Announcing The NodeSource-GitHub Partnership

NODESOURCE PARTNERS WITH GITHUB For Immediate Release NodeSource enhances Node.js application security with the NCM integration for GitHub Deployment Protection Rules. [Seattle, WA, April 13th, 2023] – NodeSource, a leader in Node.js application management, monitoring, and security, is excited to announce our partnership as a launch partner for Deployment Protection Rules with GitHub Actions, the …

On the origin of packages

#​635 — April 20, 2023 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly Introducing npm Package Provenance — As stewards of the official npm registry, GitHub has been keen to improve its security. As of this week, if you build npm packages through GitHub Actions, you can publish the provenance of a package which gives users a …

Unleashing the Power of NCM: Safeguarding Node.js Applications with Next-Generation Security in N|Solid

In the world of Node.js, application development, speed, flexibility, and scalability are critical for modern software development. However, the risk of vulnerabilities and security breaches looms with the increasing reliance on open-source Node packages. NCM (NodeSource Certified Modules) is the next-generation security solution that empowers Node.js developers to safeguard their applications easily and confidently. This …

The return of ECMAScript 2023 (and Angular)

#​634 — April 13, 2023 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly The JavaScript Equality Table Game — Minesweeper will feel like a walk in the park after this reminder of the horrors of JavaScript’s ==. If you need to go in depth, Section 7.2.14 of the ECMAScript spec will help, but otherwise? Stick to three …

JavaScript on your schedule

#​633 — April 6, 2023 Read on the Web ❓ JavaScript Weekly on a Thursday? It’s true. As well as it being Good Friday tomorrow, we’ve decided to move to Thursday permanently going forward. We hope you have a good Easter, if you celebrate it, otherwise enjoy one fewer email on Fridays ????__Your editor, Peter Cooper JavaScript …

Import maps go universal

#​632 — March 31, 2023 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly JavaScript Import Maps Now Supported Cross-Browser — ES modules provide a modern way to include and reuse JavaScript code in web apps, and import maps provide the bridge between using module names in code and where those modules can actually be loaded from. Thomas Steiner …

Playwright now offers a UI mode

#​631 — March 24, 2023 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly Speeding Up the JavaScript Ecosystem: npm Scripts — The latest in what has been a fascinating series on finding ‘low hanging fruit’ when it comes to performance in the JavaScript world. The author explains it best himself: “‘npm scripts’ are executed by JavaScript developers …

Transformers: JavaScript in Disguise

#​630 — March 17, 2023 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly ????  Transformers.js: Running ML Models in the Browser — Transformers are a type of machine learning model often used for natural language or visual processing and while running such models directly in the browser is in its infancy, Transformers.js opens up some ML models …

New JavaScript features of the past few years

#​629 — March 10, 2023 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly JavaScript Features from the Past Few Years — Packed with examples, this post tackles the changes and tweaks to JavaScript and TypeScript over the past several years (some as far back as ES6/ES2015, like tagged template literals). Linus Schlumberger Astro’s 2023 Web Framework Performance Report — …

Introducing nsuv

Introducing nsuv nsuv is a C++ wrapper around libuv with the main goal of supporting compile-time type safety when propagating data. You can find the open source package here: https://github.com/nodesource/nsuv Here at NodeSource we are focused on fixing issues for the enterprise. This includes adding functionality and features to Node.js that are useful for enterprise-level …