Tag: web application

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…

htmx in 100 seconds

July 13, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Test and Validate APIs Effectively and Efficiently — Gain access to several API testing tools and features that help you automate repetitive tasks, stay organized, and build robust workflows to ensure your APIs remain reliable and performant. Postman 🎉 RELEASES: ⚡️ IN BRIEF: 📒 Articles & Tutorials…

Svelte 4 released

June 22, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

UnsuckJS: Comparing Lightweight JavaScript Options — “No build tools, no compilers, and no hassle.” It’s a table of frontend JavaScript libraries on a simple page – that’s it! But it’s a handy table, letting you see the relative popularity, size, and latest versions of libraries as…

Getting under Node’s skin

June 20, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

▶ Recreating a JS Runtime to Understand Node’s Magic — Popular speaker, educator, Microsoft MVP and Node.js core team member Erick gives a very enthusiastic talk on the latest ‘hello world’ in the JavaScript world: building a runtime 😏 Somehow, Erick manages to run through the…

Node.js 20 is fast(er)

May 23, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

The State of Node.js Performance in 2023 — Nearform’s Rafael Gonzaga reflects on the recent release of Node 20 and puts it through its paces against v18.16 and v16.20 with a few different benchmark suites running on a pretty typical EC2 instance. He goes into…

Bringing JavaScript to WebAssembly

February 10, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

It looked quiet at first but wow, what an epic week this turned out to be. There’s a lot to chew on here, and we even have a variety of bonus items at the very end of the issue. Enjoy!__Your editor, Peter Cooper Monitoring Your NestJS…