Welcome to The Future of Software Development: Powered by Telemetry, Security, and AI

We made some big announcements during our keynote at Collision in Toronto; our AI Assistant, Adrian, and the open sourcing of our Node.js Runtime, N|Solid Runtime. They are a big part of our vision for the future of software development, one that is powered by telemetry, security, and AI – which was the topic of …

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#​647 — July 13, 2023 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly Driver.js: Create On-Page Tours, Highlights, and Contextual Help — A no-dependency, vanilla JavaScript library for putting together page tours and contextual help systems. The project is a few years old but has just been entirely rewritten and gained numerous enhancements, plus a huge lick …

Announcing N|Solid v4.9.5

NodeSource is excited to announce N|Solid v4.9.5 which contains the following changes: General stability improvements and bug fixes. Node.js v16.20.1 (LTS): Includes a Rebase of N|Solid on Node.js v16.20.1 (LTS). Node.js v18.16.1 (LTS): Includes a Rebase of N|Solid on Node.js v18.16.1 (LTS). For detailed information on installing and using N|Solid, please refer to the N|Solid …

CommonJS, we love you, we love you not..

#​646 — July 6, 2023 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly What’s Next for JavaScript: New Features to Look Forward to — A reassuring and high level look at just what goes into making JavaScript better over time, along with some of the new things about to appear or still making their way through the …

This is a doozy of an issue

#​645 — June 29, 2023 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly A Massive Bug at the Heart of the npm Ecosystem — “This is a doozy,” says the author, who used to work on the npm CLI team. We don’t want to spoil his story too much, but in short, package manifests and actual package …

NodeSource, Inc. Announces AI Assistant “Adrian” for Comprehensive Analysis and Optimization of Node.js Applications and Open-Sourcing of its Augmented Node.js Runtime.

[Seattle, WA, June 28, 2023] — On stage at Collision Conf in Toronto, NodeSource, Inc., the leader in enterprise-grade solutions and support for Node.js, made two big announcements: the private beta of its groundbreaking AI Assistant, “Adrian,” designed to revolutionize the way developers and DevSecOps analyze, optimize, and secure Node.js applications, and that it’s open-sourcing …

N|Solid v4.9.4 is now available

MPORTANT: This release of N|Solid v4.9.4 contains a Node.js security release! NodeSource is excited to announce N|Solid v4.9.4 which contains the following changes: General stability improvements and bug fixes Node.js v16.20.1 (LTS): Includes a Node.js security release captured in Node.js v16.20.1 (LTS). Node.js v18.16.1 (LTS): Includes a Node.js security release captured in Node.js v18.16.1 (LTS). …

Svelte 4 released

#​644 — June 22, 2023 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly 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 …

11 years of JavaScript on top

#​643 — June 15, 2023 Read on the Web ✍️ Be sure to make it to the end of today’s issue because we have an interview with the creator of Angular and Qwik, Miško Hevery, about exactly what Qwik brings to the modern JavaScript development table. Spoiler: performance and resumability.__Your editor, Peter Cooper JavaScript Weekly …

AI & ML – Highlights Google I/O (Connect) – Miami

On May 24th, 2023, the inaugural edition of Google I/O Connect took place in Miami, USA. Google introduced this conference as an extension to engage directly with the technical community. Note: Image courtesy of @KarolRojas90 The concept behind Google I/O Connect was to host distributed events in four different locations worldwide. In Miami, the focus …