Tag: Software Development

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 →…

Testing perfection for Node?

October 10, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

✍️ Due to being on the road attending the inaugural AI Engineer Summit, this week’s issue was meant to be far shorter than usual.. but I’m not sure it’s actually turned out that way 😅 In any case, we’re back to full service next week!__Your…

Implementing GitFlow with Amazon CodeCatalyst

September 21, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Amazon CodeCatalyst is a unified software development service for building and delivering applications on AWS. With CodeCatalyst, you can implement your team’s preferred branching strategy. Whether you follow popular models like GitFlow or have your own approach, CodeCatalyst Workflows allow you to design your development…

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…

You can run GitHub Gists with npx

September 12, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

MikroORM 5.8 Released — When MikroORM is mentioned anywhere, I always see folks saying it’s great and deserves more attention, so I’m doing my bit to help 😁 It’s an ORM for Node based around Data Mapper, Unit of Work (hello implicit transactions and change…

Why is Low-Code the Future of App Development?

September 8, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Low-code application development has been experiencing explosive growth in recent years, and it’s time you learned more about it. For as long as computers have been part of the workplace, application development has been a necessity for businesses of all kinds. So, a question on…

TypeScript 5.2, Node 20.6, and Astro 3.0

September 7, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

😅 We’re back! After two weeks enjoying the blistering desert heat of Las Vegas and downpours of Storm Hilary, I’m ready to get back to the weekly JavaScript roundups – fingers crossed we’re here each week till Christmas now 🙂__Peter Cooper and the Cooperpress team Good…

Weaveworks and AWS Joining Forces to Maintain Open Source eksctl

July 13, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

In 2019 we announced in partnership with Weaveworks, that the open source eksctl CLI tool was the officially supported CLI tool for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS). Jointly developed by AWS and Weaveworks, eksctl simplifies and automates much of the experience of creating EKS…