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The state of Node.js in 2023

April 11, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

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Trying Node’s Built-In Test Runner — In 2022, Node gained an experimental built-in test runner (node:test). It’s going to become stable in the forthcoming Node v20, so it’s a good time to look at how it works and how it compares to other solutions you might already be using.

Gleb Bahmutov

Node v19.9.0 (Current) Released — URL.canParse is a new function that checks if an input can be parsed correctly according to the WHATWG URL spec. node:diagnostics_channel introduces TracingChannel, a high-performance channel to publish tracing data about the timing of function executions. Plus the usual dependency updates and bug fixes.

Rafael Gonzaga

▶  The State of Node.js 2023 — One of This Dot Media’s occasional livestreams where they bring together well known names from a particular area to talk about the state of a technology. This time, James Snell, Beth Griggs, Michael Dawson, and Matteo Collina logged on to talk about all things Node related including the imminent release of Node 20, the importance of the working groups, security, certifications, and more. (63 minutes.)

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Electron 24.0.0 Released — Not content to take a rest after turning 10 years old, the latest version of the popular cross platform ‘build desktop apps with HTML and JavaScript’ packs in Node.js v18.14, V8 11.2, and Chromium 112.

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NPKILL 0.11.1: Delete node_modules Even Faster — NPKILL (homepage) is a popular tool for listing node_modules folders and how much space they take up, before allowing you to quickly delete them. This new release makes it even faster than before through using worker threads.

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