.js) — A look at how most JavaScript platforms (including browsers) now have at least partial support for creating, composing,…
QUICK BITS: 🛠 Code & Tools SVGO 2.7: A Node-Based SVG Optimizer — If you’ve worked with SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) at all, you’ve probably seen they can be filled with all sorts of junk code.. SVGO to the rescue. v2.7.0 adds ES modules support. Kir Belevich…
The Story of 5 RCEs Found in npm for $15,000 — A security researcher explains some remote code execution vulnerabilities he found in the npm tool and how they added up to $15K in payouts. Few of us need to dig into our tools this…