Javascript Technology
#723 — February 14, 2025 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly Style Observer: A Library to Observe CSS Property Changes — Lea Verou is a developer who’s easy to admire because whenever she sets out to solve a problem, the results are always fully formed with no cut corners. So it goes with this ‘exhaustively tested’ …
If you’re working with transpiled or minified code in production, leveraging sourcemaps in N|Solid can save you hours of debugging time.
#722 — February 7, 2025 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly Oracle Claims ‘JavaScript’ Isn’t a Generic Term, and More — In this ‘motion to dismiss’ Oracle has responded to Deno’s attempt to prove Oracle shouldn’t hold the JavaScript™ trademark with the argument that “relevant consumers do not perceive JAVASCRIPT as a generic term” (does Oracle …
If you’re using Windows, there are multiple ways to update Node.js, whether you prefer a simple installer, a package manager, or a version manager.
This guide will walk you through multiple methods: using a package manager, nvm, NodeSource distribution binaries, and manually downloading
In this guide, we’ll walk through different methods, including Homebrew, Node Version Manager (nvm), and manual installation.
#721 — January 31, 2025 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly Things People Get Wrong About Electron — A long-time maintainer of the wildly successful Electron cross-platform app framework stands by the technical choices Electron has made over the years and defends it against some of the more common criticisms here. Felix Rieseberg Standard Schema: A …
In this article, we’ll explore how Node.js works, its architecture, key features, advantages, challenges, and its role in the future of web development.
#720 — January 24, 2025 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly Bun 1.2: A Big Step Forward for the Fast JS/TS Runtime — The JavaScriptCore-based Bun continues to up its server-side runtime game with strides forward in Node.js compatibility, performance boosts, and new APIs for interacting with S3 and S3-like object stores as well as …
This release mark a pivotal moment: the announcement of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) for unsupported, end-of-life (EOL) Node.js versions.